John Ruskin Quotes

Welcome, welcome, cross of Christ, if Christ be with it.

I would like everyone to feel loved by the God who gave his son for us and showed us his boundless love. I want everyone to feel the joy of being Christian.

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.

Christ is dead and his teachings moribund.

I build on Christ, the rock of ages; on his sure mercies described in his word, and on his promises, all which I know are yea and amen.

The cross is the place where, and the means by which, God loved us to the uttermost.

I am convinced the greatest act of love we can ever perform for people is to tell them about God's love for them in Christ.

Behold , I have graven you upon the palm of my hand, that is what Jesus came on earth to do: to proclaim, to give us the Good News that God loves us, that we are precious to Him.

The Gospels and the rest of the New Testament reflect the life of Jesus, what it means for us & what it means for the world.

A man may go to heaven without health, without riches, without honors, without learning, without friends; but he can never go there without Christ.

If only everyone could experience the joy of being Christian, being loved by God Who gave His Son for us!

The Gospel, radiant with the glory of Christ’s cross, constantly invites us to rejoice.

If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.

Seeing & savoring Jesus Christ is the most important seeing and savoring you'll ever do.

The doctrine of Christ crucified is the strength of a Minister. I, for one, would not be without it for all the world.

Weak, feeble and foolish as it may seem to people, the simple story of the Cross is enough for all mankind in every part of the globe.

The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior.

Not the stars, not the farthest solar systems, not the millions of different species of animal life, but the child is the greatest of God's creations.

My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ and I cannot cavil or quibble away... the whole tenor of His conduct by which He sometimes positively asserted and at others countenances His disciples in asserting that He was God.

When our minds really catch hold of the significance of Jesus' atonement, the world's hold on us loosens.

The Cross isn't an ornament, mere symbol. It's the mystery of God's love, that He died for our sins.

Jesus loves the world, as do I.

Suffering is nothing by itself. But suffering shared with the passion of Christ is a wonderful gift, the most beautiful gift, a token of love.

Every day of the year is a good day to think more deeply about Good Friday, for Good Friday is the drama of the love by which our every day is sustained.

If Christ has died for me, I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend.