J. C. Ryle Quotes

The eternal salvation of a single soul is more important than anything else you will ever achieve in life.

The whole world is not worth one soul.

The blessing of God enriches the soul for eternity while that given by the world enriches the body temporarily.

Everlasting life is a jewel of too great a value to be purchased by the wealth of this world.

My soul is of more value than ten thousand worlds.

Only one life, ’twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last.

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

I want to know that I have affected people for eternity. I believe I am. I believe once someone knows Christ as their personal savior, I've affected eternity. I matter 10 billion years from now.

You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.

The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity.

If you wanna get to heaven, get out of this world.

For the salvation of his soul the Muslim digs a well. It would be a fine thing if each of us were to leave behind a school, or a well, or something of the sort, so that life would not pass by and retreat into eternity without a trace.

A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify; A never dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky.

Man, it is not thy works, which are mortal, infinitely little, and the greatest no greater than the least, but only the spirit thou workest in, that can have worth or continuance.

For what matters if I gain the whole world, but lose my soul?

Many people spend their lives trying to create a lasting legacy on earth. They want to be remembered when they're gone. Yet, what ultimately matters most will not be what others say about your life but what God says.

We are all fundamentally equal souls, and if you make a zillion dollars, you're not any better than anybody else spiritually. You're still an equal soul.

Consider and act with reference to the true ends of existence. This world is but the vestibule of an immortal life. Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

If you suffer [death] in the way of God, it will be your profit in this world, and your reward in the next.

Nothing in this world is useless in the eyes of God.

You have never looked in the eyes of someone who does not matter to God.

I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be saved.

There is nothing more important than your eternal salvation.

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.

Christ is glorified in you when he is more precious to you than all that life can give or death can take.