Quotes by Temptation Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear. Boyd K. Packer trials temptation needs Everyone is tested. One might think it is unfair to be singled out and subjected to a particular temptation, but this is the purpose of mortal life—to be tested. And the answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind. Boyd K. Packer purpose temptation thinking The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind. Boyd K. Packer kind temptation answers The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses 3:17). You have that same agency. Use it wisely to deny acting on any impure impulse or unholy temptation that may come into your mind. Just do not go there, and if you are already there, come back out of it. ‘Deny yourselves of all ungodliness’ (Moroni 10:32). Boyd K. Packer agency temptation mind I could not resist the temptation of mystifying him a bit, I suppose it is some taste of the original apple that remains still in our mouths. Bram Stoker apples temptation mouths Freedom and victory belong to those who remain true and strong despite temptation to be dishonest and weak. Brendon Burchard victory strong temptation The temptation of the age is to look good without being good. Brennan Manning temptation age looks I listen to a lot of old stuff like Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and The Temptations. Brett Davern marvin temptation stuff Every time the enemy throws us off our guard, and we give way to temptation, he gains so much; he weakens us and strengthens himself; when we resist temptation, it strengthens the Saints and weakens the enemy. Brigham Young temptation giving enemy My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to be sharp onstage. Bruno Mars groups dad temptation Today, the greatest challenge facing American evangelicals is not persecution from the world, but seduction by the world. C. J. Mahaney temptation christian challenges Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head, but don't be too worried about it. As long as one knows one is proud, one is safe from the worst form of pride. C. S. Lewis pride temptation long We must learn by experience to avoid either trains of thought or social situations which for us (not necessarily for everyone) lead to temptations. Like motoring-don't wait till the last moment before you put on the brakes but put them on, gently and quietly, while the danger is still a good way off. C. S. Lewis train-of-thought temptation waiting Some have paid me an undeserved compliment by supposing that my Letters were the ripe fruit of many years' study in moral and ascetic theology. They forgot that there is an equally reliable, though less creditable, way of learning how temptation works. C. S. Lewis temptation supposing-that years The higher the stakes, the greater the temptation to lose your temper. C. S. Lewis stakes temptation inspirational Our temptation is to look eagerly for the minimum that will be accepted. We are in fact very like honest but reluctant taxpayers. C. S. Lewis temptation facts looks After an error you need not only to remove the causes but also to correct the error itself: after a sin you must not only, if possible, remove the temptation, you must also go back and repent the sin itself. In each case an 'undoing' is required. C. S. Lewis errors temptation needs This is my endlessly recurrent temptation: to go down to that Sea, and there neither dive nor swim nor float, but only dabble and splash, careful not to get out of my depth and holding on to the lifeline which connects me with my things temporal. C. S. Lewis temptation swim sea We must get over wanting to be needed-this is the hardest of all temptations to resist C. S. Lewis hardest needed temptation What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations. Calvin Coolidge temptation character men «1234567891011»