Lust Control Quotes

Suppress prostitution, and capricious lusts will overthrow society.

Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity.

Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.

Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power.

Suppose that by revenge you might destroy one enemy; yet, by exercising the Christian's temper you might conquer three‌–‌your own lust, Satan's temptation, and your enemy's heart.

All attempts, then, for mortification of any lust, without an interest in Christ, are vain.

Many churches are measuring the wrong things. We measure things like attendance and giving, but we should be looking at more fundamental things like anger, contempt, honesty, and the degree to which people are under the thumb of their lusts. Those things can be counted, but not as easily as offerings.

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

He, then, that would really, thoroughly, and acceptably mortify any disquieting lust, let him take care to be equally diligent in all parts of obedience, and know that every lust, every omission of duty, is burdensome to God, though but one is so to him.