Quotes from Billy Graham

No one is exempt from the touch of tragedy: neither the Christian nor the non-Christian; neither the rich nor the poor; neither the leader or the commoner. Crossing all racial, social, political, and economic barriers, suffering reaches out to unite mankind.

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

Joy is produced in our hearts when we know that God loves us, when we have a close relationship with Him through reading His Word, praying, and desiring to honor Him in all that we do, and by serving others.

My job is to preach the Gospel, which has the power to change men's lives from the inside out.

Evil is present to cleverly disguise itself as good. Evil is present to control and deceive us.

Our culture will stand in roaring ovations for the illusionists, escape artists, and magicians. Deception is everything opposite the truth.

We have changed our moral code to fit our behavior instead of changing our behavior to harmonize with God's moral code.

Christ's church is a place to grow people up in the Lord, not to enhance our leisure time.

It is the presence of sin that prevents man from being truly happy.

Some people have said that man has improved . . . [and] that if Christ came back today, He would not be crucified but would be given a glorious reception. Christ does come to us every day in the form of Bibles that we do not read, in the form of churches that we do not attend, in the form of human need that we pass by. I am convinced that if Christ came back today, He would be crucified more quickly than He was two thousand years ago. Sin never improves. Human nature has not changed.

Sooner or later, we are going to face death; should we be making preparations while we are living?

Benjamin Franklin addressed the chairman of the Constitutional Convention, meeting at Philadelphia in 1787, saying, "I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, it is probable that an empire cannot rise without His aid.

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.

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever. ISAIAH 40:8

Our imaginations are so stilted. The very thought of being like Jesus is breathtaking.

How often do we lie simply because we are trying to build ourselves up in the eyes of others? How often do we gossip because we want to appear "in the know,"or because we are trying to make ourselves appear better than someone else? The Bible's command is clear: ["Have regard for good things in the sight of all men" (Romans 12:17 NKJV)].

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

The "do-it-yourself" rage is spreading everywhere, and people are being told that to be happy all they have to do is think "happy thoughts." Such thoughts might cheer us, but they will never change us.

The deepest problems of the human race are spiritual in nature. They are rooted in man's refusal to seek God's way for his life. The problem is the human heart, which God alone can change.

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.

When the Christian or the church becomes popular with the unbelieving world, something is seriously wrong. Because Christ runs counter to evil and because we are Christ-owned, we must also stand against evil.

It is important to realize that a person with the gift of discernment can often tell the difference between what is of God and what is not. Such a person can often point out false teachings or false teachers—he has an almost uncanny ability to perceive hypocrisy, shallowness, deceit, or phoniness.

Whatever is unlike Christ in conduct, speech, or disposition grieves the Spirit of grace.

Materialism and self-centeredness are the great vices of our age.