As artists give themselves to their models, and poets to their classical pursuits, so must we addict ourselves to prayer.

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

A sense of the divine presence and indwelling bears the soul towards heaven as upon the wings of eagles.

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

A servile spirit you have nothing to do with: you are not a slave, but a child; and now, inasmuch as you are a beloved child, you are bound to obey your Father's faintest wish, the least intimation of His will.

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

As the sun rises first on mountain-tops and gilds them with his light, and presents one of the most charming sights to the eye of the traveler; so is it one of the most delightful contemplations in the world to mark the glow of the Spirit's light on the head of some saint, who has risen up in spiritual stature.

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

A student will find that he is more affected by one book which he has truly mastered than by 20 books which he has merely skimmed.

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

A true prayer is an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds, a revelation of hidden poverty.

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are as easy as an old shoe are generally of as little worth.

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

A whetstone, though it cannot cut, may sharpen a knife that will.

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Backward we are naturally to all good things, and it is a lesson of grace to learn to go forward in the ways of God.

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Because their example is powerful, they're somewhat responsible for the weaklings who copy them.

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon