23 Quotes by J.C. Ryle

The greater are our affections the deeper are our afflictions, and the more we love the more we have to weep.

Do nothing that you would not like God to see. Say nothing you would not like God to hear. Write nothing you would not like God to read. Go no place where you would not like God to find you. Read no book of which you would not like God to say, "Show it to Me."Never spend your time in such a way that you would not like to have God say, "What are you doing?

One thief was saved that no sinner might despair, but only one, that no sinner might presume.

That sin will never stand firm which is heartily prayed against....We must spread out all our case before our heavenly Physician, if He is to give us daily relief.

Christ's death is the Christian's life. Christ's cross is the Christian's title to heaven. Christ "lifted up" and put to shame on Calvary is the ladder by which Christians "enter into the holiest," and are at length landed in glory.

Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.

Most men hope to go to heaven when they die; but few, it may be feared, take the trouble to consider whether they would enjoy heaven if they got there. Heaven is essentially a holy place; it's inhabitants are all holy; it's occupations are all holy.

Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.

It is bad enough to be unconverted and going to hell. It is even worse to say, “I know it and will not cry for mercy.