Charles Spurgeon Quotes

“A man will speedily sit down and sympathize with a friend's griefs, but if he sees him honoured and esteemed, he is apt to regard him as a rival. This ought not to be; without effort, we ought to be happy in our brother's happiness.”

“The exercise of benevolence is joy to loving hearts: the more pain it costs, the more joy it is. Kind actions make us happy.”

“No one knows who is listening; say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers.”

“Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.”

“The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already.”

“Young men, trust God, and make the future bright with blessing. Old men, trust God, and magnify him for all the mercies of the past.”

“Purposes, plans, and achievements of men may all disappear like yon cloud upon the mountain's summit; but, like the mountain itself, the things which are of God shall stand fast for ever.”

“Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man's idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought.”

“In the same way the sun never grows weary of shining, nor a stream of flowing, it is God's nature to keep His promises.”

“However weak we are, however poor, however little our faith, or however small our grace may be, our names are still written on His heart.”

“All our actions, as well as our thoughts and words, should praise Him who always blesses us.”

“Grow in the root of all grace, which is faith. Allow your faith to increase in its fullness, firmness, and simplicity.”

“May we have communion with God in the secret of our hearts, and find Him to be to us as a little sanctuary.”

“It is not well to make great changes in old age.”

“Nothing reflects so much honour on a workman as a trial of his work and its endurance of it.”

“Do I live as carelessly and worldly as unbelievers while professing to be a follower of Jesus?”

“Every man must carry his own sack to the mill.”

“A man who cannot mind his own business is not to be trusted with the king's.”

“Learn to say no; it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.”

“A good example is the best sermon.”

“I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages.”

“Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.”

“Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.”

“God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart.”

“All my hope lies in this: that Jesus Christ came to save sinners.”