Charles Spurgeon Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Charles Spurgeon quotes, Charles Spurgeon sayings, and Charles Spurgeon proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Not that our salvation should be the effect of our work, but our work should be the evidence of our salvation. Charles Spurgeon
Salvation is all grace, which means, free, gratis, for nothing. Charles Spurgeon
Habits, soft and pliant at first, are like some coral stones, which are easily cut when first quarried, but soon become hard as adamant. Charles Spurgeon
Sincere repentance is continual. Believers repent until their dying day. This dropping well is not intermittent. Charles Spurgeon
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 Spurgeon
The repetition of small efforts will accomplish more than the occasional use of great talents. Charles Spurgeon
There is hardship in everything except eating pancakes. Charles Spurgeon
All originality and no plagiarism makes for dull preaching. Charles Spurgeon
Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of. 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 child of God should be a visible beatitude for joy and happiness, and a living doxology for gratitude and adoration. Charles Spurgeon
That crafty kindness which inveigles me to sacrifice principle is the serpent in the grass deadly to the incautious wayfarer. Charles Spurgeon
You will find all true theology summed up in these two short sentences: Salvation is all of the grace of God. Damnation is all of the will of man. Charles Spurgeon
He who is surety is never sure himself. Take advice, and never be security for more than you are quite willing to lose. Remember the word of the wise man: He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it, and he that hateth suretyship is sure. Charles Spurgeon
That crafty kindness which inveigles me to sacrifice principle is the serpent in the grass -- deadly to the incautious wayfarer. Charles Spurgeon
Six feet of dirt make all men equal. Charles Spurgeon
A Bible that's falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn't. Charles Spurgeon
To trifle with Scripture is to deprive yourself of its aid. Reverence it, and look up to God with devout gratitude for having given it to you. Charles Spurgeon
If there were no hell, the loss of heaven would be hell. Charles Spurgeon
Persecution is the heirloom of the church, and the ensign of the elect. Charles Spurgeon
If the Savior has not sanctified you, renewed you, given you a hatred of sin and a love of holiness, He has nothing in you of a saving character. Charles Spurgeon
If the Savior has not sanctified you, renewed you, given you a hatred of sin and a love of holiness, He has nothing in you of a saving character. Charles Spurgeon
Faith is the fountain, the foundation and the fosterer of obedience. Charles Spurgeon
Preach not calmly and quietly as though you were asleep, but preach with fire and pathos and passion. Charles Spurgeon
To believe a thing is to see the cool crystal water sparkling in the cup. But to meditate on it is to drink of it. Reading gathers the clusters; contemplation squeezes forth their generous juice. Charles Spurgeon
A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth. Charles Spurgeon
A rejoicing heart soon makes a praising tongue. Charles Spurgeon
Everywhere there is apathy. Nobody cares whether that which is preached is true or false. A sermon is a sermon whatever the subject; only, the shorter it is, the better. Charles Spurgeon
That crafty kindness which inveigles me to sacrifice principle is the serpent in the grass - deadly to the incautious wayfarer. Charles Spurgeon
The delightful study of the Psalms has yielded me boundless profit and ever-growing pleasure; common gratitude constrains me to communicate to others a portion of the benefit, with the prayer that it may induce them to search further for themselves. Charles Spurgeon