Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

The better day, the worse deed.

All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal or fattening.

In its primary signification, all vice, that is, all excess, brings on its own punishment, even here. By certain fixed, settled and established laws of Him who is the God of nature, excess of every kind destroys that constitution which temperance would preserve. The debauchee offers up his body a "living sacrifice to sin.

Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil.

He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.

With the help of the Holy Ghost, we can watch over ourselves. We can pray to recognize and reject the first thoughts of sin. We can pray to recognize a warning not to speak words which would hurt or tempt someone else. And we can, when we must, pray for the humility and the faith to repent.

Bad company corrupts good character.

The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that we do, that is sinful... or fun for that matter.

I'm Jewish. I've always had a thing where it's okay to dance with the devil, just don't become the devil. Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.

The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue.

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.

Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.

We have drunk too much of your rum already, which has occasioned our destruction; we will, in the future, beware of it.

I have looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God recognizes I will do this and forgives me.

Evil will destroy itself.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

The more sin is rationalized, the greater the possibility of destruction by Satan's wolves.

Some girls just don't know when to put the brush down, when to stop.

We've led pretty wholesome lives. We haven't lived life to excess like so many groups have done.

I guess anything in excess is no good for you, even things that are supposed to be healthy.

I want to make people see that evil is seductive and that we need to be careful.

You can have your cake and eat it. But my God, it will go rotten inside you.