We are all so sunk in sin, and so wedded to the world, that we would never turn to God and seek… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
By affliction He teaches us many precious lessons, which without it we should never learn. By affliction He shows us our emptiness… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The man who has nothing more than a kind of Sunday religion -- whose Christianity is like his Sunday clothes put on… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The heart that has really tasted the grace of Christ, will instinctively hate sin. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Humility and love are precisely the graces which the men of the world can understand, if they do not comprehend doctrines. They… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
On the one hand stand salvation by free grace for Christ's sake; but on the other stands renewal of the carnal heart… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
By affliction Christ shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us resolve by God's grace that, however feeble and poor our prayers may seem to us, we will pray on. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our journey to heaven. We must count it no strange… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Do you wish to grow in grace and be a holy Christian? Then never forget the value of prayer. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Many, I fear, would like glory, who have no wish for grace. They would [want to] have the wages, but not the… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
What will it cost [a person] to be a true Christian? It will cost him his self-righteousn ess. He must cast away… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Solid scriptural theology should be valued in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Meekness is one of the brightest graces which can adorn the Christian character. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Read the Bible daily. Make it part of your everyday business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Gather… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
When I speak of a man growing in grace, I mean simply this - that his sense of sin is becoming deeper,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Growth in grace is one way to be happy in our religion. God has wisely linked together our comfort and our increase… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Make it a part of every day's business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Private means of grace… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us resolve by God's grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our journey to heaven. We must count it no strange… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
True repentance is no light matter. It is a thorough change of heart about sin, a change showing itself in godly sorrow… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Necessity is laid upon us. We must fight. There are no promises in the Lord Jesus Christ's epistles to the seven churches,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
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.… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
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… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
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… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
![“Many, I fear, would like glory, who have no wish for grace. They would [want to] have the wages, but not the work; the harvest, but not the labor; the reaping, but not the sowing; the reward, but not the battle. But it may not be.” quote by J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/500/j-c-ryle-789_battle_many-i-fear-would-like-glory-who-have-no_1039349.jpg)
![“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 heaven as a poor sinner, saved only by free grace, and owing all to the merit and righteousness…” quote by J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3df/j-c-ryle-789_cast-away_what-will-it-cost-a-person-to-be-a-true_1137557.jpg)
