The Pilgrim's Progress

By John Bunyan QUOTATION: He that is down needs fear no fall,
ATTRIBUTION: John Bunyan (1628–1688), British poet. The Pilgrim’s Progress (l. 1).

QUOTATION: The name of the slough was Despond.
ATTRIBUTION: John Bunyan (1628–1688), British Baptist preacher, author. The Pilgrim’s Progress, pt. 1 (1678).

QUOTATION: One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
ATTRIBUTION: John Bunyan (1628–1688), British Baptist preacher, author. the Interpreter, in The Pilgrim’s Progress, pt. 2 (1684).

QUOTATION: Hobgoblin nor foul Fiend
Can daunt his spirit;
He knows he at the end
Shall Life inherit.
ATTRIBUTION: John Bunyan (1628–1688), British poet. The Pilgrim’s Progress (l. 17–20).

QUOTATION: Some said, John, print it; others said, Not so:
Some said, It might do good; others said, No.
ATTRIBUTION: John Bunyan (1628–1688), British Baptist preacher, author. The Pilgrim’s Progress, pt. 1, “Author’s Apology,” (1678).

QUOTATION: Fullness to such a burden is
That go on pilgrimage;
Here little, and hereafter bliss,
Is best from age to age.
ATTRIBUTION: John Bunyan (1628–1688), British poet. The Pilgrim’s Progress (l. 9–12).

QUOTATION: He’ll fear not what men say,
He’ll labour night and day
To be a Pilgrim.
ATTRIBUTION: John Bunyan (1628–1688), British poet. The Pilgrim’s Progress (l. 22–24).

QUOTATION: There’s no Discouragement,
Shall make him once relent,
His first avow’d intent,
To be a Pilgrim.
ATTRIBUTION: John Bunyan (1628–1688), British poet. The Pilgrim’s Progress (l. 5–8).

QUOTATION: My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
ATTRIBUTION: John Bunyan (1628–1688), British Baptist preacher, author. Mr. Valiant-for-Truth, in The Pilgrim’s Progress, pt. 2 (1684).