471 Quotes by J. C. Ryle

A converted man will not wish to go to heaven alone

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

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.

Better to confess Christ 1000 times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment.

We ought to regard the sacrament of baptism with reverence. An ordinance of which the Lord Jesus Himself partook, is not to be lightly esteemed. An ordinance to which the great Head of the Church submitted, ought to be ever honorable in the eyes of professing Christians.

Follow Christ for His own sake, if you follow Him at all.

The work of the preacher resembles that of the sower. Like the sower, the preacher must sow good seed, the Word of God.

Since Satan can't destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.

Nothing is so fickle and uncertain as popularity. It is here today and gone tomorrow. It is a sandy foundation, and sure to fail those who build upon it.