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Grace Quotes by J C Ryle
- To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
- Read the Bible daily. Make it part of your everyday business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Gather your manna fresh…
- Solid scriptural theology should be valued in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith and practice-- books…
- If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our journey to heaven. We must count it no strange thing, if we…
- On the one hand stand salvation by free grace for Christ's sake; but on the other stands renewal of the carnal heart by the Spirit.…
- 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,…
- A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace.
- 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…
- When I speak of a man growing in grace, I mean simply this - that his sense of sin is becoming deeper, his faith stronger,…
- 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…
- Let us resolve by God's grace that, however feeble and poor our prayers may seem to us, we will pray on.
- Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
- The heart that has really tasted the grace of Christ, will instinctively hate sin.
- We are all so sunk in sin, and so wedded to the world, that we would never turn to God and seek salvation, unless He…
- The man who has nothing more than a kind of Sunday religion -- whose Christianity is like his Sunday clothes put on once a week,…
- Meekness is one of the brightest graces which can adorn the Christian character.
- By affliction Christ shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world, and…
- Do you wish to grow in grace and be a holy Christian? Then never forget the value of prayer.
- Necessity is laid upon us. We must fight. There are no promises in the Lord Jesus Christ's epistles to the seven churches, except to those…
- Growth in grace is one way to be happy in our religion. God has wisely linked together our comfort and our increase in holiness.
- Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the Spirit more closely…
- Make it a part of every day's business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Private means of grace are just as…
- Humility and love are precisely the graces which the men of the world can understand, if they do not comprehend doctrines. They are the graces…
More Grace Quotes
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider. — Saint Augustine
- I'm certainly not opposed to digital technology, whose graces I daily enjoy and rely on in so many ways. But I worry… — Diane Ackerman
- I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this… — Teresa of Avila
- In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal.… — Teresa of Avila
- Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors,… — Teresa of Avila
- Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves. — Drew Barrymore
- Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God. — Karl Barth
- God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately. — Saul Bellow
- My favorite albumn ever is Jeff Buckley's GRACE. I feel a weird unexplainable connection to him. — Rachel Bilson