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title: "28 Grace Quotes By J. C. Ryle"
description: "28 Grace quotes by J. C. Ryle. Plus more from J. C. Ryle and more Grace sayings from other authors."
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> [Let us resolve by God's grace that, however feeble and poor our prayers may seem to us, we will pray on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/let-us-resolve-by-god-s-grace-that-however-feeble-and-poor-our/)

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> [Let us resolve by God's grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/let-us-resolve-by-god-s-grace-that-however-poor-and-feeble-our/)

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> [Growth in grace is one way to be happy in our religion. God has wisely linked together our comfort and our increase…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/growth-in-grace-is-one-way-to-be-happy-in-our-religion-god-has-wisely/)

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> [Do you wish to grow in grace and be a holy Christian? Then never forget the value of prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/do-you-wish-to-grow-in-grace-and-be-a-holy-christian-then-never/)

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> [To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/to-be-prayerless-is-to-be-without-god-without-christ-without-grace/)

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> [Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/pride-is-the-oldest-and-most-common-of-sins-humility-is-the-rarest/)

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> [The heart that has really tasted the grace of Christ, will instinctively hate sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/the-heart-that-has-really-tasted-the-grace-of-christ-will/)

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> [Meekness is one of the brightest graces which can adorn the Christian character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/meekness-is-one-of-the-brightest-graces-which-can-adorn-the-christian/)

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> [ Many, I fear, would like glory, who have no wish for grace. They would \[want to\] have the wages, but not the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/many-i-fear-would-like-glory-who-have-no-wish-for-grace-they-would/)

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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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/what-will-it-cost-a-person-to-be-a-true-christian-it-will-cost-him/)

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> [On the one hand stand salvation by free grace for Christ's sake; but on the other stands renewal of the carnal heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/on-the-one-hand-stand-salvation-by-free-grace-for-christ-s-sake-but/)

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> [When I speak of a man growing in grace, I mean simply this - that his sense of sin is becoming deeper,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/when-i-speak-of-a-man-growing-in-grace-i-mean-simply-this-that-his/)

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> [The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/the-means-of-grace-are-such-as-bible-reading-private-prayer-and-2/)

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> [By affliction He teaches us many precious lessons, which without it we should never learn. By affliction He shows us our emptiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/by-affliction-he-teaches-us-many-precious-lessons-which-without-it-we/)

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> [By affliction Christ shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/by-affliction-christ-shows-us-our-emptiness-and-weakness-draws-us-to/)

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> [Make it a part of every day's business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Private means of grace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/make-it-a-part-of-every-day-s-business-to-read-and-meditate-on-some/)

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> [Necessity is laid upon us. We must fight. There are no promises in the Lord Jesus Christ's epistles to the seven churches,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/necessity-is-laid-upon-us-we-must-fight-there-are-no-promises-in-the/)

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> [If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our journey to heaven. We must count it no strange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/if-we-are-true-christians-we-must-not-expect-everything-smooth-in-our/)

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> [Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/walk-more-closely-with-god-get-nearer-to-christ-seek-to-exchange-hope/)

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> [If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our journey to heaven. We must count it no strange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/if-we-are-true-christians-we-must-not-expect-everything-smooth-in-our-2/)

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> [Solid scriptural theology should be valued in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/solid-scriptural-theology-should-be-valued-in-the-church-books-in/)

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> [The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/the-means-of-grace-are-such-as-bible-reading-private-prayer-and/)

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> [True repentance is no light matter. It is a thorough change of heart about sin, a change showing itself in godly sorrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/true-repentance-is-no-light-matter-it-is-a-thorough-change-of-heart/)

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> [Read the Bible daily. Make it part of your everyday business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Gather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/read-the-bible-daily-make-it-part-of-your-everyday-business-to-read/)

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> [A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/a-man-may-just-as-soon-read-the-scripture-without-eyes-as-understand/)

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> [We are all so sunk in sin, and so wedded to the world, that we would never turn to God and seek…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/we-are-all-so-sunk-in-sin-and-so-wedded-to-the-world-that-we-would/)

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> [The man who has nothing more than a kind of Sunday religion -- whose Christianity is like his Sunday clothes put on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/the-man-who-has-nothing-more-than-a-kind-of-sunday-religion-whose/)

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> [Humility and love are precisely the graces which the men of the world can understand, if they do not comprehend doctrines. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/humility-and-love-are-precisely-the-graces-which-the-men-of-the-world/)

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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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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                        "text": "The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word taught and participates in the Lord's Supper. I lay it down as a simple matter of fact that no one who is careless about such things must ever expect to make much progress in sanctification.",
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