Billy Graham Quotes

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.

We should ask ourselves three questions before we speak: Is it true? Is it kind? Does it glorify Christ?

Our days are numbered. One of the primary goals in our lives should be to prepare for our last day. The legacy we leave is not just in our possessions, but in the quality of our lives. What preparations should we be making now? The greatest waste in all of our earth, which cannot be recycled or reclaimed, is our waste of the time that God has given us each day.

Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.

Don't let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think that the future is hopeless. When God closes one door, He often opens another door - if we seek it.

God will never send anybody to hell. If man goes to hell, he goes by his own free choice.

God is unchanging in His love. He loves you. He has a plan for your life. Don't let the newspaper headlines frighten you. God is still sovereign; He's still on the throne.

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.

Our world today so desperately hungers for hope, yet uncounted people have almost given up. There is despair and hopelessness on every hand. Let us be faithful in proclaiming the hope that is in Jesus.

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

Prayer is spiritual communication between man and God, a two-way relationship in which man should not only talk to God but also listen to Him. Prayer to God is like a child's conversation with his father. It is natural for a child to ask his father for the things he needs.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

I am convinced the greatest act of love we can ever perform for people is to tell them about God's love for them in Christ.

No matter who you are or what your life has been like so far, the rest of your life's journey can be different. With God's help you can begin again.

God never takes away something from your life without replacing it with something better.

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.

The greatest need in the world is the transformation of human nature. We need a new heart that will not have lust and greed and hate in it. We need a heart filled with love and peace and joy, and that is why Jesus came into the world.

We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding.

If Christianity is valid, why is there so much evil in the world?" To this the famous preacher replied, "With so much soap, why are there so many dirty people in the world? Christianity, like soap, must be personally applied if it is to make a difference in our lives.

A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

We hurt people by being too busy. Too busy to notice their needs. Too busy to drop that note of comfort or encouragement or assurance of love. Too busy to listen when someone needs to talk. Too busy to care.

Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has no point.

If you are ignorant of God's Word, you will always be ignorant of God's will.

My prayer today is that we will feel the loving arms of God wrapped around us, and will know in our hearts that He will never forsake us as we trust in Him.

Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.

A suffering person does not need a lecture - he needs a listener.

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

When we come to Christ, we’re no longer the most important person in the world to us; Christ is. Instead of living only for ourselves, we have a higher goal: to live for Jesus.

The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'

Suffering is part of the human condition, and it comes to us all. The key is how we react to it, either turning away from God in anger and bitterness or growing closer to Him in trust and confidence.

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain.

The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.

The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.

... the thing that kept Christ on that cross was love, not the nail.

We should not pray for God to be on our side, but pray that we may be on God's side.

The number one problem in our world is alienation, rich versus poor, black versus white, labor versus management, conservative versus liberal, East versus West . . . But Christ came to bring about reconciliation and peace.

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.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

While our world is shaking and crumbling, we need to realize that one thing will never change, and that is God. He is the same today as he was ten million years ago, and will be the same ten million years from today.

A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.

I have a certainty about eternity that is a wonderful thing, and I thank God for giving me that certainty. I do not fear death. I may fear a little bit about the process, but not death itself, because I think the moment that my spirit leaves this body, I will be in the presence of the Lord.

Jesus was not a white man; He was not a black man. He came from that part of the world that touches Africa and Asia and Europe. Christianity is not a white man's religion and don't let anybody ever tell you that it's white or black. Christ belongs to all people; He belongs to the whole world.

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

True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency.

Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.