All Quotes by John Bunyan
“This hill, though high, I covet to ascend;”
“See that your cause be good, else Christ will not undertake it.”
“When a man's cause is good, it will sufficiently plead for itself, yea, and for its master too.”
“And so I pennedFor length and breadth, the bigness which you see.”
“Some said, "John, print it;" others said, "Not so."Some said, "It might do good;" others said, "No."”
“The name of the slough was Despond.”
“Every fat must stand upon its own bottom.”
“The palace Beautiful.”
“Dark as pitch.”
“It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 't is kept is lighter than vanity.”
“They came to the Delectable Mountains.”
“Some things are of that nature as to make One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache.”
“Now as they were going along and talking, they espied a Boy feeding his Father’s Sheep. The Boy was in very mean Cloaths, but of a very fresh and well-favoured Countenance, and as he sate by himself he sung. Hark, said Mr Greatheart, to what the Shepherd’s boy saith. So they hearkened, and he said—”
“There stood a man with his sword drawn, and his face all over with blood. Then said Mr. Great-Heart, Who art thou? The man made answer, saying, I am one whose name is Valiant-for-truth. I am a pilgrim, and am going to the Celestial City.”
“I fought till my sword did cleave to my hand; and then they were joined together as if a sword grew out of my arm; and when the blood ran through my fingers, then I fought with most courage.”
“He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.”
“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.”
“In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. ”