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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 Spurgeon

Character
2

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.

Charles Spurgeon

Anger
3

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

Charles Spurgeon

Worry
4

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

Charles Spurgeon

Enemies
5

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Charles Spurgeon

Perseverance
6

Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well.

Charles Spurgeon

Money
7

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 Spurgeon

Friends and Friendship
8

Giving is true having.

Charles Spurgeon

Giving
9

It has been said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength.

Charles Spurgeon

Anxiety
10

It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.

Charles Spurgeon

Leaders and Leadership
11

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

Charles Spurgeon

Happiness
12

It is not well to make great changes in old age.

Charles Spurgeon

Change
13

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 Spurgeon

Individuality
14

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 Spurgeon

Luck
15

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

Charles Spurgeon

Difficulties
16

Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

Charles Spurgeon

Perseverance
17

No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.

Charles Spurgeon

Suffering
18

No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers.

Charles Spurgeon

Newspaper
19

None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.

Charles Spurgeon

Arrogance
20

Of two evils, choose neither.

Charles Spurgeon

Evil
21

Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.

Charles Spurgeon

Achievement
22

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

Charles Spurgeon

Sincerity
23

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is the knowledge of our own ignorance.

Charles Spurgeon

Learning
24

The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already.

Charles Spurgeon

Success
25

The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

Charles Spurgeon

Trials
26

The wishing gate opens into nothing.

Charles Spurgeon

Wish and Wishing
27

There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work.

Charles Spurgeon

Laziness
28

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

Charles Spurgeon

Trials
29

Trust in the person's promise, who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform.

Charles Spurgeon

Trust
30

We are all at times unconscious prophets.

Charles Spurgeon

Prophecy
31

When you see a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend on it, that he keeps a very small stock of it within.

Charles Spurgeon

Hypocrisy
32

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

Charles Spurgeon

Wisdom
33

You must be in fashion is the utterance of weak headed mortals.

Charles Spurgeon

Fashion

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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

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well.

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.

Giving is true having.

It has been said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength.

It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

It is not well to make great changes in old age.

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.

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.

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.

No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers.

None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.

Of two evils, choose neither.

Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is the knowledge of our own ignorance.

The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already.

The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

The wishing gate opens into nothing.

There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work.

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

Trust in the person's promise, who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform.

We are all at times unconscious prophets.

When you see a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend on it, that he keeps a very small stock of it within.

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

You must be in fashion is the utterance of weak headed mortals.