To rejoice in temporal comforts is dangerous, to rejoice in self is foolish, to rejoice in sin is fatal, but to rejoice in God is heavenly.
Charles SpurgeonWhenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!
Charles SpurgeonHowever little we may be, if we are the Lord's, we may rejoice that we are preserved in Christ Jesus.
Charles SpurgeonA high character might be produced, I suppose, by continued prosperity, but it has very seldom been the case. Adversity, however it may appear to be our foe, is our true friend; and, after a little acquaintance with it, we receive it as a precious thing - the prophecy of a coming joy. It should be no ambition of ours to traverse a path without a thorn or stone.
Charles Spurgeon