Top 500 Charles H. Spurgeon Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

202. “May your convictions be deep, your love real, and your desires earnest.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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203. “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

204. “We are all damaged goods in recovery.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

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206. “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

207. “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

208. “I cannot tell you how much I owe to the solemn word of my good mother.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

209. “Be careful, dear friends, that you do not misrepresent God yourselves. You who murmur; you who say that God deals hardly with you, you give God an ill character; when you look so melancholy, worldlings say, “The religion of Jesus is intolerable;” and so you stain the honor of God.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

211. “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

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

213. “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

214. “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

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

217. “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

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

219. “I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

220. “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

221. “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

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

224. “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

225. “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

226. “Remember that thought is speech before God.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

228. “If by excessive labor we die before reaching the average age of man, worn out in the Master’s service, then glory be to God. We shall have so much less of earth and so much more of heaven. It is our duty and our privilege to exhaust our lives for Jesus.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

231. “An ounce of heart knowledge is worth more than a ton of head learning.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

233. “The resurrection is a fact better attested than any event recorded in any history, whether ancient or modern.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

234. “Be deaf, be blind, be dead to gossip, and it will grow disgusted with you and select a more sensitive victim.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

235. “Your emptiness is but the preparation for your being filled, and your casting down is but the making ready for your lifting up.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

236. “Prayer is the thermometer of grace.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

237. “If you think you can walk in holiness without keeping up perpetual fellowship with Christ, you have made a great mistake. If you would be holy, you must live close to Jesus.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

239. “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

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

243. “God’s children are God’s children anywhere and everywhere, and shall be even unto the end. Nothing can sever that sacred tie, or divide us from his heart.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

244. “We are not alarmed because Satan hinders us, for it is a proof that we are on the Lord’s side, and are doing the Lord’s work, and in his strength we shall win the victory, and triumph over our adversary.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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

— Charles H. Spurgeon

249. “The worst sort of clever men are those who know better than the Bible.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

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250. “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

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