J. C. Ryle Quotes

A Christian is the gentlest of men; but then he is a man.

Because we call ourselves Christians, our actions need to reflect Christ.

It appears that too many Christians want to enjoy the thrill of feeling right but are not willing to endure the inconvenience of being right.

The strongest argument in favor of the gospel is a loving and lovable Christian.

The true expression of Christian character is not in good-doing but in God-likeness.

A true Christian man is distinguished from other men, not so much by his beneficent works, as by his patience.

I think most non-Christians who try to be good people are probably better Christians than Christians.

I connected to this idea of faith and spirituality and religion and Christianity being a very strong crux of who I am at the core and how a lot of what we think and believe is based around our spiritual beliefs.

Some of the greatest Christians I know are people who don't actually have a kind of faith system that they believe in. But, in their activity, the way they conduct themselves, there's a goodness there.

I'm still very much a Christian and have a great relationship with God. I love Him, but one of my flaws is that I cuss.

I'm convinced that a large percentage of people that we call worldly Christians are perhaps not Christian to begin with and that may be the trouble.

For he that is a good man, is three quarters of his way towards the being a good Christian, wheresoever he lives, or whatsoever he is called.

The problem with Western Christians is not that they aren't where they should be but that they aren't what they should be where they are.

Religion is the fruit of the Spirit, a Christian character, a true life.

Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.

It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.

Conduct is the grand test of character. Words are one great evidence of the condition of the heart.

I am a terrible and lazy Christian. I do not believe that the Bible is the literal word of God. I just skip about a third of it.

Because my faith is important to me and then they wrote it in that my character I would be playing would also be a Christian, many people would often assume now that I'm playing myself on television. And I'm not.

Christians have no business thinking that the good life consists mainly in not doing bad things. We have no business thinking that to do evil in this world you have to be a Bengal tiger, when, in fact, it is enough to be a tame tabby—a nice person but not a good one. In short, Pentecost makes it clear that nothing is so fatal to Christianity as indifference.

A Christian isn't necessarily any nicer than anybody else, just better informed.

Christianity is not so much the advent of a better doctrine as of a perfect character.

Anyone who believes in a Jesus who condones abortion does not believe in the real Jesus, and therefore is not Christian.

Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of 'the image of Christ' must be seen and observed by others in our private life, and habits, and character, and doings.

Would the potential attraction to Mormonism by simply having a Mormon in the White House threaten traditional Christianity by leading more Americans to a church that some Christians believe misleadingly calls itself Christian, is an active missionary church, and a dangerous cult?