« All Self Quotes · J C Ryle's Page
Self Quotes by J C Ryle
- 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…
- True worship leads to a more full knowledge of self, God, heaven, duty, doctrine, practice and experience.
- It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness.
- A crucified Savior will never be content to have a self-pleasing, self-indulging, worldly-minded people.
- The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
- We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam.
- Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from their sins.
- 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…
More Self Quotes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
- Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. — Nancy Astor
- It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us… — David Attenborough
- Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. — Dean Acheson
- A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower… — Marcus Aurelius
- What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! — Jane Austen
- We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves,… — Paul Auster