Charles Spurgeon Quotes

I know of nothing which I would choose to have as the subject of my ambition for life than to be kept faithful to my God till death.

As soon as a man has found Christ, he begins to find others.

In heaven we shall see that we had not one trial too many.

He is ready to cleanse you, It is sin, after all, that lies at the door and blocks you way to the Savior.

Periodical godliness is perpetual hypocrisy.

He who boasts of being perfect is perfect in folly. I never saw a perfect man. Every rose has its thorns, and every day its night. Even the sun shows spots, and the skies are darkened with clouds; and faults of some kind nestle in every bosom.

We must remember that the GOAL of prayer is the ear of God. Unless that is gained, the prayer has utterly failed. The uttering of it may have kindled devotional feeling in our minds, the hearing of it may have comforted and strengthened the hearts of those with whom we have prayed, but if the prayer has not gained the heart of God, it has failed in its essential purpose.

If Christ has died for me, ungodly as I am, without strength as I am, then I cannot live in sin any longer. I must arouse myself to love and serve Him who has redeemed me. I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend. I must be holy for His sake. How can I live in sin when He has died to save me from it?

Don't let your hopes or fears come between you and Jesus; follow hard after Him. He will never fail you.

If you are saved, the work is only half done until you are employed to bring others to Christ.

I am but of yesterday, and know nothing.

Growth can be painful, change can be painful but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow it only empties today of it strengths

Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell.

Birds sing on a bare bough; O, believer, canst not thou?

There is no physician like Him, none can save as He can; we love Him, and He loves us, and therefore we put ourselves into His hands.

Fits of depression come over the most of us. Usually cheerful as we may be, we must at intervals be cast down. The strong are not always vigorous, the wise not always ready, the brave not always courageous, and the joyous not always happy.

For my part, I love to stand foot to foot with an honest foeman. To open warfare, bold and true hearts raise no objection but the ground of quarrel; it is covert enmity which we have most cause to fear, and best reason to loathe. That crafty kindness which inveigles me to sacrifice principle is the serpent in the grass - deadly to the incautious wayfarer.

Trust in the person's promise who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform.

My trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness.

Let gratitude be awakened; let humility be deepened; let love be quickened.

A mouthful of sea air, or a stiff walk in the wind's face would not give grace to the soul, but it would yield oxygen to the body, which is next best

If you are renewed by grace, and were to meet your old self, I am sure you would be very anxious to get out of his company.

You must either give up your sins or give up all hope of heaven.

You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.

Ready-to-Halt, Poor Fearing, and thou, Mrs. Despondency, and Much-afraid, go often there [the empty tomb]; let it be your favorite haunt. There build a tabernacle, there abide. And often say to your heart, when you are in distress and sorrow, Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

Think not of the sinner or the greatness of his sin, but think of the greatness of the Savior!

He that knows how to overcome the Lord in prayer, has heaven and earth at his disposal.

You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.

God is our portion, Christ our companion, the Spirit our Comforter, Earth our lodge, and Heaven is our home.

Before any great achievement, some measure of depression is very usual.

He who affirms that Christianity makes men miserable, is himself an utter stranger to it.

...True prayer is measured by weight, not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than a fine oration of great length.

Suffering is better than sinning. There is more evil in a drop of sin than in an ocean of affliction. Better, burn for Christ, than turn from Christ.

I cannot conceive of a greater wounding of the heart of Christ than to pay reverence to anything in the shape of a cross, or to bow before a crucifix!

My entire theology can be condensed into four words, 'JESUS DIED FOR ME'.

The gospel is not for you who can save yourselves, but for those who are lost.

My hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, HE is my righteousness. My faith rests not upon what I am or shall be or feel or know, but in what Christ is, in what He has done, and in what He is now doing for me. Hallelujah!

When a man is saved by divine grace, he is not wholly cleansed from the corruption of his heart. When we believe in Jesus Christ all our sins are pardoned; yet the power of sin, albeit that it is weakened and kept under by the dominion of the new-born nature which God doth infuse into our souls, doth not cease, but still tarrieth in us, and will do so to our dying day.

God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand that never fails

No man ever served God by doing things tomorrow.

Delayed answers to prayer are not only trials of faith; they also give us opportunities to honor God through our steadfast confidence in Him, even when facing the apparent denial of our request.

It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.

You cannot have Christ, if you will not serve Him.

Life is short and we have scarcely begun to live when we are called to die.

I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in several chapters.

Reply implicitly upon the old, old gospel. You need no other nets when you fish for men; those your Master has given you are strong enough to hold the little ones. Spread these nets and no others, and you need not fear the fulfillment of His word, 'I will make you fishers of men.'

Blessed are the peacemakers, and one sure way of peacemaking is to let the fire of contention alone. Neither fan it, nor stir it, nor add fuel to it, but let it go out by itself. Begin your ministry with one blind eye and one deaf ear.

God is to be praised with the voice, and the heart should go therewith in holy exultation.