The first step towards attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin. — J. C. Ryle First step Copy Share Image
The cause of Christ does not need less working, but it does need among the workers, more praying. — J. C. Ryle Causes 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 Assurance Copy Share Image
To talk of comparing the Bible with other "sacred books" so called, such as the Koran...or the book of Mormon, is positively… — J. C. Ryle Absurd Copy Share Image
Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure. — J. C. Ryle Displeasure Copy Share Image
Prayer is the surest remedy against the devil and besetting sins. — J. C. Ryle Devil Copy Share Image
There is no fickleness about Jesus: those whom He loves, He loves to the end. — J. C. Ryle Ends Copy Share Image
Christ is never fully valued, until sin is clearly seen. We must know the depth and malignity of our disease, in order… — J. C. Ryle Appreciate Copy Share Image
Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer. — J. C. Ryle Backsliding 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 Comfort Copy Share Image
The last day will prove that some of the holiest men that ever lived are hardly known. — J. C. Ryle Known Copy Share Image
No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees. — J. C. Ryle Bishops Copy Share Image
So long as you do not quarrel with sin, you will never be a truly happy man. — J. C. Ryle Happiness Copy Share Image
People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which… — J. C. Ryle Accounts Copy Share Image
If you do not love Christ, let me plainly tell you what is the reason: You have no sense of debt to… — J. C. Ryle Christ Copy Share Image
God has linked holiness and happiness; and what God has joined together we must not think to put asunder. — J. C. Ryle Happiness Copy Share Image
I believe it to be clear evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word of God is really precious to a person’s… — J. C. Ryle Believe Copy Share Image
It is not always those who have the most eminent gifts who are the most successful laborers for God. It is generally… — J. C. Ryle Christ Copy Share Image
Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will. — J. C. Ryle Book 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 Bible Copy Share Image
Sin always seems 'good, and pleasant, and desirable,' at the time of commission. — J. C. Ryle Desirable Copy Share Image
Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined… — J. C. Ryle Beauty Copy Share Image
