John Bunyan Quotes

Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.

It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.

There is enough sin in my best prayer to send the whole world to Hell.

I could not be satisfied unless some fruits did appear in my work.

Thou art beaten that thou mayest be better.

If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell.

A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.

Be of good cheer, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole.

Humility is the light of the understanding.

Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.

A saint abroad, and a devil at home.

The name of the Slough was Despond.

There is no way to kill a man's righteousness but by his own consent.

To-despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.

Love is the beauty and the strength of all societies and the great pleasure of our lives on earth.

Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most ignoble.

He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.

I come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.

It is easier going out of the way when we are in, than going in when we are out.

To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.

Who would true valour see, Let him come hither; One here will constant be, Come wind, come weather There’s no discouragement Shall make him once relent His first avowed intent To be a pilgrim.

I was never out of my Bible.

I saw a man clothed with rags . . . a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back.

I am now a man of despair, rejected, abandoned, shut up in this iron cage from which there is no escape.

Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.

Now may this little Book a blessing be To those that love this little Book, and me: And may its Buyer have no cause to say, His money is but lost, or thrown away.

Farewell, I wish our souls may meet with comfort at the journey's end.- The Heavenly Footman: A Puritan's View of How to Get to Heaven.

Yet my great-grandfather was but a water-man, looking one way and rowing another: and I got most of my estate by the same occupation.

Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty.

The life blood streaming thro' my heart, Or my more dear immortal part, Is not more fondly dear.

Fullness to such a burden is That go on pilgrimage; Here little, and hereafter bliss, Is best from age to age.

Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear Can others teach their course to steer, Yet run himself life's mad career Wild as the wave?

Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.

Some said, "John, print it"; others said "Not so." Some said, "It might do good"; others said, "No."

On the Day of Judgment, life and death are not determined by the world but by God's wisdom and law

Now may this little Book a blessing beTo those that love this little Book, and me:And may its Buyer have no cause to say, His money is but lost, or thrown away.

There is in Jesus Christ more merit and righteousness than the whole world has need of.

But was you not afraid, good sir, when you see him come with his club?""It is my duty, " said he, "to distrust mine own ability, that I may have reliance on him that is stronger than all".

They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?

Saint abroad and a devil at home.

He that is down need fear no fall.

When you pray rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.

Prayer is a shield to the soul a sacrifice to God and a scourge for Satan.

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.