Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.
John BunyanTags: sin temptation
Lead me not into temptation. I can find the way myself.
Jane SeabrookTags: humor temptation
Power was my weakness and my temptation.
J.K. RowlingTags: power weakness temptation
Saintliness is also a temptation.
Jean AnouilhTags: temptation saintliness
Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. Success, popularity, and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive quality often comes from the way they are part of the much larger temptation to self-rejection. When we have come to believe in the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity, and power are easily perceived as attractive solutions. The real trap, however, is self-rejection. As soon as someone accuses me or criticizes me, as soon as I am rejected, left alone, or abandoned, I find myself thinking, "Well, that proves once again that I am a nobody." ... [My dark side says,] I am no good... I deserve to be pushed aside, forgotten, rejected, and abandoned. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the "Beloved." Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence.
Henri J.M. NouwenTags: truth success identity christianity faith self temptation feelings spiritual-warfare beloved rejection spiritual-life
C’mon good girl, be bad.
Nicki ElsonTags: sex temptation seduction
Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and self-imposed owing to ignorance.
Sivananda SaraswatiTags: deception mind temptation spirit duty
The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance.
Laurence J. PeterTags: temptation problems chances
Temptation is stronger in the minds of people who are in doubt.
Prayer makes it weaker.
Tags: life doubt strong mind secret temptation prayer stronger
My head spins as I glance away, refusing to get sucked back into his gaze when so much is at risk.
Emily GiffinTags: temptation
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