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Sorrow Quotes by Charles Spurgeon
- It is the burning lava of the soul that has a furnace within--a very volcano of grief and sorrow-it is that burning lava of prayer…
- A prayerless church member is a hindrance. He is in the body like a rotting bone or a decayed tooth. Before long, since he does…
- Trials make room for consolation. There is nothing that makes man have a big heart like a great trial. I have found that those people…
- No sin is necessarily connected with sorrow of heart, for Jesus Christ our Lord once said, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death." There…
- The highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of martyrdom. The jewels of a Christian are his afflictions. The…
- Ready-to-Halt, Poor Fearing, and thou, Mrs. Despondency, and Much-afraid, go often there [the empty tomb]; let it be your favorite haunt. There build a tabernacle,…
- There is no university for a Christian, like that of sorrow and trial
- I slew him-this right hand struck the dagger to his heart. My deeds slew Christ. Alas! I slew my best beloved; I killed him who…
- I am afraid that all the grace that I have got of my comfortable and easy times and happy hours, might almost lie on a…
- God alone can do what seems impossible. This is the promise of his grace: 'I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust…
- Prayer gives a channel to the pent-up sorrows of the soul, they flow away, and in their stead streams of sacred delight pour into the…
- From all the afflictions, Your glory shall spring. And the deeper the sorrow, the louder you'll sing.
- There is nothing in the law of God that will rob you of happiness; it only denies you that which would cost you sorrow.
- That conversion which is all joy and lacks sorrow for sin, is very questionable.
- I would sooner be holy than happy if the two things could be divorced. Were it possible for a man always to sorrow and yet…
- Your sorrow itself shall be turned into joy. Not the sorrow to be taken away, and joy to be put in its place, but the…
- Too many people write their blessings in the sand but engrave their sorrows in marble
- The worst evils of life are those which do not exist except in our imagination. If we had no troubles but real troubles, we should…
- The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. It is the most grievous sentence of the three, but it overflows with comfort.…
- I know nothing which can so comfort the soul; so calm the swelling billows of sorrow and grief; so speak peace to the winds of…
- There is a sweet joy that comes to us through sorrow.
- I have not much patience with a certain class of Christians nowadays who will hear anybody preach so long as they can say, 'He is…
- It is said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.
- Immanuel, God with us in our nature, in our sorrow, in our lifework, in our punishment, in our grave, and now with us, or rather…
- It has been said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength.
More Sorrow Quotes
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow. — Honore de Balzac
- It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. — Amelia Barr
- There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it. — Amelia Barr
- Genius is sorrow's child. — John Adams
- I hear music that comes out of need, out of grief, sorrow, suffering and out of overcoming these things, as well. That… — Kathleen Battle
- Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown… — Joseph Addison
- I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair. — Joseph Addison
- In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of… — Dirk Benedict
- The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears. — A. C. Benson
- Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our… — Ezra Taft Benson