John Bunyan Quotes

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• If my life is fruitless, it doesn't matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticizes me.

  John Bunyan

  Life, Criticism, Matter

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• The reason why the Christians in this day are at such a loss as to some things is that they are contented with what comes from man's mouth, without searching and kneeling before God to know of Him the truth of things.

  John Bunyan

  Christian, Loss, Men

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

  John Bunyan

  Love, Christian, Peace

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

  John Bunyan

  Motivational, Success, Perseverance

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• You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Sacrifice, Soul

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• The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else.

  John Bunyan

  Lying, Heart, Men

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• Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men.

  John Bunyan

  Bible, Christian, Men

  John Bunyan (1850). “The Riches of Bunyan”, p.44

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

  John Bunyan

  Running, Morning, Intercession

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

  John Bunyan

  Christian, Men, Temptation

  John Bunyan, George Barrell Cheever (1850). “The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to Come,: Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream. Wherein is Discovered the Manner of His Setting Out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country”, p.89

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• If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won't do whatever they want, they'll do whatever He wants.

  John Bunyan

  Punishment, People, Want

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

  John Bunyan

  Jesus, Prayer, Men

  John Bunyan (1831). “The works of that eminent servant of Christ, John Bunyan: minister of the gospel and formerly Pastor of a Congregatin at Bedford”, p.96

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

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  Christian, Disappointment, Grace

  John Bunyan (1873). “The Complete Works”, p.79

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

  John Bunyan

  Men, World, Obedience

  John Bunyan, William Mason (1814). “The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to Come;: Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream: Wherein is Discovered the Manner of His Setting Out, His Dangerous Journey, and Safe Arrival at the Desired Country:”, p.97

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• The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Heart, Knees

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• I preach deliverance to others, I tell them there is freedom, while I hear my own chains clang.

  John Bunyan

  Deliverance, Chains, My Own

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• 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

  Hurt, Grieving, Temptation

  John Bunyan (1997). “Your Victory in Christ”, Whitaker Distribution

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• In prayer, it is better to have heart without words, than words without heart. Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin entice a man to cease from prayer. The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Heart, Sacrifice

  John Bunyan (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of John Bunyan (Illustrated)”, p.659, Delphi Classics

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• I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.

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  Christian, Found, Worst

  John Bunyan, John Stachniewski, Anita Pacheco (1998). “Grace Abounding with Other Spiritual Autobiographies”, p.274, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end

  John Bunyan

  Christian, Christian Inspirational, Ends

  John Bunyan (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of John Bunyan (Illustrated)”, p.378, Delphi Classics

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• Hope is never ill when faith is well.

  John Bunyan

  Ill, Wells

  John Bunyan (1862). “The Whole Works of John Bunyan ...: Reprinted from the Author's Own Editions”, p.583

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• You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.

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  Chosen

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• I would say to my soul, O my soul, this is not the place of despair; this is not the time to despair in. As long as mine eyes can find a promise in the Bible, as long as there is a moment left me of breath or life in this world, so long will I wait or look for mercy, so long will I fight against unbelief and despair.

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  Eye, Fighting, Long

  John Bunyan (1850). “The works of John Bunyan: With an introduction to each treatise, notes, and a sketch of his life, times, and contemporaries”, p.92

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• He that is down needs fear no fall. He that is low, no pride; He that is humble, ever shall have God to be his Guide.

  John Bunyan

  Fall, Humble, Pride

  'The Pilgrim's Progress' (1684) pt. 2 'Shepherd Boy's Song'

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• The best prayers have often more groans than words.

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Best Prayer

  John Bunyan (1850). “The Spirit of Prayer”, p.33

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• The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver.

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  Prayer, Gold, Treasure

  John Bunyan (1831). “The works of that eminent servant of Christ, John Bunyan: minister of the gospel and formerly Pastor of a Congregatin at Bedford”, p.96

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