J. C. Ryle Quotes

208 Sourced Quotes

According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.

J. C. Ryle
Beware of letting small faults pass unnoticed under the idea it is a little one. There are no little things in training children; all are important. Little weeds need plucking up as much as any. Leave them alone and they will soon be great.

J. C. Ryle
The true Christian does not need to be reminded that they have a crucified Master. They OFTEN think of Him.

J. C. Ryle
Parents, do you wish to see your children happy? Take care, then, that you train them to obey when they are spoken to, -to do as they are bid.... Teach them to obey while young, or else they will be fretting against God all their lives long, and wear themselves out with the vain idea of being independent of His control.

J. C. Ryle
What could an unsanctified man do in Heaven, if by any chance he got there? Let that question be fairly looked in the face and fairly answered. No man can possibly be happy in a place where he is not in his element and where all around him is not congenial to his tastes, habits and character.

J. C. Ryle
Miserable indeed is that religious teaching which calls itself Christian, and yet contains nothing of the cross.

J. C. Ryle
Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts.

J. C. Ryle
If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.

J. C. Ryle
I declare I know no state of soul more dangerous than to imagine we are born again and sanctifiied by the Holy Spirit, because we have picked up a few religious feelings.

J. C. Ryle
Blessed are they who feel like pilgrims and strangers in this life, and whose best things are all to come!

J. C. Ryle
I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.

J. C. Ryle
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 it mattered not in what way such work was done. Let us carry with us faith, reverence, and prayer. If these three are our companions, we will hear with profit, and return with praise.

J. C. Ryle
Prayer is the surest remedy against the devil and besetting sins.

J. C. Ryle
If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is not from God, how can infidels explain Jesus Christ? His existence in history they cannot deny. How is it that without force or bribery, without arms or money, He has made such an immensely deep mark on the world as He certainly has?

J. C. Ryle
We never know who they are that God will draw, and have nothing to do with it. Our duty is to invite all, and leave it to God to choose the vessels of mercy.

J. C. Ryle
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 own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.

J. C. Ryle
We know nothing of humility by nature, for we are all born proud.

J. C. Ryle
Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord's people.

J. C. Ryle
We may love money without having it, just as we may have money without loving it.

J. C. Ryle
A right knowledge of sin lies at the root of all saving Christianity.

J. C. Ryle
Growth in grace is one way to be happy in our religion. God has wisely linked together our comfort and our increase in holiness.

J. C. Ryle
Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear... Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.

J. C. Ryle
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.

J. C. Ryle
The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.

J. C. Ryle
The cause of Christ does not need less working, but it does need among the workers, more praying.

J. C. Ryle
If Christ had not gone to the cross and suffered in our stead, the just for the unjust, there would not have been a spark of hope for us. There would have been a mighty gulf between ourselves and God, which no man ever could have passed.

J. C. Ryle
If you profess to be a child of God, leave it to the Lord Jesus to sanctify you in His own way.

J. C. Ryle
Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.

J. C. Ryle
We live in an age when there is a false glare on the things of time and a great mist over the things of eternity.

J. C. Ryle
Millions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all.

J. C. Ryle