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67 Righteous Quotes By John Bunyan

Famous As: English Writer and Puritan Preacher Best Known as the Author of the Christian Allegory ‘The Pilgrim's Progress’
Born On: 1628
Died On: 1688
Born In: Elstow, Bedfordshire, England
Died At Age: 59
John Bunyan was an eminent Puritan preacher and prolific English writer best-known as the author of ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’, the Christian allegory. He expressed his thoughts in approximately 60 titles - a number of them extended sermons. He became a part of Parliamentary Army in the initial stage of the ‘English Civil War’. His books, thoughts, experiences and writings talked about taking the path of Christianity and how to face the challenges on the road to spirituality. We have rounded some inspirational, motivational and thought-provoking quotable quotes and sayings by John Bunyan on courage, words, sleep, sin, succeed, comfort, golden, despair, doubting, understood and more which have been curated from his teachings, thoughts, writings, preaching, work and life. Let us browse through the quotes and thoughts by John Bunyan that hold a world of wisdom.
You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

John Bunyan
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

John Bunyan
What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.

What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.

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

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

John Bunyan
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.

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
When you pray, rather let your heart be without words then your words without heart.

When you pray, rather let your heart be without words then your words without heart.

John Bunyan
A man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.

A man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had.

John Bunyan
He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.

He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.

John Bunyan
It is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit because there is no winter there.

It is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit because there is no winter there.

John Bunyan
One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner.

One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner.

John Bunyan
If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us…

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us…

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

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

John Bunyan
Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.

Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.

John Bunyan
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?

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
Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God.

Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God.

John Bunyan
Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

John Bunyan
The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction

The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction

John Bunyan
Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.

Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.

John Bunyan
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.

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

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

John Bunyan
The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.

The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.

John Bunyan
I live because I am a Warrior and because I wish one day to be in the company of [She] for whom I have fought so hard

I live because I am a Warrior and because I wish one day to be in the company of [She] for whom I have fought so hard

John Bunyan
It is always hard to see the purpose in wilderness wanderings until after they are over.
6.

It is always hard to see the purpose in wilderness wanderings until after they are over. 6.

John Bunyan
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.

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.

John Bunyan
In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.

In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.

John Bunyan
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.

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
I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up

I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up

John Bunyan
My name is now Christian, but my name used to be Graceless.

My name is now Christian, but my name used to be Graceless.

John Bunyan
...Great sins do draw out great grace; and where guilt is most terrible and fierce, there the mercy of God in Christ, when showed to the soul, appears most high and mighty...

...Great sins do draw out great grace; and where guilt is most terrible and fierce, there the mercy of God in Christ, when showed to the soul, appears most high and mighty...

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

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

John Bunyan