A Quote by Jeremy Taylor

The devil does not tempt people whom he finds suitably employed.

Jeremy Taylor

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Jeremy Taylor
British - Priest
August 15, 1613 - August 13, 1667

What the devil to do with the sentence "Who the devil does he think he's fooling?" You can't write "Whom the devil- ".

Paul Goodman

Idle men tempt the devil to tempt them.

Charles Spurgeon

The devil never tempted a man whom he found judiciously employed.

Charles Spurgeon

The devil does not tempt unbelievers and sinners who are already his own.

Thomas a Kempis

The Devil is right at home. The Devil, the Devil himself, is right in the house. And the Devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the Devil came here. Right here. And it smells of sulphur still today. Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this rostrum, the president of the United States, the gentleman to whom I refer as the Devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. Truly. As the owner of the world.

Hugo Chavez

From its very inaction, idleness ultimately becomes the most active cause of evil; as a palsy is more to be dreaded than a fever. The Turks have a proverb which says that the devil tempts all other men, but that idle men tempt the devil.

Charles Caleb Colton

There is not one among us in whom a devil does not dwell; at some time, on some point, that devil masters each of us... It is not having been in the Dark House, but having left it, that counts.

Theodore Roosevelt

I'm not afraid of the devil. The devil can handle me - he's got judo I never heard of. But he can't handle the One to whom I'm joined; he can't handle the One to whom I'm united; he can't handle the One whose nature dwells in my nature.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Looking back on it now, I understand why that was not possible [to express ourselves], because the pottery employed a dozen people, not all of whom are making pots. And these people had families, children, and they had to have a wage that would allow them to raise their family and they had to get a paycheck every Friday afternoon. So if we had not made pots that would sell it, would not have been possible for these people to be employed.

Warren MacKenzie

The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him, Reckoning his skill with opportunity.

George Eliot

Witches admitted their relations with the devil. Our blood boils - how could they be forced to admit this when there is no devil. But reason tells us this is not true. The devil does exist and was in fact the inquisitor.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

The Devil did not tempt Adam and Eve to steal, to lie, to kill, to commit adultery; he tempted them to live independent of God.

Bob Jones, Sr.

The devil's characteristic has been to originate sin and tempt others to sin

Wayne Grudem

The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.

Saint Augustine

A Godly leader ... finds strength by realizing his weakness finds authority by being under authority finds direction by laying down his plans finds vision by seeing the needs of others finds credibility by being an example finds loyalty by expressing compassion finds honor by being faithful finds greatness by being a servant