temptation

Temptation is a strong weapon that Satan uses against the children of God

Oh, he did look like a deity _ the perfect balance of danger and charm, he was at the same time fascinating and inaccessible, distant because of his demonstrated flawlessness, and possessing such strength of character that he was dismaying and at the same time utterly attractive in an enticing and forbidden way.

Loyalty was a great thing, but no lieutenants should be forced to choose between their leader and a circus with elephants.

Follow both: the call of the mountain of enlightenment and the temptation of the valley of experience. No mountain without valley, no valley without mountain.

What you have made me see,' answered the Lady, 'is as plain as the sky, but I never saw it before. Yet is has happened every day. One goes into the forest to pick food and already the thought of one fruit rather than another has grown up in one__ mind. Then, may it be, one finds a different fruit and not the fruit one thought of. One joy was expected and another is given. But this I had never noticed before__hat the very moment of the finding there is in the mind a kind of thrusting back, or setting aside. The picture of the fruit you have not found is still, for a moment, before you. And if you wished__f it were possible to wish__ou could keep it there. You could send your soul after the good you had expected, instead of turning it to the good you had got. You could refuse the real good; you could make the real fruit taste insipid by thinking of the other.

They say I should stay away from you,_ I said. __hey said you__e not good for me._ ____ not,_ he said with a wicked smile, __ut doesn__ that make it even more fun?

Seduced her? Every time I turned round she was up a library ladder. In the end I gave in. That reminds me__ spotted something between her legs that made me think of you.

Believe me...Nothing is bad or wrong , just prove it as right

Believe me...Nothing is bad, just prove it as right

You know, it's never wise to tempt the devil"His gaze lowered to her hand, still locked in his grip, her finger glistening with pear juice.His rich voice lowered to raw huskiness "had I not this mask, I should be of a mind to suck that juice right off your fingers

Here__ a hand to the boy who has courageTo do what he knows to be right;When he falls in the way of temptation,He has a hard battle to fight.Who strives against self and his comradeWill find a most powerful foe.All honor to him if he conquers.A cheer for the boy who says, __o!__here__ many a battle fought dailyThe world knows nothing about;There__ many a brave little soldierWhose strength puts a legion to rout.And he who fights sin singlehandedIs more of a hero, I say,Than he who leads soldiers to battleAnd conquers by arms in the fray.Be steadfast, my boy, when you__e tempted,To do what you know to be right.Stand firm by the colors of manhood,And you will o__rcome in the fight.__he right,_ be your battle cry everIn waging the warfare of life,And God, who knows who are the heroes,Will give you the strength for the strife.

The most powerful and courageous heroes I know are those who bite their tongues when justification, validation, temptation, or vengeance would have them strike with truthful, hurtful words.

It takes a Bigger Courage to take on Danger, where None can be Sighted.

I have a deep appreciation for anything that challenges my morality. I tend to wonder which thing or person might overpower my beliefs and would I avoid it altogether in order to say, "It didn't conquer me," or would I accept the challenge head-on in an attempt to prevail? Which requires greater courage?

Temptation turns you. It makes you into something you never dreamed, it presses you to give up everything you ever loved, it calls you to sell your soul for one, fleeting moment.[..] It makes you ache...you'll make any promise,swear any oath. For one...perfect...unsoiled taste

I knew how one climbing the mountain of worldly success can slip down into the river below without being conscious of the descent till he is already drowning.

If you are facing some kind of temptation, remember that it is within your power to get the victory over it.

There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage-in controlling something, period.