The Pilgrim's Progress Quotes

“What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrims 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, 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, 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, The Pilgrim's Progress From This World To That Which Is To Come

“Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.”
― John Bunyan, 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, The Pilgrims Progress

“The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.”
― John Bunyan, 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, The Pilgrim's Progress

“My name is now Christian, but my name used to be Graceless.”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come

“It is always hard to see the purpose in wilderness wanderings until after they are over.
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― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come

“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, 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.
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― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come

“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, 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, 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, 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, The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come

“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."
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― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come

“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, The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come

“There is in Jesus Christ more merit and righteousness than the whole world has need of.”
― John Bunyan, 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, The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come

“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, The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come

“As I walk'd through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place, where was a Denn; And I laid me down in that place to sleep: And as I slept I dreamed a Dream.”
― John Bunyan, 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, The Pilgrim's Progress

“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, The Pilgrim's Progress

“I’d advise you, then, to quickly get rid of your burden; for until then you’ll never be settled in your mind or enjoy the benefits of the blessings that God has given you.”
― John Bunyan, Pilgrim

“Wake up, see your own wretchedness, and fly to the Lord Jesus. He is the righteousness of God, for He Himself is God. Only by believing in His righteousness will you be delivered from condemnation.”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come

“A work of grace in the soul makes itself known either to the one who has it or to onlookers.
"Where”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come

“Follow your heart”
― John Bunyon, The Pilgrim's Progress

“You are not yet out of reach of the gunshot of the Devil. You have not yet resisted unto death in your striving against sin. Let the Kingdom be always before you, and believe with certainty and consistency the things that are yet unseen. Let nothing that is on this side of eternal life get inside you. Above all, take care of your own hearts, and resist the lusts that tempt you, for your hearts `are deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.'d Set your faces like a flint; you have all the power of Heaven and earth on your side."
Christian”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come

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