Top 500 Charles H. Spurgeon Quotes (2024 Update)
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201. “When the time comes for you to die, you need not be afraid, because death cannot separate you from God’s love.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

202. “Every man needs a blind eye and a deaf ear, so when people applaud, you’ll only hear half of it, and when people salute, you’ll only see part of it. Believe only half the praise and half the criticism.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

203. “Most of the grand truths of God have to be learned by trouble; they must be burned into us with the hot iron of affliction, otherwise we shall not truly receive them.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

204. “The Holy Spirit can cast out the evil spirit of the fear of man. He can make the coward brave.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

205. “The motto of all true servants of God must be, ‘We preach Christ; and him crucified.’ A sermon without Christ in it is like a loaf of bread without any flour in it. No Christ in your sermon, sir? Then go home, and never preach again until you have something worth preaching.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

206. “Every hour of every day, God is richly blessing us; both when we sleep and when we wake His mercy waits upon us.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

207. “The saints shall persevere in holiness, because God perseveres in grace.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

209. “Oh my brethren, Bold hearted men are always called mean-spirited by cowards!”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

210. “Don’t go where it is all fine music and grand talk and beautiful architecture; those things will neither fill anybody’s stomach, nor feed his soul. Go where the gospel is preached, the gospel that really feeds your soul, and go often.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

211. “Death has no sting to a Believer. Once death was the penalty of sin-sin being forgiven, the penalty ceases and Christians do not die, now, as a punishment for their sin, but they die that they may be prepared to live!”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

212. “Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

213. “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.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

214. “A father’s holy life is a rich legacy for his sons.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

215. “The good man has his enemies. He would not be like His Lord if he had not. If we were without enemies we might fear that we were not the friends of God, for friendship of the world is enmity to God.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

216. “Prayer is doubts destroyer, ruin’s remedy, the antidote to all anxieties.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

217. “If you wait for a perfect church, you must wait until you get to heaven; and even if you could find a perfect assembly on earth, I am sure they would not admit you to their fellowship, for you are not perfect yourself.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

218. “My hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died...”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

219. “The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great God whom he calls his Father.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

220. “Prayer is the thermometer of grace.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

221. “Our motto is, “With God, anywhere: without God, nowhere.””

— Charles H. Spurgeon

222. “You and your sins must separate, or you and your God will never come together.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

224. “Be not proud of race, face, place, or grace.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

225. “A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. A good wife and health are a man’s best wealth.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

226. “Be assured, there is nothing new in theology except that which is false.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

227. “Learn to say no; it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

228. “No sin is necessarily connected with sorrow of heart, for Jesus Christ our Lord once said, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death.” There was no sin in Him, and consequently none in His deep depression.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

230. “Do not try to make the gospel tasteful to carnal minds. Do not hide the offense of the cross, lest you make it of no effect.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

231. “FAITH untried may be true faith, but it is sure to be little faith, and it is likely to remain dwarfish so long as it is without trials.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

232. “There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

233. “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.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

234. “They will never accept grace until they tremble before a just and holy Law.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

235. “We cannot play at preaching. We preach for eternity.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

236. “Holiness is the architectural plan upon which God buildeth up His living temple.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

237. “Go forth today, by the help of God’s Spirit, vowing and declaring that in life – come poverty, come wealth, in death – come pain or come what may, you are and ever must be the Lord’s. For this is written on your heart, ‘We love Him because He first loved us.’”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

238. “God’s thoughts of you are many, let not yours be few in return.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

239. “Free will I have often heard of, but I have never seen it. I have always met with will, and plenty of it, but it has either been led captive by sin or held in the blessed bonds of grace.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

240. “Our extremities are God’s opportunities.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

241. “I would sooner bring one sinner to Jesus Christ than unravel all the mysteries of the divine Word, for salvation is the one thing we are to live for.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

242. “A person who is really saved by Grace does not need to be told that he is under solemn obligations to serve Christ. The new life within him tells him that. Instead of regarding it as a burden, he gladly surrenders himself, body, soul, and spirit, to the Lord.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

243. “Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the Kingdom. If you may have everything by asking in His Name, and nothing without asking, I beg you to see how absolutely vital prayer is.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

244. “Infinite, and an infant. Eternal, and yet born of a woman. Almighty, and yet hanging on a woman’s breast. Supporting a universe, and yet needing to be carried in a mother’s arms. King of angels, and yet the reputed son of Joseph. Heir of all things, and yet the carpenter’s despised son.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

245. “As the salt flavors every drop in the Atlantic, so does sin affect every atom of our nature. It is so sadly there, so abundantly there, that if you cannot detect it, you are deceived.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

246. “When you speak of heaven, let your face light up; let it be irradiated by a heavenly gleam; let your eyes shine with reflected glory. But when you speak of hell, your ordinary expression will do.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

247. “No matter how dear you are to God, if pride is harboured in your spirit, He will whip it out of you. They that go up in their own estimation must come down again by His discipline.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

248. “Next to the Bible, the book I value most is John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. I believe I have read it through at least a hundred times. It is a volume of which I never seem to tire; and the secret of its freshness is that it is so largely compiled from the Scriptures.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

249. “The Providence of God is the great protector of our life and usefulness, and under the divine care we are perfectly safe from danger.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

250. “Every Christian has a choice between being humble or being humbled.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon