30 John Bunyan Quotes

John Bunyan quotes

1. And so I penned It down, until at last it came to be, For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.

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

3. The name of the slough was Despond.

4. Every fat must stand upon his bottom.

5. Dark as pitch.

6. It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 't is kept is lighter than vanity.

7. The palace Beautiful.

8. They came to the Delectable Mountains.

9. Some things are of that nature as to make

10. He that is down needs fear no fall.

1. The God in whose hands are all our days and ways, did cast into my hand one day a book of Martin Luthers; it was his Comment on Galatians . . . . I found my condition in his experience so largely and profoundly handled, as if his book had been written out of my heart . . . . I do prefer this book of Martin Luther upon the Galatians, excepting the Holy Bible, before all the books that ever I have seen, as most fit for a wounded conscience.

2. To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.

3. A comely sight indeed it is to see, a world of blossoms on an apple tree.

4. I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.

5. No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

6. Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.

7. It is possible to learn all about the mysteries of the Bible and never be affected by it in one's soul. Great knowledge is not enough.

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

9. The law, instead of cleansing the heart from sin, doth revive it, put strength into, and increase it in the soul, even as it doth discover and forbid it, for it doth not give power to subdue.

10. To go back is nothing but death; but to go forward is fear of death and life everlasting beyond.

11. I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.

12. Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.

13. If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.

14. No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness.

15. 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?

16. Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.

17. Look how fears have presented themselves, so have supports and encouragements; yea, when I have started, even as it were at nothing else but my shadow, yet God, as being very tender of me, hath suffered me to be molested, but would with one Scripture or another, strengthen me against all; insomuch that I have often said, Were it awful, I could pray for greater trouble, for the greater comfort's sake.

18. I am content with what I have, little be it, or much.

19. His love is what makes us live, love, sing, and praise forever.

20. He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself.