A great sin can enter by a small door.

Welsh Proverb

It is easier to avoid temptation that resist it.

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

Oscar Wilde

I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.

Mae West

Temptation is everywhere, but so is God!

The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil.

Thomas Malthus

Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.

Pope St. Leo the Great

If we don’t sin, then Jesus died for nothing.

You know some religious scholars believe that when faced with overwhelming temptation you should commit a small sin just to relieve the pressure a bit.

Bree Despain

Although my memory’s fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.

John Newton

Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.

Author Unknown

Blessed is anyone who endures temptation. Such a one has stood the test and will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

James 1:12

That’s the problem with temptation. It’s so damn tempting.

Holly Black

Counting other people’s sins does not make you a saint.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

C. S. Lewis

Like sin itself, Satan appeals to the senses. He originated and perfected the art of disguising evil as good.

Charles Swindoll

Sin does not stop God’s grace from flowing, but God’s grace will stop sin.

Joseph Prince

No man know how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.

C. S. Lewis

Teaching children to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.

Bob Talbert

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.

Billy Joel

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it.

David Starr Jordan

You can find the footprints of God wherever there is beauty, virtue, humility, justice, truth, love and peace.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values — and witnesses.

Franklin P. Jones

Most people want to be delivered from temptation, but would like it to keep in touch.

Robert Orben

Do not worry about avoiding temptation.As you grow older it will avoid you.

Joey Adams

Sin is committable in thought, word, or deed; so is virtue.

Martin H. Fischer