471 Quotes by J. C. Ryle

Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.

Young men, I beseech you earnestly, beware of pride. Two things are said to be very rare sights in the world- one is a young man that is humble, and the other is an old man that is content. I fear that this is only too true.

It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.

The children of God all have a cross to bear. A suffering Savior generally has suffering disciples.

Who shall dare to talk of strength when David can fall?

It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.

There is more Bible buying, Bible selling, Bible printing and Bible distributing than ever before in our nation. We see Bibles in every bookstore - Bibles of every size, price and style. There are Bibles in almost every house in the land. But all this time I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another.

Let it be a settled principle ...that men's salvation, if saved, is wholly of God; and that man's ruin, if lost, is wholly of himself.

The devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it.