J. C. Ryle
J. C. Ryle
John Charles Rylewas the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth10 May 1816
humble humility people
All converted people should labor to adorn the doctrine they profess by humility. If they can do nothing else, they can strive to be humble.
humility mark conversion
The surest mark of true conversion is humility.
christian humility men
Humility and love are precisely the graces which the men of the world can understand, if they do not comprehend doctrines. They are the graces about which there is no mystery, and they are within reach of all classes... The poorest Christian can every day find occasion for practicing love and humility.
humility proud born
We know nothing of humility by nature, for we are all born proud.
christian humility strive
Let us daily strive to copy our Saviour's humility.
beautiful humility pride
Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
humility pride thinking
Let us watch against pride in every shape - pride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride of our own goodness. Nothing is so likely to keep a person out of heaven, and prevent them from seeing Christ, as pride. So long as we think we are something we shall never be saved. Let us pray for and cultivate humility; let us seek to know ourselves correctly, and to find out our place in the sight of a holy God.
ignorance pride knowing
Pride comes from not knowing yourself and the world. The older you grow, and the more you see, the less reason you will find for being proud. Ignorance and inexperience are the pedestal of pride; once the pedestal is removed - pride will soon come down.
father men needs
The best of men are only men at their very best. Patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, - martyrs, fathers, reformers, puritans, - all are sinners, who need a Savior: holy, useful, honorable in their place - but sinners after all.
jesus kings teaching
Let us serve Him faithfully as our Master. Let us obey Him loyally as our King. Let us study His teachings as our Prophet. Let us work diligently after Him as our Example. Let us look anxiously for Him as our coming redeemer of body as well as soul. But above all let us prize Him as our Sacrifice, and rest our whole weight on His death as atonement for sin. Let His blood be more precious in our eyes every year we live. Whatever else we glory in about Christ, let us glory above all things in His cross.
age eternity glare
We live in an age when there is a false glare on the things of time and a great mist over the things of eternity.
character men company
Nothing perhaps affects man's character more than the company he keeps
inspirational mean grace
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.
energy vigor assurance
Assurance of hope is more than life, it is health, strength, power, vigor, activity, energy, manliness, beauty.