Pilgrims Progress Quotes

• 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

  Book, Heart, Heaven

  John Bunyan (2013). “The Pilgrim's Progress”, p.19, Jazzybee Verlag

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• 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

  Lying, Heart, Way

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• Then said he, ’I am going to my Father’s; and though with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought His battles who now will be my rewarder.’.... So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.

  John Bunyan

  Father, Skills, Giving

  'The Pilgrim's Progress' (1684) pt. 2 (Mr Valiant-for-Truth)

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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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• If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

  John Bunyan

  Peace, Feet, Mind

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

  John Bunyan

  Life And Death, Risk, Fear Of Death

  John Bunyan (1851). “The pilgrim's progress. With a life of Bunyan by J.M. Wilson, and notes abridged from T. Scott”

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• The more he cast away, the more he had.

  John Bunyan

  Educational, Giving, Generosity

  'The Pilgrim's Progress' (1684) pt. 2

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

  John Bunyan

  Ships, Sin, Leaks

  'The Pilgrim's Progress' (1684) pt. 2

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• 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

  Traitor, Given, Allegiance

  John Bunyan (2013). “The Pilgrim’s Progress Simplified: Includes Modern Translation, Study Guide, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index”, p.216, BookCaps Study Guides

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

  John Bunyan

  Men, Mad, Charity

  'The Pilgrim's Progress' (1684) pt. 2

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• 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

  Care, Speak, Profit

  John Bunyan (2017). “Pilgrim's Progress (Illustrated Edition)”, p.78, Whitaker House

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• Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.

  John Bunyan

  Dark, Clouds, Water

  John Bunyan (2013). “The Pilgrim’s Progress Simplified: Includes Modern Translation, Study Guide, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index”, p.124, BookCaps Study Guides

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• What a fool, quoth he, am I, thus to lie in a stinking dungeon, when I may as well walk at liberty! I have a key in my bosom, called Promise, that will, I am persuaded, open any lock in Doubting Castle.

  John Bunyan

  Confidence, Lying, Greatness

  John Bunyan, Thomas Scott (1825). “The Pilgrim's Progress: From this World to that which is to Come. Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream. In Two Parts”, p.161

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• Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.

  John Bunyan

  Heaven, Way, Saws

  'The Pilgrim's Progress' (1678) pt. 1

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• All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass - "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners."

  Archibald Alexander

  Jesus, Orthodox Church, World

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 580, 1895.

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• Saying and doing are two things.

  Matthew Henry

  Two, Saying And Doing, Two Things

  Matthew Henry “Matthew HenryÕs Commentary on the Whole Bible: Volume IV-III - Ezekiel to Hosea”, Lulu.com

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• He that is down needs fear no fall.

  John Bunyan

  Inspirational, Fear, Fall

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

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

  John Bunyan

  Men, World, He Man

  John Bunyan (1829). “The Pilgrims' Progress: From this World, to that which is to Come. Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream. In Two Parts”, p.85

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• 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

  Heart, Law, Giving

  John Bunyan (2013). “The Pilgrim’s Progress Simplified: Includes Modern Translation, Study Guide, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index”, p.171, BookCaps Study Guides

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

  John Bunyan

  Vanity, Names, Towns

  "The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come (Part I)". Book by John Bunyan, 1678.

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• Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion.

  John Bunyan

  Strong, Heart, Men

  John Bunyan (2005). “The Pilgrim's Progress”, p.261, New Leaf Publishing Group

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• In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.

  Carl Jung

  Hiking, Hands, Progress

  Carl Gustav Jung (1973). “Letters”

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• It is imperative that the past of the pilgrims' progress be intentionally carried forward into the present as we work into our future. Without it we cannot know who we are, why we are here, or where we can go. Without a common past to live out of we become aimless and wandering individuals instead of a pilgrim people.

  H. Richard Niebuhr

  Past, People, Progress

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• The name of the Slough was Despond.

  John Bunyan

  Names, Slough

  The Pilgrim's Progress pt. 1 (1678)

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• A saint abroad, and a devil at home.

  John Bunyan

  Home, Hypocrisy, Devil

  John BUNYAN (1836). “The Pilgrim ́s Progress”, p.89

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