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Own Quotes by J C Ryle
- Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer... He may sometimes keep us long waiting...but He will never send us…
- Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just; a God who is all love, but not…
- 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…
- Surely if there be any habit which your own hand and eye should help in forming, it is the habit of prayer.
- Examine your own hearts. Do you see there any habit or custom which you know is wrong in the sight of God? If you do,…
- A man may commit sin and yet be ignorant of it, and fancy himself innocent when he is guilty... We shall do well to remember…
- Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
- 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…
- The brightest saint is the man who has the most heart-searching sense of his own sinfulness, and the liveliest sense of his own complete acceptance…
- Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our…
- We are evidently no friends of Satan. Like the kings of this world, he wars not against his own subjects. The very fact that he…
- If you profess to be a child of God, leave it to the Lord Jesus to sanctify you in His own way.
- Let us watch against pride in every shape-pride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride of our own goodness.
- For my own part, I believe that in dealing with skeptics, and unbelievers, and enemies of the Bible, Christians are too apt to stand only…
- To talk of comparing the Bible with other "sacred books" so called, such as the Koran...or the book of Mormon, is positively absurd. You might…
- Let us watch against pride in every shape - pride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride of our own goodness. Nothing is so likely to…
- Follow Christ for His own sake, if you follow Him at all.
- Be very sure of this,-people never reject the Bible because they cannot understand it. They understand it only too well; they understand that it condemns…
- Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your…
- Instruction, and advice, and commands will profit little, unless they are backed up by the pattern of your own life. Your children will never believe…
- Sanctification is that inward spiritual work which the Lord Jesus Christ works in a man by the Holy Spirit when He calls him to be…
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov