Charles Spurgeon quotes

Born
19 June 1834 Kelvedon, Essex, England.

Died
31 January 1892.

Occupation
Pastor, author.

Charles Spurgeon was an English Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the “Prince of Preachers”.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
– Charles Spurgeon

The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.
– Charles Spurgeon

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
– Charles Spurgeon

I do think that a minister who can preach a sermon without addressing sinners does not know how to preach.
– Charles Spurgeon

There is a power in God’s gospel beyond all description.
– Charles Spurgeon

O, Thou precious Lord Jesus Christ, we do adore Thee with all our hearts. Thou art Lord of all.
– Charles Spurgeon

May we do good everywhere as we have opportunity, and results will not be wanting!
– Charles Spurgeon

Giving is true having.
– Charles Spurgeon

We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.
– Charles Spurgeon

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.
– Charles Spurgeon

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

There is such a thing as ‘thanks-feeling’ – feeling thankful. This ought to be the general, universal spirit of the Christian.
– Charles Spurgeon

Saving faith is an immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, resting upon Him alone, for justification, sanctification, and eternal life by virtue of God’s grace.
– Charles Spurgeon

Of two evils, choose neither.
– Charles Spurgeon

All our actions, as well as our thoughts and words, should praise Him who always blesses us.
– Charles Spurgeon

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
– Charles Spurgeon

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.
– Charles Spurgeon

I do not doubt that we would become more useful if we praised God more, and others would join us, for they would see that God has blessed us.
– Charles Spurgeon

It is not well to make great changes in old age.
– Charles Spurgeon

The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already.
– Charles Spurgeon

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

We are all at times unconscious prophets.
– Charles Spurgeon

Fill the earth with your songs of gratitude.
– Charles Spurgeon

He who has felt his own ruin will not imagine the case of any to be hopeless; nor will he think them too fallen to be worthy his regard.
– Charles Spurgeon

Free will carried many a soul to hell, but never a soul to heaven.
– Charles Spurgeon

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.
– Charles Spurgeon

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.
– Charles Spurgeon

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

Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.
– Charles Spurgeon

A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit’s aid than he can create a world.
– Charles Spurgeon

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.
– Charles Spurgeon