Famous quotes by Clergymans

"You cannot make a sinner into a saint by killing him. He who does not live as a saint here will never live as a saint hereafter"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"We have come to a turning point in the road. If we turn to the right, mayhap our children and our children's children will go that way; but if we turn to the left, generations yet unborn will curse our names for having been unfaithful to God and to His Word"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"It's not the having, it's the getting"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

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

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

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

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"I do not think I should care to go on worshipping a Madonna even if she did wink. One cannot make much out of a wink. We want something more than that from the object of our adoration"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"By perseverance, the snail reached the ark"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

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

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

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

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"A lie can travel half way around the world, while the truth is putting on its shoes"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

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

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"Saving faith is an immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, resting upon Him alone, for justification, sanctification, and eternal life, by virtue of God's grace"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

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

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

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

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

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

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?"

Billy Sunday, Clergyman

"Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first"

Billy Sunday, Clergyman

"If there is no hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses"

Billy Sunday, Clergyman

"I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear?"

Billy Sunday, Clergyman

"After all is said that can be said upon the liquor traffic, its influence is degrading upon the individual, the family, politics and business, and upon everything that you touch in this old world"

Billy Sunday, Clergyman

"When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian"

Billy Sunday, Clergyman

"They tell me a revival is only temporary; so is a bath, but it does you good"

Billy Sunday, Clergyman

"Personal liberty is not personal license"

Billy Sunday, Clergyman

"And if you think that anybody is going to frighten me, you don't know me yet"

Billy Sunday, Clergyman

"Home is the place we love best and grumble the most"

Billy Sunday, Clergyman

"When the English language gets in my way, I walk over it"

Billy Sunday, Clergyman

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