1834-1892, British Baptist Preacher
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, and not on marble
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Character]
A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Anger]
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Worry]
Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Enemies]
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Perseverance]
Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Money]
Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Many might have failed beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Friends and Friendship]
Giving is true having.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Giving]
It has been said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Anxiety]
It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Leaders and Leadership]
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Happiness]
It is not well to make great changes in old age.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Change]
It is said that if Noah's ark had to be built by a company; they would not have laid the keel yet; and it may be so. What is many men's business is nobody's business. The greatest things are accomplished by individual men.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Individuality]
Luck generally comes to those who look for it, and my notion is that it taps, once in a lifetime, at everybody's door, but if industry does not open it luck goes away.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Luck]
Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Difficulties]
Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Perseverance]
No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Suffering]
No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Newspapers]
None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Arrogance]
Of two evils, choose neither.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon – [Evil]