471 Quotes by J. C. Ryle

Oh, dear friend, if you love your children, I charge you, do not let the early impression of a habit of prayer slip by. If you train your children to do anything, train them, at least, to have a habit of prayer.

Wherever we may be, or whatever our circumstances, the Lord Jesus sees them. We are never beyond the reach of His care.

The Bible applied to the heart by the Holy Ghost is the chief means by which men are built up and established in the faith, after their conversion. It is able to cleanse them, to sanctify them, to instruct them in righteousness, and to furnish them thoroughly for all good works.

Weak, feeble and foolish as it may seem to people, the simple story of the Cross is enough for all mankind in every part of the globe.

One single soul saved shall outlive and outweigh all the kingdoms of the world.

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

We want more men and women who walk with God and before God, like Enoch and Abraham.

There is more to be learned at the foot of the Cross than anywhere else in the world.

Experience supplies painful proof that traditions once called into being are first called useful, then they become necessary. At last they are too often made idols, and all must bow down to them or be punished.