Quotes by John Bunyan

John Bunyan

British writer

Lived from: 1628 - 1688

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

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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.
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  • In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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  • Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty.
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  • He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
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  • I love to hear my Lord spoken of, and wherever I have seen the print of His shoe in the earth, there have I coveted to put mine also.
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  • My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
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  • Nothing can render affliction so insupportable as the load of sin. Would you then be fitted for afflictions? Be sure to get the burden of your sins laid aside, and then what affliction soever you may meet with will be very easy to you.
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  • One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
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  • Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.
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  • Temptations, when we first meet them, are like a lion that roared at Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.
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  • The more he cast away the more he had.
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  • There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.
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What are the most famous quotes from John Bunyan?

The two most famous quotes from John Bunyan are:

  • "If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot."
  • "In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart."

When did John Bunyan live?

John Bunyan was born in 1628 and died in the year 1688.