Charles H. Spurgeon
English Baptist preacher, 1834-1892
59 quotes.
Quotes by Charles H. Spurgeon
- A beggar’s rags may cover as much pride as an alderman’s gown.
- A friend to everybody is often a friend to nobody, or else in his simplicity he robs his family to help strangers, and becomes brother to a beggar. There is wisdom in generosity as in everything else.
- A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
- A good man may be put in the fire, but he cannot be burned.
- A man who does nothing never has time to do anything.
- A man's life is always more forcible than his speech; when men take stock of him they reckon his deeds as pounds and his words as pence.
- An ounce of heart knowledge is worth a ton of head learning.
- Better kind words to the living than fine speeches over the grave.
- By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
- Discernment is not a matter of telling the difference between right and wrong; rather it is telling the difference between right and almost right.
- Don't believe in the man who talks most; for mewing cats are very seldom good mousers.
- Economy is half the battle of life; it is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well.
- Every time the sheep bleats it loses a mouthful, and every time we complain we miss a blessing.
- God never gives strong faith without fiery trial; he will not build a strong ship, without subjecting it to very mighty storms; he will not make you a mighty warrior, if he does not intend to try your skill in battle.
- Good thoughts are blessed guests, and should be heartily welcomed, well fed, and much sought after. Like rose leaves, they give out a sweet smell if laid up in the jar of memory.
- Grin and bear it is the old-fashioned advice, but sing and bear it is a great deal better.
- Grow your own cherries, but don't sing your own praises.
- Hard work brings health, and an ounce of health is worth a sack of diamonds.
- He who climbs above the cares of this world, and turns his face to his God, has found the sunny side of life.
- Home is the grandest of all institutions.
- Humility is the proper estimate of oneself.
- Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self.
- Hundreds would never have known want if they had not first known waste.
- If a crooked stick is before us, you need not explain how crooked it is. Lay a straight one down by the side of it, and the work is well done. Preach the truth, and error will stand abashed in its presence.
- If I feel myself disinclined to pray, then is the time when I need to pray more than ever.
- If you can't see His way past the tears, trust His heart.
- It is far easier to make a great rush than to plod steadily on through a long life.
- It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.
- Just a kind word and a yielding manner, and anger and complaining may be avoided.
- Learn to say No! and it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.
- Let your goodness be the only fault they can discover in you.
- Mind your till, and till your mind.
- Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more of God will be seen in you.
- Nobody knows who may be listening; say nothing which you would not wish put in the daily paper.
- None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.
- None have more pride than those who dream that they have none. You may labor against vainglory till you conceive that you are humble, and the fond conceit of your humility will prove to be pride in full bloom.
- One good deed is more worth than a thousand brilliant theories.
- One man with God is a majority though there be a thousand on the other side.
- Poverty is hard, but debt is horrible; a man might as well have a smoky house and a scolding wife, which are said to be the two worst evils of our life.
- Prayers are heard in heaven very much in proportion to our faith. Little faith gets very great mercies, but great faith still greater.