Charles Spurgeon Quotes

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

But no thoughtful man's life is uninteresting or devoid of marvels. A sincere life cannot be empty of memorable occurrences.

We know so little about the future that to worry about it would be the height of foolishness.

When we reach the hilltops of heaven, and look back upon all the way whereby the Lord our God hath led us, how shall we praise Him who, before the eternal throne, undid the mischief which Satan was doing upon earth. How shall we thank Him because He never held His peace, but day and night pointed to the wounds upon His hands, and carried our names upon His breastplate!

Immanuel, God with us in our nature, in our sorrow, in our lifework, in our punishment, in our grave, and now with us, or rather we with Him, in resurrection, ascension, triumph, and Second Advent splendor.

An unholy church! It is useless to the world, and of no esteem among men. It is an abomination, hells laughter, heavens abhorrence. The worst evils which have ever come upon the world have been brought upon her by an unholy church.

A tear is enough water to float a desire to God.

Where God takes such pains to teach, we ought to be at pains to learn.

Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.

Jehovah is the great Miracle Maker, the unrivaled Wonder worker. None can be likened unto Him, He is alone in wonderland, the Creator and Worker of true marvels, compared with which all other remarkable things are as child's play.

That crafty kindness which inveigles me to sacrifice principle is the serpent in the grass - deadly to the incautious wayfarer.

The closet is the best study. The commentators are good instructors, but the Author Himself is far better.

Inconsistent professing Christians injure the Gospel more than the sneering critic or the heretic.

He who does not serve God where he is would not serve God anywhere else.

If it were Christ's intention to save all men, how deplorably He has been disappointed!

The lion of anger shall give place to the lamb of meekness; the raven of uncleanness shall fly before the dove of purity; the vile serpent of deceit shall be trodden under the heel of truth.

It is said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

God helps those who cannot help themselves.

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

When your will is God's will, you will have your will.

The more a church flourishes, the more, I believe, do hypocrites get in, just as you see many a noxious creeping thing come and get in a garden after a shower of rain. The very things that make glad the flowers bring out these noxious things. And so hypocrites get in and steal much of the church's sap away.

It is sweet to remember that the exaltation of Christ in heaven is a representative exaltation. He is exalted at the Father's right hand, and though as Jehovah He had eminent glories, in which finite creatures cannot share, yet as the Mediator, the honours which Jesus wears in heaven are the heritage of all the saints. It is delightful to reflect how close is Christ's union with His people. We are actually one with Him; we are members of His body; and His exaltation is our exaltation.

Is it not an amazing fact that while others leave us and forsake us, that God never does?

Never, for fear of feeble man, restrain your witness.

So the preacher of the gospel asks your prayers: and it is a part of the duties arising out of the relationship between Christian men that those who are taught should pray for those who teach God's Word.

Christ came to bring healing to those who are spiritually sick-you say that you are perfectly well, so you must go your own way and Christ will go in another direction-towar ds sinners.

Your sorrow itself shall be turned into joy. Not the sorrow to be taken away, and joy to be put in its place, but the very sorrow which now grieves you shall be turned into joy. God not only takes away the bitterness and gives sweetness in its place, but turns the bitterness into sweetness itself.

If the devil never roars, the Church will never sing! God is not doing much if the devil is not awake and busy. Depend upon it: a working Christ makes a raging devil! When you hear ill reports, cruel speeches, threats, taunts and the like, believe that the Lord is among His people and is working gloriously.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is one of the best attested facts on record. There were so many witnesses to behold it, that if we do in the least degree receive the credibility of men's testimonies, we cannot and we dare not doubt that Jesus rose from the dead.

I think you may judge of a man’s character by the persons whose affection he seeks. If you find a man seeking only the affection of those who are great, depend upon it he is ambitious and self-seeking; but when you observe that a man seeks the affection of those who can do nothing for him, but for whom he must do everything, you know that he is not seeking himself, but that pure benevolence sways his heart.

We must show sympathy with sinners, but not with their sins.

Thankfulness makes much of little.

Preach not calmly and quietly as though you were asleep, but preach with fire and pathos and passion.

Faith is a principle which hath its root deeper feeling. We believe, whether we see or not.

Beloved, can you feel assured that He carried your sin?

Train your child in the way in which you know you should have gone yourself.

Jesus has borne the death penalty on our behalf. Behold the wonder! There He hang upon the cross!

There are no infidels anywhere but on earth: there are none in heaven, and there are none in hell. Atheism is a strange thing. Even the devils never fell into that vice, for the devils believe and tremble. And there are some of the devil's children that have gone beyond their father in sin, but how will it look when they are for ever lost?

To be forgiven is such sweetness that honey is tasteless in comparison with it. But yet there is one thing sweeter still, and that is to forgive. As it is more blessed to give than to receive, so to forgive rises a stage higher in experience than to be forgiven.

It is well said that neglected prayer is the birth-place of all evil.

If there is one doctrine I have preached more than another, it is the doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints even to the end.

Too many people write their blessings in the sand but engrave their sorrows in marble

God could not have given this promise, except from love and grace; therefore it is quite certain his Word will be fulfilled.

Some people, when they use the word 'salvation', understand nothing more by it than deliverance from hell and admittance into heaven. Now, that is not salvation: those two things are the effects of salvation.

Prayers are heard in heaven in proportion to our faith. Little faith gets very great mercies, but great faith still greater.

The Christian is the most contented man in the world, but he is the least contented with the world.

Every promise of Scripture is a writing of God, which may be pleaded before Him with this reasonable request, 'Do as Thou hast said.' The Heavenly Father will not break His Word to His own child.

He who does not long to know more of Christ, knows nothing of him yet.