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The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.

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

Children Father Forget Imitation Mindset Mom Principle Strong
Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
J. C. RYLE

Drive Ourselves Religion Thinking Trial World
A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
J. C. RYLE

Lecture Minister Time Walk
The world’s idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
J. C. RYLE

Greatness Ideas Service World
Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
J. C. RYLE

Fall Man Privacy
Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.
J. C. RYLE

Body Love Yourself
Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.
J. C. RYLE

God Happiness Poverty Wealth
That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth the terrors of the Lord and the miseries of hell.
J. C. RYLE

Defective Heaven Hell Joy Misery Sad Sadness
We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
J. C. RYLE

Hide Man Reading Treasure
The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
J. C. RYLE

Happiness Himself Save Scripture True
The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.
J. C. RYLE

Build Goodness Oneself Parents Training
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

Death God Live Presence Ready
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 empty away.
J. C. RYLE

Empty Goodness Himself Time Wait
Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.
J. C. RYLE

Born Day Himself Man
Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
J. C. RYLE

Beautiful Discover Lost Person Ruin Sin
If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.
J. C. RYLE

Love Prayer Yourself

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