Quotes from JC Ryle
Am I honest? Am I sincere? Do I really desire first the praise of God?
- JC Ryle
Growth in grace is one way to be happy in our religion. God has wisely linked together our comfort and our increase in holiness.
- JC Ryle
There must not only be good preaching, but good hearing.
- JC Ryle
Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
- JC Ryle
God has linked holiness and happiness; and what God has joined together we must not think to put asunder.
- JC Ryle
Health is a good thing; but sickness is far better, if it leads us to God.
- JC Ryle
It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
- JC Ryle
We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
- JC Ryle
Make it a part of every day's business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Private means of grace are just as needful every day for our souls as food and clothing are for our bodies.
- JC Ryle
The Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home.
- JC Ryle
A good conscience will be found a pleasant visitor at our bedside in a dying hour.
- JC Ryle
Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.
- JC Ryle