Top 500 Charles H. Spurgeon Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “To trust God in the light is nothing, but trust him in the dark - that is faith.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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2. “Whenever God means to make a man great, he always breaks him in pieces first.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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3. “God is too good to be unkind, too wise to be mistaken; and when you cannot trace His hand, you can trust His heart.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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4. “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.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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5. “I have learned to kiss the waves that throw me up against the Rock of Ages.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

6. “A little faith will bring your soul to heaven; a great faith will bring heaven to your soul.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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7. “If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

8. “Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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9. “Whenever GOD determines to do a great work, HE first sets HIS people to pray.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

12. “A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

13. “A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

14. “Nearness to God brings likeness to God. The more you see God the more of God will be seen in you.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

15. “The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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16. “Without Christ there is no hope.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

17. “By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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18. “Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

19. “Discernment is not a matter of telling the difference between right and wrong; rather it is telling the difference between right and almost right.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

20. “The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians! “You are the light of the world.””

— Charles H. Spurgeon

21. “If Christ has died for me, I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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22. “If Christ be anything, He must be everything.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

23. “When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

25. “If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

26. “God helps those who cannot help themselves.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

27. “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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29. “Prayer can never be in excess.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

30. “There are no crown-wearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

31. “You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

32. “Great faith must have great trials.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

33. “It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

34. “Hold everything earthly with a loose hand, but grasp eternal things with a death-like grip.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

35. “Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

36. “The grace that does not change my life will not save my soul.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

38. “Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you’re not saved yourself, be sure of that!”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

39. “We are too prone to engrave our trials in marble and write our blessings in sand.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

40. “Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind. We are useless.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

41. “You say, ‘If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.’ You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

42. “Scripture is like a lion. Who ever heard of defending a lion? Just turn it loose; it will defend itself.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

43. “When God places a burden upon you, He places His arms underneath you.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

44. “Idle men tempt the devil to tempt them.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

45. “The first link between my soul and Christ is not my goodness but my badness, not my merit but my misery, not my riches but my need.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

46. “Sin and Hell are married unless repentance proclaims the divorce.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

47. “Though you have changed a thousand times, He has not changed once.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

48. “It is the whole business of the whole church to preach the whole gospel to the whole world.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

49. “Prayer bends omnipotence of heaven to your desire. Prayer moves the hand that moves the world.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

50. “Sometimes we think we are too busy to pray. That is a great mistake, for praying is a saving of time.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon