Quotes by Billy Graham
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All too often we are more afraid of physical pain than of moral wrong. The cross is the standing evidence of the fact that holiness is a principle for which God would die.

Repentance is mentioned seventy times in the New Testament ... the Bible says God commands repentance ... it is a command ...
God says, Repent! Or perish!

We should not covet or expect the praise of ungodly men ... the very fact that they are inclined to persecute us is proof that we are not of the world.

Persecution may wear an insulting face. Insults may come as a result of a Christian's lifestyle, which should be different from that of the secular world.

The Bible clearly says that faithfulness and persecution often go hand in hand.

We can take persecution because we know the purpose behind it. The purpose is to glorify God.

There is no such thing as a social gospel. It is a misnomer. There is only one Gospel. If any man preach any other gospel unto you ...
let him be accursed Galatians 1:9 KJV.

Oh God, if You want me to preach, I will do it.

I preach a Gospel not of despair but of hope for the individual, hope for society, and hope for the world.

God's strength is made perfect in weakness. The weaker I became, the more powerful became the preaching.

Preachers are not salesmen, for they have nothing to sell. They are bearers of Good News.

Preach with authority. The authority for us is the Word of God. Preach with simplicity ... Preach with urgency ... heaven and hell are at stake. Preach for a decision.

Understanding the consequence of sin and arrogance should motivate every Christian to pray for repentance and revival.

The Bible does not teach that sin is completely eradicated from the Christian in this life, but it does teach that sin shall no longer reign over you.

The most prominent place in hell is reserved for those who are neutral on the great issues of life.

Freedom is relative.

God's holiness demands that sin be punished -- but God's love has provided the way of redemption through Christ.

Without the resurrection, the cross is meaningless.

It would be the greatest tragedy if I didn't tell you that unless you repent of your sins and receive Christ as your Savior, you are going to be lost.

Ruth and I are happily incompatible.

The cross shows us the seriousness of our sin-but it also shows us the immeasurable love of God.

Sin pierced the very heart of God. God felt every piercing nail and spear thrust. God felt the burning sun. God felt the mocking derision and the body blows.

The unbelieving world should see our testimony lived out daily because it just may point them to the Savior.

I urge new converts to take plenty of time in Bible study and prayer before getting on a public platform to testify.

You and I, God's ambassadors, are called to sound the warning, to call sinners to repentance, to point the way to peace with God and the hope that is in Christ.

The world's favorite verb is 'get.' The verb of the Christian is 'give.'

Worship leader George Beverly Shea kidded Billy Graham that the latter would be unemployed in Heaven -- while Shea would still have a job leading worship.

We live in an upside-down world, in which people hate what they should love and love what they should hate.

We're heading for a world showdown, a worldwide confrontation. If we think we can solve our problems without God, then we're living in a fool's paradise.

We have a mandate to speak out against the sin that so easily entangles Hebrews 12:1 NIV; for though we are not of the world, we are still in it.

The world I once knew as a boy has changed dramatically ... I don't even recognize the world we live in today.

The world judges the Christian by his life, not by his belief.

The world's sewage system threatens to contaminate the stream of Christian thought. Satan will contest every hour you spend in Bible reading or prayer.

Our chaotic, confused world has no greater need than to hear the Gospel truth.

In America we have an idolatry called the adulation of youth. Apparently distressed by their inability to communicate with the younger generation, many adults simply imitate it.

I have found that most young people really want us to spell out a moral code. They may not accept it or believe it, but they want to hear it, clearly and without compromise.

Don't rebel, but give God the opportunity to change your life and help you over the problems of youth, for they are many.

It is entirely possible to be deeply sorry because of the devastation which sin has wrought in our lives--and yet not repent.

God does not discipline us to subdue us, but to condition us for a life of usefulness and blessedness.

Happy is the person who has learned the secret of being content with whatever life brings him, and has learned to rejoice in the simple and beautiful things around him.

God can take anything that happens to us-even bad things-and use it to shape us and make us into a better, more Christlike person-if we let Him.

Anyone who makes a decision at our meetings is seen later and referred to a local clergyman, Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish.

Even when we allow our imaginations to run wild on the joys of heaven, we find that our minds are incapable of conceiving what it will be like.

Some of us want the crown before the cross.

Churchgoers are like coals in a fire. When they cling together, they keep the flame aglow; when they separate, they die out.

Either communism must die or Christianity must die because it's actually a battle between Christ and Anti-Christ.

When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates.

Tim Keller's ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him.

The greatest surprise in life to me is the brevity of life.

A true Christian, living an obedient life, is a constant rebuke to those who accept the moral standards of this world.

Learn to commit every situation to God, and trust Him for the outcome. God's love for you never changes, no matter what problems you face or how unsettled life becomes.

I have never been quite sure who controls the weather. Although we always prayed for clear skies, I have had to preach in all kinds of storms.

The growing possibility of our destroying ourselves and the world with our own neglect and excess is tragic and very real.

Living for Christ is a day-to-day going on with Him. It is a continuous dependence upon the Spirit of God. It is believing in His faithfulness.

Our world is obsessed with success. But how does God define success? Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling.

Revelation is a pastor's letter to his floundering flock, an urgent telegram bearing a brilliant battle plan for a people at war.

The book of Revelation may be difficult and demanding to read, yet it is the only biblical book whose author promises a blessing to those who read it.

The Bible tells us that the state of the world will grow darker as we near the end of the age.

The study of Revelation instructs us not only about the storms to come, but how to endure and come through them with great victory.

The world is heading for another major crisis that is being called, even by the secular world, Armageddon.

I have read the last page of the Bible. It is
all going to turn out all right.

We need to be reminded that there is nothing morbid about honestly confronting the fact of life's end, and preparing for it so that we may go gracefully and peacefully.

At the foot of the cross, there are no racial barriers.

The Bible warns us about the little foxes, that spoil the vines Song of Solomon 2:15 KJV. This is a picture of the way little sins
can destroy our fruitfulness for the Lord.

Every day without exception -- is a gift from God, entrusted to us to use for His glory.

Being judgmental and condemning is not one of the gifts of the Spirit.

Even if we may not always understand why God allows certain things to happen to us, we can know He is able to bring good out of evil, and triumph out of suffering.

Repent means to renounce sin ...and by God's grace to fill my mind with things that honor Him.

When one bears suffering faithfully, God is glorified and honored.

What greater glory can we anticipate than to stand before the throne of God, to humble ourselves before His great and incomparable majesty.

Prayer serves a dual purpose; the blessing of man and the glory of God.

Our voices, our service, and our abilities are to be employed, primarily, for the glory of God.

We glorify God by living lives that honor Him.

God will never--never--lead you to do something that is contrary to His written Word, the Bible.

God's will is that we would be righteous in our living. God is holy, and the whole scheme of redemption has holiness for its goal.

God's will is for us to commit our lives to Christ and follow Him. God's will also is that we avoid sin.

I am convinced that these heavenly beings exist and that they provide unseen aid on our behalf.

The greatest fear comes when God is a stranger.

Jesus had a humble heart. If He abides in us, pride will never dominate our lives.

Without dark clouds in our lives, we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and unteachable if we do not learn from pain.

We have been proud and thought we were better than any other race, any other people. Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to stumble into hell because of our pride.

Integrity is the glue that holds our way of life together.

The way we view death determines, to a surprising degree, the way we live our lives.

One of the primary goals in life ... should be to prepare for death. Everything else should be secondary.

To drive to extinction something He has created is wrong. He has a purpose for everything... We Christians have a responsibility to take the lead in caring for the earth.

All the masterpieces of art contain both light and shadow. A happy life is not one filled with only sunshine, but one which uses both light and shadow to produce beauty.

God does not change -- and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born... He loves you now... and He will love you forever.

Jesus used the carefree attitude of the birds to underscore the fact that worrying is unnatural. I am learning in my own life, day by day, to keep my mind centered on Christ.

I think that I failed by not studying more, and praying more, and spending more time with my family.

I am convinced that only when a man is prepared to die is he also prepared to live.

Pentecost was the day of power of the Holy Spirit. It was the day the Christian church was born.

Today, we come together to confess our need of God. Those perpetrators who took us on to tear us apart, it has worked the other way. It has backfired; it has brought us together.

Evil is real -- but so is God's power and love.

It's a paradise that we are going to go into, because to be in the presence of God itself will be a paradise.

Like a spring of pure water, God's peace in our hearts brings cleansing and refreshment to our minds and bodies.

When our faith becomes nothing more than a series of rules and regulations, joy flees and our love for Christ grows cold.

When Christ's love fills our hearts, it puts selfishness on the run.

If I had to do it all over again, I would speak less and study more.

The Bible is actually a library of books-some long, some short- written over hundreds of years by many authors. Behind each one, however, was the Author: the Spirit of God.

I know God is in charge. Not me, I'm nothing. I wouldn't be anything except for the power of the spirit of God.