--- title: "18 Masters Quotes By Charles Spurgeon" description: "18 Masters quotes by Charles Spurgeon. Plus more from Charles Spurgeon and more Masters sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/charles-spurgeon-82_christ_if-christ-be-anything-he-must-be-everyth_2758671.png" --- > [If Christ be anything he must be everything. O rest not till love and faith in Jesus be the master passions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/if-christ-be-anything-he-must-be-everything-o-rest-not-till-love-and/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/charles-spurgeon-82_christ_if-christ-be-anything-he-must-be-everyth_2758671.png) > [The Master knows better than to exhaust His servants and quench the light of Israel. Rest time is not waste time. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/the-master-knows-better-than-to-exhaust-his-servants-and-quench-the/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae6/charles-spurgeon-82_economy_the-master-knows-better-than-to-exhaust_2619628.png) > [If He had not known with certainty that He would be Master over sin and that out of evil would evolve the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/if-he-had-not-known-with-certainty-that-he-would-be-master-over-sin/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fd/charles-spurgeon-82_certainty_if-he-had-not-known-with-certainty-that_1504473.png) > [Who among you today is doing the most for your Master's kingdom? I will tell you. Lend me a spiritual thermometer by…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/charles-spurgeon-82_amount_who-among-you-today-is-doing-the-most-fo_12188.jpg) > [Unbelief is the mother of vice; it is the parent of sin; and, therefore, I say it is a pestilent evil-a master…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/unbelief-is-the-mother-of-vice-it-is-the-parent-of-sin-and-therefore/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/charles-spurgeon-82_evil_unbelief-is-the-mother-of-vice-it-is-the_2111566.png) > [Make the most of prayer. ... Prayer is the master-weapon. We should be wise if we used it more, and did so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/make-the-most-of-prayer-prayer-is-the-master-weapon-we-should-be-wise/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fad/charles-spurgeon-82_being-wise_make-the-most-of-prayer-prayer-is-the-ma_2995631.png) > [I do not believe there ever was a man who was his own master, but that every man has a master of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/i-do-not-believe-there-ever-was-a-man-who-was-his-own-master-but-that/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/559/charles-spurgeon-82_believe_i-do-not-believe-there-ever-was-a-man-wh_2856351.png) > [It is a grand thing to see a man thoroughly possessed with one master-passion. Such a man is sure to be strong,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/it-is-a-grand-thing-to-see-a-man-thoroughly-possessed-with-one-master/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6f/charles-spurgeon-82_excellent_it-is-a-grand-thing-to-see-a-man-thoroug_2837117.jpg) > [To be laughed at is no great hardship to me. I can delight in scoffs and jeers. Caricatures, lampoons, and slanders are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/to-be-laughed-at-is-no-great-hardship-to-me-i-can-delight-in-scoffs/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/charles-spurgeon-82_believe_to-be-laughed-at-is-no-great-hardship-to_752496.jpg) > [The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. If it were not for the laws of the land, we should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/the-wicked-watcheth-the-righteous-and-seeketh-to-slay-him-if-it-were/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c08/charles-spurgeon-82_blood_the-wicked-watcheth-the-righteous-and-se_1274572.png) > [If by excessive labor we die before reaching the average age of man, worn out in the Master's service, then glory be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/if-by-excessive-labor-we-die-before-reaching-the-average-age-of-man/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/charles-spurgeon-82_age_if-by-excessive-labor-we-die-before-reac_1677583.png) > [There are many locks in my house and all with different keys, but I have one master-key which opens them all. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/there-are-many-locks-in-my-house-and-all-with-different-keys-but-i/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/charles-spurgeon-82_blessing_there-are-many-locks-in-my-house-and-all_221724.jpg) > [Reply implicitly upon the old, old gospel. You need no other nets when you fish for men; those your Master has given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/reply-implicitly-upon-the-old-old-gospel-you-need-no-other-nets-when/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/charles-spurgeon-82_christianity_reply-implicitly-upon-the-old-old-gospel_1292715.png) > [Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they saturate you. Read and re-read them...digest them...a student will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/master-those-books-you-have-read-them-thoroughly-bathe-in-them-until-2/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/charles-spurgeon-82_affected_master-those-books-you-have-read-them-th_1366388.png) > [My brethren, let me say, be like Christ at all times. Imitate him in "public." Most of us live in some sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/my-brethren-let-me-say-be-like-christ-at-all-times-imitate-him-in/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/085/charles-spurgeon-82_all-time_my-brethren-let-me-say-be-like-christ-at_1293024.jpg) > [Christ will be master of the heart, and sin must be mortified. If your life is unholy, then your heart is unchanged,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/christ-will-be-master-of-the-heart-and-sin-must-be-mortified-if-your-2/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/charles-spurgeon-82_blessing_christ-will-be-master-of-the-heart-and-s_1594584.png) > [He will be the best Christian who has Christ for his Master, and truly follows Him. Some are disciples of the church,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/he-will-be-the-best-christian-who-has-christ-for-his-master-and-truly/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b11/charles-spurgeon-82_being-the-best_he-will-be-the-best-christian-who-has-ch_982433.jpg) > [Let us measure ourselves by our Master, and not by our fellow-servants : then pride will be impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/let-us-measure-ourselves-by-our-master-and-not-by-our-fellow-servants/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/charles-spurgeon-82_fellows_let-us-measure-ourselves-by-our-master-a_1363889.png) ## Other authors on Masters ## 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/masters/charles-spurgeon/#itemlist", "name": "18 Masters Quotes By Charles Spurgeon", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If Christ be anything he must be everything. 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