J. C. Ryle Quotes

Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold, dull, and backsliding? Look unto Jesus.

I maintain that to tell a person they are born again, while they are living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion.

No one ever said at the end of his days; ‘I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul’

The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.

There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.

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

Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.

God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.

The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.

The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.