471 Quotes by J. C. Ryle

If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.

The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.

A true Christian is one who has not only peace of conscience, but war within. He may be known by his warfare as well as by his peace.

A Bible reading laity is a nation's surest defence against error.

Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.

Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing in God's judgment, hating what He hates, loving what He loves, and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word.

The rulers of the earth plan, and scheme, and make laws, and change laws, and war, and pull down one, and raise up another. But they little think that they rule only by the will of Jesus, and that nothing happens without the permission of the Lamb of God.

True faith will always show itself by its fruits . . . I suspect that, with rare exceptions, men die just as they have lived.

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