Quotes from Charles Spurgeon

Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self.

Do I live as carelessly and worldly as unbelievers while professing to be a follower of Jesus? If so, I am exposing Christianity to ridicule and leading people to speak evil of the holy name by which I am called.

Knowing that the time to sleep has come, the Lord sleeps, and does well in sleeping. Often, when we have been fretting and worrying, we should have glorified God far more had we literally gone to sleep.

I desire to press forward for direction to my Master in all things; but as to trusting to my own obedience and righteousness, I should be worse than a fool and ten times worse than a madman.

Now I will say this to every sinner, though he should think himself to be the worst sinner who ever lived: cry to the Lord and seek Him while He may be found. A throne of grace is a place fitted for you. By simple faith, go to your Savior, for He is the throne of grace.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

God works all things together for your good. If the waves roll against you, it only speeds your ship towards the port

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

He who does not hate the false does not love the true; and he to whom it is all the same whether it be God's word or man's, is himself unrenewed at heart.

If we empty our hearts of self God will fill them with His love.

Our joy ends where love of the world begins.

Let me revel in this one thought: before God made the heavens and the earth, He set His love upon me.