Charles Spurgeon Quotes & Sayings

“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

“Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.”

“A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.”

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

“Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.”

“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”

“The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.”

“Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.”