Charles Spurgeon Quotes

“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”

“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.”

“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”

“A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.”

“Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.”

“Of two evils, choose neither.”

“Giving is true having.”

“Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.”

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”

“Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self.”

“Think not that humility is weakness; it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer; bow thyself and become invincible.”

“Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.”

“Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.”

“None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.”

“We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.”

“I think that is a better thing than thanksgiving: thanks-living.”

“Fill the earth with your songs of gratitude.”

“Sometimes, if you begin to sing in a halfhearted mood, you can sing yourself up the ladder. Singing will often make the heart rise.”

“A dark cloud is no sign that the sun has lost his light; and dark black convictions are no arguments that God has laid aside His mercy.”

“I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary.”

“A daily portion is really all we need. We do not need tomorrow's supply, for that day has not yet dawned, and its needs are still unborn.”

“The first fresh hour of every morning should be dedicated to the Lord, whose mercy gladdens it with golden light.”

“True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is far deeper than that: it is spiritual transaction with the Creator of Heaven and Earth.”

“If you believe in prayer at all, expect God to hear you. If you do not expect, you will not have.”

“The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.”