John Bunyan Quotes

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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.

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  Prayer, Sacrifice, Soul

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

  John Bunyan

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

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  Christian, Christian Inspirational, Ends

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

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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.

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  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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• Our sins, when laid upon Christ, were yet personally ours, not his; so his righteousness, when put upon us, is yet personally his, not ours.

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  Sin, Christ, Righteousness

  John Bunyan (1853). “The Works of John Bunyan: With an Introduction to Each Treatise, Notes, and a Sketch of His Life, Times, and Contemporaries ...”, p.303

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• As your faith is, such your hope will be. Hope is never ill when faith is well, nor strong if faith be weak.

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  Strong, Weak, Ill

  John Bunyan (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of John Bunyan (Illustrated)”, p.1764, Delphi Classics

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• To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.

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  Humble, World, Lost

  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.97

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• An idle man's brain is the devil's workshop.

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  Men, Brain, Devil

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• In all your prayers forget not to thank the Lord for his mercies.

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  Prayer, Forget, Mercy

  John Bunyan (1771). “Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners ... The twelfth edition, with his character”, p.137

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• It is possible to learn all about the mysteries of the Bible and never be affected by it in one's soul. Great knowledge is not enough.

  John Bunyan

  Inspiration, Soul, Mystery

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• Talkative represents the man or woman who delights in talking about divine things but has only theoretical knowledge of such things. No actual personal heart experience correlates to the matters they love to discuss so eloquently. They are often highly esteemed by others, but those closest to them would quickly betray a life out-of-sync with their words. The mask fashioned by fluency with all subjects divine hides their real life.

  John Bunyan

  Real, Heart, Men

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• Hope is never ill when faith is well.

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  Ill, Wells

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

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