Charles H. Spurgeon
English Baptist preacher, 1834-1892
59 quotes.
Quotes by Charles H. Spurgeon
- Revenge of a wrong only makes another wrong.
- Sincerity makes the least man to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.
- Some people are never content with their lot, let what will happen. Clouds and darkness are over their heads, alike whether it rain or shine. To them every incident is an accident, and every accident a calamity.
- Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle.
- The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
- The habit of prayer is good, but the spirit of prayer is better.
- The more of the solid there is in a man, the less does he act the balloon.
- The serene, silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next to the might of the Spirit of God.
- The truest lengthening of life is to live while we live, wasting no time but using every hour for the highest ends. So be it this day.
- The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.
- There are no crown-wearers in heaven that were not cross-bearers here below.
- There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from want of work.
- To know is not to be wise. To know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
- To trust God in the light is nothing, but trust him in the dark-that is faith.
- Trust in that man's promise who dares to refuse that which he fears he cannot perform.
- Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.
- When God places a burden upon you, He places His arms underneath you.
- When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it he keeps a very small stock of it within.
- Whenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first.