Quotes from Billy Graham

It is well known that the Soviet Union closely regulates all organizations and movements, including religion.

There have been times that I've wept as I've gone from city to city and I've seen how far people have wandered from God.

It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.

I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.

I have never changed my message. I preach the Bible, and I preach it with authority.

Racial prejudice, anti-Semitism, or hatred of anyone with different beliefs has no place in the human mind or heart.

Seemingly, man has learned to live without God, preoccupied and indifferent toward Him and concerned only about material security and pleasure.

I was reared in the church, in the Presbyterian Church.

Evangelism is when the Gospel, which is good news, is preached or presented to all people.

My heart aches for America and its deceived people.

Whatever affliction comes in our life, our Lord goes into the valley with us, leading us by the hand, even carrying us when it is necessary.

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

Integrity means that if our private life were suddenly exposed, we'd have no reason to be ashamed or embarrassed. Integrity means that our outward life is consistent with our inner convictions.

Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.

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.

Don't let circumstances distress you. Rather, look for the will of God for your life to be revealed in and through those circumstances.

When life is hard it's easy to focus only on the bad things and forget all about the good things God has given us. But God has blessed every one of us in ways we often overlook.

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

Heaven doesn't make this life less important; it makes it more important.

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.

Whenever I counsel someone who feels called to be an evangelist, I always urge them to guard their time and not feel like they have to do everything.

Give me five minutes with a person's checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is.

I found that this Parkinson's does slow you down, whether you want to slow down or not.

Only when Christ comes again will the little white children of Alabama walk hand in hand with little black children.