"Earnestness is good; it means business. But..." - Quote by Charles Spurgeon

“Fill the earth with your songs of gratitude.”

“Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.”

“I am certain that I never did grow in grace one-half so much anywhere as I have upon the bed of pain.”

“Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.”

“Taking sides is the beginning of sincerity, and earnestness follows shortly afterwards, and the human being becomes a bore.”

“He that can toy with his ministry and count it to be like a trade, or like any other profession, was never called of God. But he that has a charge pressing on his heart, and a woe ringing in his ear, and preaches as though he heard the cried of hell behind him, and saw his God looking down on him-oh, how that man entreats the Lord that his hearers may not hear in vain!”

“To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. The greatness of the human soul is shown by knowing how to keep within proper bounds. There are two equally dangerous extremes- to shut reason out, and not to let nothing in.”

“In success be moderate.”

“Out of moderation a pure happiness springs.”