--- title: "1 Work Opposite Quotes By Charles Haddon Spurgeon" description: "1 Work Opposite quotes by Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Plus more from Charles Haddon Spurgeon and more Work Opposite sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/charles-haddon-spurgeon-4749_idle_we-know-that-all-things-work-look-around_2725909.jpg" --- > [“We know that all things work. Look around you. All things work. Work is the opposite of idleness. The idle man folds his hands to rest. He slumbers on the bed of laziness. But he is an exception to God’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/we-know-that-all-things-work-look-around-you-all-things-work-work-is/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/charles-haddon-spurgeon-4749_idle_we-know-that-all-things-work-look-around_2725909.jpg) ## More by Charles Haddon Spurgeon > [“Do you talk about yourself like that? You feel you are good for nothing. You are like the bruised reed and the smoldering wick.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/do-you-talk-about-yourself-like-that-you-feel-you-are-good-for/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) > [“If God calls to arduous duty, He is prepared to give all needed grace for doing it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/if-god-calls-to-arduous-duty-he-is-prepared-to-give-all-needed-grace/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) > [“The minister is not responsible for his success. However, he is responsible for what he preaches. He is accountable for his life and actions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/the-minister-is-not-responsible-for-his-success-however-he-is/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) > [“You may have heard the story of that respected martyr who was in the habit of always saying, “All things work together for good.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/you-may-have-heard-the-story-of-that-respected-martyr-who-was-in-the/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) > [“Remarkably, Psalm 50:15 was originally written to those who had mocked God. They had presented their sacrifices without a true heart. Yet the Lord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/remarkably-psalm-50-15-was-originally-written-to-those-who-had-mocked/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) > [“but there is not a Christian that does that, that lives up to his spiritual income. You have an infinite income, an income of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/but-there-is-not-a-christian-that-does-that-that-lives-up-to-his/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) > [“We must not forget that the gospel of Christ is holy. It never excuses sin: it pardons it, but only through an atonement.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/we-must-not-forget-that-the-gospel-of-christ-is-holy-it-never-excuses/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) > [“We need clouds and darkness to exercise our faith; to cut off reliance on self, and make us put more faith in Christ. Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/we-need-clouds-and-darkness-to-exercise-our-faith-to-cut-off-reliance/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) > [“All things are possible to him that believeth." Mark 9:23 Many professed Christians are always doubting and fearing, and they forlornly think that this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/all-things-are-possible-to-him-that-believeth-mark-9-23-many/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) > [“By faith, we understand that we are just like the children of Israel. Whatever our needs are, the Eternal God is our source. God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/by-faith-we-understand-that-we-are-just-like-the-children-of-israel/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) > [“It is disobedience and not obedience that prompts us to select from the commands of Christ which ones we care to obey.”–1893, Sermon 2317 “No”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/it-is-disobedience-and-not-obedience-that-prompts-us-to-select-from/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) > [“I think of the smoldering wick as the backsliding Christian, one who has been a burning and shining light in his day, but has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/i-think-of-the-smoldering-wick-as-the-backsliding-christian-one-who/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) > [“Depression so frightening that I hope none of you will ever experience such severe misery. But I always get back to this, I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/depression-so-frightening-that-i-hope-none-of-you-will-ever/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) > [“When we rank a properous providence of God higher than an adverse one, is that not despising the discipline of the Lord? I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/when-we-rank-a-properous-providence-of-god-higher-than-an-adverse-one/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) > [“It is not great faith but true faith that saves. And the salvation lies not in the faith but in the Christ in whom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-haddon-spurgeon/it-is-not-great-faith-but-true-faith-that-saves-and-the-salvation/) [Charles Haddon Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-haddon-spurgeon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-opposite/charles-haddon-spurgeon/#itemlist", "name": "1 Work Opposite Quotes By Charles Haddon Spurgeon", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We know that all things work. Look around you. All things work. Work is the opposite of idleness. The idle man folds his hands to rest. He slumbers on the bed of laziness. 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