J. C. Ryle Quotes

Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing in God's judgment, hating what He hates, loving what He loves, and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word.

J. C. Ryle

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• The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.

  

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• How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.

  

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• How do you be a 45-year-old man in a rock band, do it well, keep your dignity and not become a parody of yourself? I don't think it will be simple.

  

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• It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.

  

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• I really don't believe in magic.

  

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• I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.

  

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• Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.

  

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• My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.

  

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• I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.

  

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• We keep score in life because it matters. It counts. It matters. Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities because they fear failure. They don't understand commitment.

  

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• I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.

  

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• When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.

  

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• I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's been done, it's been done, and it's water under the bridge. I have no regrets of my life.

  

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• As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.

  

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• If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.

  

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• One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.

  

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• I must be honest here; I don't think there's such a thing as 'unconventional' when it comes to YA. YA readers are the most open-minded in the literary world. They'll read anything.

  

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• Our aim may be as high as the endless sky, but we should have a resolve in our minds to walk ahead, hand-in-hand for victory will be ours.

  

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• Childhood lasts all through life. It returns to animate broad sections of adult life.... Poets will help us to find this living childhood within us, this permanent, durable immobile world.

  

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• Islam undoubtedly deserves respect. It has some things in common with Christianity, such as Abraham as a common progenitor, and the belief in only one God.

  

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• The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism.

  

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• Pretty witty Nell.

  

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• Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing in God's judgment, hating what He hates, loving what He loves, and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word.

  

  J. C. Ryle
  • World
  • God
  • Mind