471 Quotes by J. C. Ryle

No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

When you cannot answer a skeptic, be content to wait for more light; but never forsake a great principle.

It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.

Prosperity is a great mercy, but adversity is a greater one, if it brings us to Christ.

Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.

The last day will prove that some of the holiest men that ever lived are hardly known.

Why is a believer patient? Because he looks for the coming of the Lord...He waits quietly for the King.

There must not only be good preaching, but good hearing.

I believe it to be clear evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word of God is really precious to a person’s soul.