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I have a great need for Christ: I have a great Christ for my need. (Charles Spurgeon)
Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of. View quote
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No stars gleam as brightly as those which glisten in the polar sky. No water tastes so sweet as that which springs amid the desert sand. And no faith is so precious as that which lives and triumphs through adversity. Tested faith brings experience. You would never have believed your own weakness had you not needed to pass through trials. And you would never have known God's strength had His strength not been needed to carry you through. View quote
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Of two evils, choose neither. View quote
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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. View quote
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Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else. View quote
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Free will carried many a soul to hell, but never a soul to heaven. View quote
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The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our heart upon the black horse of affliction. View quote
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None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves. View quote
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If I were a Roman Catholic, I should turn a heretic, in sheer desperation, because I would rather go to heaven than go to purgatory. View quote
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Learn to say no; it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin. (Charles Spurgeon)
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. View quote
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Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties. View quote
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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. View quote
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You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect. View quote
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We are all at times unconscious prophets. View quote
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No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth. View quote
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A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit's aid than he can create a world. View quote
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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. View quote
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No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers. View quote
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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)
A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth. View quote
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Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel. View quote
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The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already. View quote
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It is not well to make great changes in old age. View quote
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