471 Quotes by J. C. Ryle

When I speak of a man growing in grace, I mean simply this – that his sense of sin is becoming deeper, his faith stronger, his hope brighter, his love more extensive, his spiritual mindedness more marked.

Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith’s stamp on real silver and gold – it is one of the marks of a converted man.

Set your immortal soul before your mind’s eye, and when men ask you why you live as you do, answer them in his spirit, “I live for my soul.

Fear puts an end to openness of manner; fear leads to concealment; fear sows the seed of much hypocrisy, and leads to many a lie.

Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.

As the sun gazed upon makes everything else look dark and dim, so does the cross darken the false splendour of this world.

Hell itself is truth known too late.

God knew what we were before conversion – wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion – weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.

Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.