Quotes from Billy Graham

Heaven is full of answers for which nobody ever bothered to ask.

I feel sorry for the man who has never known the bracing thrill of taking a stand and sticking to it fearlessly. Moral courage has rewards that timidity can never imagine. Like a shot of adrenaline, it floods the spirit with vitality

God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.

I haven't written my own epitaph, and I'm not sure I should. Whatever it is, I hope it will be simple, and that it will point people not to me, but to the One I served.

Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.

When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choice. Growing older with grace is possible for all who will set their hearts and minds on the Giver of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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.

Just because the truth is unpopular doesn't mean that it should not be proclaimed.

Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.

I think it is a sin to look at another person as inferior to yourself because of race or because of ethnic background, and I think the greatest thing to do is to pray that God will give you love for them, and I do.

God never meant that people were to wear clothes. He meant we were to be nude. But we were in a state of innocence. Then sin came into the human race and became a blood poisoning.

We're all sinners. Everybody you meet all over the world is a sinner.

I believe that I have received Jesus Christ into my heart. I believe that he has covered all of my sins.

Think of working forever at something you love to do, for one you love with all your heart, and never getting tired! We will never know weariness in heaven.

The Information Highway intrigues me because I have always been a newshound; I have always been curious about why people believe what they believe.

I fell and broke my pelvic bone in three places. So, I'm still sort of an invalid now.

Everywhere I go I find that people... both leaders and individuals... are asking one basic question, 'Is there any hope for the future?' My answer is the same, 'Yes, through Jesus Christ.'

To start with, I love New York... It's a little bit of the whole world... In New York, the whole world comes to you.

I first met Bev Shea while in Chicago when he was on Moody Radio. As a young man starting my ministry, I asked Bev if he would join me. He said yes, and for over 60 years we had the privilege of ministering together across the country and around the world.

Traveling around the world and preaching for over 70 years did not give much time for reflection.

Don't ever hesitate to take to [God] whatever is on your heart. He already knows it anyway, but He doesn't want you to bear its pain or celebrate its joy alone.

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.

On a specific day marked on the earth's calendar, and in a specific place on the earth's map, the Son of God came to the planet. It was love.