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> [ What will it cost \[a person\] to be a true Christian? It will cost him his self-righteousn ess. He must cast away all pride and high thoughts, and conceit of his own goodness. He must be content to go to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/what-will-it-cost-a-person-to-be-a-true-christian-it-will-cost-him/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

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> [We must cast away everything which hinders us upon our road towards heaven – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life; the love of riches, pleasures and honors, the spirit of lukewarmness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/we-must-cast-away-everything-which-hinders-us-upon-our-road-towards/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

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## More by J. C. Ryle

> [When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/when-a-person-s-tongue-is-extensively-wrong-it-is-absurd-no-less-than/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

> [Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/love-should-be-the-silver-thread-that-runs-through-all-your-conduct/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

> [Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/amidst-the-flood-of-dangerous-reading-i-plead-for-my-master-s-book-i/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

> [Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/persecution-in-short-is-like-the-goldsmith-s-stamp-on-real-silver-and/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

> [The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/the-parent-who-tries-to-train-without-setting-a-good-example-is/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

> [We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/we-are-all-naturally-self-righteous-it-is-the-family-disease-of-all/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

> [Sunday morning, before we go to hear the Word of God preached...let us not rush into God’s presence careless, reckless, and unprepared, as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/sunday-morning-before-we-go-to-hear-the-word-of-god-preached-let-us/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

> [The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/the-true-secret-of-spiritual-strength-is-self-distrust-and-deep/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

> [That Bible is read best, which is practised most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/that-bible-is-read-best-which-is-practised-most/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

> [O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/o-christian-look-up-and-take-comfort-jesus-has-prepared-a-place-for/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

> [Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/let-your-christianity-be-so-unmistakable-your-eye-so-single-your/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

> [Let it be a settled principle ...that men's salvation, if saved, is wholly of God; and that man's ruin, if lost, is wholly of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/let-it-be-a-settled-principle-that-men-s-salvation-if-saved-is-wholly/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

> [That Bible is read best - which is practiced most!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/that-bible-is-read-best-which-is-practiced-most/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

> [If we would know whether our faith is genuine, we do well to ask ourselves how we are living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/if-we-would-know-whether-our-faith-is-genuine-we-do-well-to-ask/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

> [To be born again is, as it were, to enter upon a new existence, to have a new mind, a new heart, new views,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/to-be-born-again-is-as-it-were-to-enter-upon-a-new-existence-to-have/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

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