Temptation Quotes

Temptations … put nothing into a man, but only draw out what was in him before.

John Owen (Puritan Divine and Statesman)

Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.

John Bunyan

Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or poison.

John Owen (Puritan Divine and Statesman)

1403you cannot help birds flying over your heads in the air, but do not let them alight and build their nests in your hair. Temptations will come, but do not entertain them. Drive them away.—33.645

Charles Spurgeon

Watch and pray. This injunction from our Lord implies that we should maintain a clear, abiding apprehension of the great danger we face if we enter into temptation. If one is always aware of the great danger, one will always stand guard.

John Owen (Puritan Divine and Statesman)