J. C. Ryle Quotes

The man who would truly know God must give time to Him.

Passion is best spent on God; so get committed.

The church was everything: our social engagements, Sunday morning, Sunday evening. Wednesday night was the hour of power. We had Bible study on certain days. Saturday afternoon was choir practice. I wanted desperately to be a good Christian.

That man cannot possibly be called a Christian, who does not pray.

One might pray and not be a Christian, but one cannot be a Christian and not pray.

Worship is not part of the Christian life, it is the Christian life

My order of priorities reflects the level of my commitment to Christ. Whoever or whatever is in first place, if it isn't the Lord Jesus, is in the wrong place.

The Christian will find his parentheses for prayer even in the busiest hours of life.

Prayer can never be in excess.

Prayer is the forerunner of mercy. Turn to sacred history, and you will find that scarecely ever did a great mercy come to this world unheralded by supplication.

Nothing is more vital than prayer in Christian existence, and few things are more vulnerable to neglect.

The soul of the Christian religion is reverence.

Faith is to the soul what life is to the body. Prayer is to faith what breath is to the body. How a person can live and not breathe is past my comprehension, and how a person can believe and not pray is past my comprehension too.

The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees.

One of the chief duties which [the Christian] will punctually and carefully fulfill is the duty of prayer. You will remember in the Book of Acts, when Saul the persecutor was converted by a special miracle, the sign given of his conversion was this: "Behold he prayeth." Prayer is the breath of the soul. Just as breathing is the sign of life, prayer is the sign of the life of the soul.

Remember to pray fervently.

I've tried them all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.

Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.

When I wake up, I immediately pray. When I go to sleep, I pray. Honestly, a prayer every second, in every breath. I suggest the whole world to do it. Prayer is amazing.

He that is never on his knees on earth shall never stand upon his feet in heaven

Only in prayer can we learn to love God with all our heart, mind and soul.

A Christian who does not pray is like prince in beggars clothes who stands but a few inches from His father's throne and yet does not ask.

Little works, little thoughts, little loves, little prayers for little Christians, and larger and larger as the years grow.

Christian practice is that evidence which confirms every other indication of true godliness.

The true religion of Jesus Christ our Saviour is that which penetrates, and which receives all the warmth of the heart, and all the elevation of the soul, and all the energies of the understanding, and all the strength of the will.