Billy Graham Quotes

The Bible teaches that all sin begins with sinful thinking.

When you come to Christ, you have to give up all the other gods.

Perhaps the greatest psychological, spiritual, and medical need that all people have is the need for hope.

At great cost to Himself, God has made it possible for each of us to live with Him eternally. Those who reject God's offer of a heavenly home will be assigned to hell.

I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

I am never lonely when I am reading the Bible. Nothing dissolves loneliness like a session with God's Word.

Becoming a Christian is the work of a moment; being a Christian is the work of a lifetime.

Death is robbed of much of its terror for the true believer.

It's no secret that in New York during the last 30 years there has been a tragic exodus from the churches into materialism, secularism and humanism.

It is not the temptations you have, but the decision you make about them that counts.

The most remarkable thing about suffering is that God can use it for our good.

If you want the perfect plan that God has for your life, you will have to go by way of Calvary to get it.

Prayer should not be merely an act, but an attitude of life.

Jesus said...i'm the only way to permanent peace, im the only way to permanent joy, im the only way to eternal life, im the only way to forgiveness of sin, im the only way to the Father.

For the Christian, all is not hopeless unless his affections are centered on the things of this world.

Those are decisions only the Lord will make. I believe the love of God is absolute. He said he gave his son for the whole world, and I think he loves everybody regardless of what label they have.

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

The family should be a closely knit group. The home should be a self-contained shelter of security; a kind of school where life's basic lessons are taught; and a kind of church where God is honored; a place where wholesome recreation and simple pleasures are enjoyed.

‎"Sincerity is the biggest part of selling anything -- including the Christian plan of salvation.

My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.

As this New Year begins, ask God to help you tune your life every day to His Word, so you can bring harmony and joy to those around you.

No matter what trials we face, Christ never leaves us. He is with us every step of the way!

There are people that say they will do better but they never do better. They have no power in them to do better until they come to Christ.

After I graduated from high school, one of the former workers on our farm asked if I would be willing to join him in selling Fuller brushes through the summer. It seemed like a perfect way to make some money for college. And being away from my parents and learning to make my own way gave me self confidence.

Our faith becomes stronger as we express it; a growing faith is a sharing faith

The Holy Spirit illuminates the minds of people, makes us yearn for God, and takes spiritual truth and makes it understandable to us.

If God eliminated evil by programming us to perform only good acts, we would lose this distinguishing mark - the ability to make choices. We would no longer be free moral agents. We would be reduced to the status of robots.

It takes suffering to widen the soul.

... Not only are we comforted in our trials, but our trials can equip us to comfort others.

I never saw a U-Haul behind a hearse.

We can receive Jesus Christ when we believe in His message and trust in Him alone to save us.

"I'm in a win-win playoff. " Response of a Christian dying of cancer at thirty on the prospect of miraculous healing.

A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank God in the midst of trials and every persecution.

You not only choose between two ways of life but you choose between two masters.

You will never understand who you are until you understand who God is.

Someday a loving Hand will be laid upon our shoulder and this brief message will be given: "Come home.

I will never do anything in my entire life except preach the Gospel.

To get nations back on their feet, we must first get down on our knees.

The Christian should stand out like a sparkling diamond.

Scripture tells us that there will be signs pointing toward the return of the Lord. I believe all these signs are evident today.

Our certainty that angels right now witness how we are walking through life should mightily influence the decisions we make. God is watching, and His angels are interested spectators too.

All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.

You can't control the length of your life. You can control the depth

The farther we get from God, the more the world spirals out of control. My heart aches for America and its deceived people. The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance. In Jonah's day, Nineveh was the lone world superpower-wealthy, unconcerned, and self-centered. When the Prophet Jonah finally traveled to Nineveh and proclaimed God's warning, people heard and repented. I believe the same thing can happen once again, this time in our nation. It's something I long for.

No matter how hard we try words simply cannot express the horror, the shock, and the revulsion we all feel over what took place in this nation on Tuesday morning. September 11 will go down in our history as a day to remember.

The Bible is not an option, it is a necessity. You cannot grow spiritually strong without it.

I think most presidents are amazed at the overwhelming responsibility they have when they enter office and the tremendous amount of work there is. See, a modern president has far more responsibility than a president years ago. And if I were rewriting the Constitution, I would suggest a president be more like a monarch and then have a prime minister under him.

The reason we have this inner conviction that death is not the end - and that Heaven exists - is because we were created in the image of God.