--- title: "12 Can do Quotes By Charles Spurgeon" description: "12 Can do quotes by Charles Spurgeon. Plus more from Charles Spurgeon and more Can do sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66a/charles-spurgeon-82_can-do_without-the-spirit-of-god-we-can-do-noth_1927764.png" --- > [Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind. We are useless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/without-the-spirit-of-god-we-can-do-nothing-we-are-as-ships-without-2/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66a/charles-spurgeon-82_can-do_without-the-spirit-of-god-we-can-do-noth_1927764.png) > [Nobody can do as much damage to the church of God as the man who is within its walls, but not within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/nobody-can-do-as-much-damage-to-the-church-of-god-as-the-man-who-is/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/charles-spurgeon-82_baptists_nobody-can-do-as-much-damage-to-the-chur_1551562.png) > [We hold that man is never so near grace as when he begins to feel he can do nothing at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/we-hold-that-man-is-never-so-near-grace-as-when-he-begins-to-feel-he/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/charles-spurgeon-82_can-do_we-hold-that-man-is-never-so-near-grace_2128338.png) > [To wash and dress a corpse is a far different thing from making it alive: Man can do the one--God alone can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/to-wash-and-dress-a-corpse-is-a-far-different-thing-from-making-it/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e82/charles-spurgeon-82_alive_to-wash-and-dress-a-corpse-is-a-far-diff_959137.png) > [No man can do me a truer kindness in this world than to pray for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/no-man-can-do-me-a-truer-kindness-in-this-world-than-to-pray-for-me/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/charles-spurgeon-82_can-do_no-man-can-do-me-a-truer-kindness-in-thi_934209.png) > [I will do as much as I can, says one. Any fool can do that. He that believes in Christ does what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/i-will-do-as-much-as-i-can-says-one-any-fool-can-do-that-he-that/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc6/charles-spurgeon-82_believe_i-will-do-as-much-as-i-can-says-one-any_2723443.png) > [...the power of prayer can never be overrated. They who cannot serve God by preaching need not regret. If a man can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/the-power-of-prayer-can-never-be-overrated-they-who-cannot-serve-god/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/charles-spurgeon-82_can-do_the-power-of-prayer-can-never-be-overrat_996184.png) > [Prayer girds human weakness with divine strength, turns human folly into heavenly wisdom, and gives to troubled mortals the peace of God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/prayer-girds-human-weakness-with-divine-strength-turns-human-folly/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/charles-spurgeon-82_can-do_prayer-girds-human-weakness-with-divine_2875386.png) > [A soul-winner can do nothing without God. He must cast himself on the Invisible, or be a laughing-stock to the devil, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/a-soul-winner-can-do-nothing-without-god-he-must-cast-himself-on-the/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/charles-spurgeon-82_argument_a-soul-winner-can-do-nothing-without-god_3186250.png) > [Without the Spirit of God we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind or chariots without steeds. Like branches without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/without-the-spirit-of-god-we-can-do-nothing-we-are-as-ships-without/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/charles-spurgeon-82_branches_without-the-spirit-of-god-we-can-do-noth_682638.png) > [God alone can do what seems impossible. This is the promise of his grace: 'I will restore to you the years that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/god-alone-can-do-what-seems-impossible-this-is-the-promise-of-his/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/charles-spurgeon-82_affliction_god-alone-can-do-what-seems-impossible-t_1362020.jpg) > [I think you may judge of a man’s character by the persons whose affection he seeks. If you find a man seeking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/i-think-you-may-judge-of-a-man-s-character-by-the-persons-whose/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2eb/charles-spurgeon-82_affection_i-think-you-may-judge-of-a-man-s-charact_1878731.png) ## Other authors on Can do ## More by Charles Spurgeon > [The more holy, the more humble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/the-more-holy-the-more-humble/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [He is not humanity deified. He is not Godhead humanized. He is God. He is man. He is all that God is, and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/he-is-not-humanity-deified-he-is-not-godhead-humanized-he-is-god-he/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [Lord, send Your life throughout the entire church. Visit Your church; restore sound doctrine and holy, earnest living. Take away from professing Christians their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/lord-send-your-life-throughout-the-entire-church-visit-your-church/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [Christ came to bring healing to those who are spiritually sick-you say that you are perfectly well, so you must go your own way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/christ-came-to-bring-healing-to-those-who-are-spiritually-sick-you/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [Who among you today is doing the most for your Master's kingdom? I will tell you. Lend me a spiritual thermometer by which I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/who-among-you-today-is-doing-the-most-for-your-master-s-kingdom-i/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [I do not know when I am more perfectly happy than when I am weeping for sin at the foot of the cross.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/i-do-not-know-when-i-am-more-perfectly-happy-than-when-i-am-weeping/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [Light physical is said by Solomon to be sweet, but gospel light is infinitely more precious, for it reveals eternal things, and ministers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/light-physical-is-said-by-solomon-to-be-sweet-but-gospel-light-is/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [If you are to go to Christ, do not put on your good doings and feelings, or you will get nothing. Go in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/if-you-are-to-go-to-christ-do-not-put-on-your-good-doings-and/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [Don't you know that day dawns after night, showers displace drought, and spring and summer follow winter? Then, have hope! Hope forever, for God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/don-t-you-know-that-day-dawns-after-night-showers-displace-drought/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [“A mother can translate baby-talk: she comprehends incomprehensible noises. Even so doth our Father in heaven know all about our poor baby talk, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/a-mother-can-translate-baby-talk-she-comprehends-incomprehensible/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [God is our portion, Christ our companion, the Spirit our Comforter, Earth our lodge, and Heaven is our home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/god-is-our-portion-christ-our-companion-the-spirit-our-comforter/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [Jesus poured out his soul in life before he poured it out unto death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/jesus-poured-out-his-soul-in-life-before-he-poured-it-out-unto-death/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [There are believers who by God's grace, have climbed the mountains of full assurance and near communion, their place is with the eagle in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/there-are-believers-who-by-god-s-grace-have-climbed-the-mountains-of/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [If we want revivals, we must revive our reverence for the Word of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/if-we-want-revivals-we-must-revive-our-reverence-for-the-word-of-god/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) > [Believe only half of the praise and half of the criticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/believe-only-half-of-the-praise-and-half-of-the-criticism/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/can-do/charles-spurgeon/#itemlist", "name": "12 Can do Quotes By Charles Spurgeon", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. 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