Quotes from The Pilgrim's Progress

“What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“This hill though high I covent ascend;
The difficulty will not me offend;
For I perceive the way of life lies here.
Come, pluck up, heart; let's neither faint nor fear. ”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“a man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“This hill, though high, I covet to ascend;
The difficulty will not me offend.
For I perceive the way to life lies here.
Come, pluck up, heart; let's neither faint nor fear.
Better, though difficult, the right way to go,
Than wrong, though easy, where the end is woe.”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“I seek a place that can never be destroyed, one that is pure, and that fadeth not away, and it is laid up in heaven, and safe there, to be given, at the time appointed, to them that seek it with all their heart. Read it so, if you will, in my book.”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“It is always hard to see the purpose in wilderness wanderings until after they are over.
6.”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“My name is now Christian, but my name used to be Graceless.”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“He that lives in sin, and looks for happiness hereafter, is like him that soweth cockle and thinks to fill his barn with wheat or barley.”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“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".”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“Not that the heart can be good without knowledge, for without knowledge the heart is empty. But there are two kinds of knowledge: the first is alone in its bare speculation of things, and the second is accompanied by the grace of faith and love, which causes a man to do the will of God from the heart.
"The”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“God's grace is the most incredible and insurmountable truth ever to be revealed to the human heart, which is why God has given us His Holy Spirit to superintend the process of more fully revealing the majesty of the work done on our behalf by our Savior. He teaches us to first cling to, and then enables us to adore with the faith He so graciously supplies, the mercy of God. This mercy has its cause and effect in the work of Jesus on the cross.
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― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“To go back is nothing but death; to go forward is fear of death, and life everlasting beyond it. I will yet go forward.”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“Is there anything more worthy of our tongues and mouths than to speak of the things of God and Heaven?"
"I'm”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion.”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“Whoso beset him round
With dismal stories
Do but themselves confound;
His strength the more is.”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“Indeed, to know is something that pleases talkers and boasters, but to do is that which pleases God. Not”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“Mr. Worldly-Wiseman is not an ancient relic of the past. He is everywhere today, disguising his heresy and error by proclaiming the gospel of contentment and peace achieved by self-satisfaction and works. If he mentions Christ, it is not as the Savior who took our place, but as a good example of an exemplary life. Do we need a good example to rescue us, or do we need a Savior? If”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“Christian may have entered the Valley of Humiliation overconfident and puffed up with false pride, but he departs with humble reliance on the Word of God and prayerful gratitude to the Lord of the Highway who has come to his aid and saved him from the Destroyer. He goes forward with his sword drawn. He has learned his lesson and now relies consciously on God's Word for protection.
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― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“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.”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“I stopped being watchful and diligent. I rushed after my own lusts. I sinned against the light of the Word and the goodness of God. I have grieved the Spirit, and He is gone. I tempted the Devil, and he has come to me. I have provoked God to anger, and He has left me. I have so hardened my heart that I cannot repent."
Then”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“You came in by yourselves, without His direction, and will go out by yourselves, without His mercy."
To”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“when you talk of your journey and of what you have heard and seen, you inwardly desire your own glory in all you do and say."
"All”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“A work of grace in the soul makes itself known either to the one who has it or to onlookers.
"Where”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“Prudence asked further, “Do you not still carry some of the baggage from the place you escaped?” “Yes, but against my will. I still have within me some of the carnal thoughts that all my countrymen, as well as myself, were delighted with. Now all those things cause me to grieve. If I could master my own heart, I would choose never to think of those things again, but when I try only to think about those things that are best, those things that are the worst creep back into my mind and behavior.”83”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

“So he had them into the slaughter house, where was a butcher killing a sheep. And behold, the sheep was quiet and took her death patiently. Then said the Interpreter, "You must learn of this sheep to suffer, and put up wrongs without murmurings and complaints. Behold how quietly she takes her death! And without objecting she suffereth her skin to be pulled over her ears. Your King doth call you his sheep.”
― John Bunyan, quote from The Pilgrim's Progress

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