Quotes from Charles Spurgeon

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

Men will never be great in theology until they are great in suffering.

If there be a man before me who says that the wrath of God is too heavy a punishment for his little sin, I ask him, if the sin be little, why does he not give it up?

If you meet with a system of theology which magnifies man, flee from it as far as you can.

This is now a covenant of pure grace; let no man attempt to mix works with it.

He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own.

No life can surpass that of a man who quietly continues to serve God in the place where providence has placed him.

Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk.

Intercessory prayer is an act of communion with Christ, for Jesus pleads for the sons of men.

Nothing puts life into men like a dying Savior.

A world where everything was easy would be a nursery for babies, but not at all a fit place for men.

The man who is deeply discontented with himself is probably growing fast into the full likeness of Christ.

As long as a man is alive and out of hell, he cannot have any cause to complain.

Men will allow God to be everywhere except on his Throne

We are all at times unconscious prophets.

Do what you believe to be right, and ever hold it for a maxim, that if the skies fall through your doing right, honest men will survive the ruin.

There may be some sins of which a man cannot speak, but there is no sin which the blood of Christ cannot wash away.

No man can put on the robes of Christ's righteousness till he has taken off his own.

A holy life is in itself a wonderful power, and will make up for many deficiencies; it is in fact the best sermon a man can ever deliver.

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.

All the hope of our ministry lies in the Spirit of God operating on the spirits of men.

No man is really saved unless he is in his heart obedient to Christ.

The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win

Man's wonder grows with his knowledge.