Quotes from Billy Graham

Getting to know God and being able to call on Him is the most important step in storing up for the storms.

God will give us the strength and resources we need to live through any situation in life that He ordains.

Jesus] prayed briefly when He was in a crowd; He prayed a little longer when He was with His disciples; and He prayed all night when He was alone. Today, many in the ministry tend to reverse that process.

Only surrendered Christians will make an impact on our world. The world does not need any more lukewarm Christians, or lazy Christians, or quarrelsome Christians, or doubting Christians, or prideful Christians.

The blessing of knowledge becomes a curse when we pervert it.

Heaven is a wonderful place and the benefits for the believer are out of this world!

Satan has slaughtered, plundered, and bludgeoned his way through the centuries, manifesting himself in every false ideology, sect, and cult.

No one spoke more about hell than Jesus did, and the hell He came to save men from was not only a hell on earth . . .it was something to come.

Bitterness is anger gone sour, an attitude of deep discontent that poisons our souls and destroys our peace.

When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates.

If ever a generation was bequeathed the knowledge of God, we were. Yet we are throwing away this glorious heritage on our lust and passions.

God began by revelation to build a bridge between Himself and people.

God and God's Word are inseparable.

Jesus] had only three years of public ministry, but He was never too hurried to spend hours in prayer . . . No day began or closed in which He was not in communion with His Father.

A thought enters; we pamper it; it germinates and grows into an evil act.

More friction and tensions are caused in a family by tone of voice than for any other one reason.

Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. Jesus answered him, 'I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise'" (Luke 23:42–43).

The more man learns, the less he knows.

Sometimes . . . we grow homesick for heaven. Many times in the midst of the sin, suffering, and sorrow of this life there is a tug at our soul. That is homesickness coupled with anticipation.

We shouldn't think about ourselves and how weak we are. Instead, we should think about God and how strong He is.

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

The Bible teaches that there will be a famine of the Word of God in the last days . . . spiritual starvation leads to spiritual death.

Our Father and our God, thank You for using people like me to spread Your Word to the world. I am the least likely person, I know, to be used for such a glorious work. Show me what You want me to do, Lord, and I'll do it. I know I can do it through the strength of Christ Jesus, my Lord. Amen.

It is unbelief that shuts the door to heaven and opens it to hell. It is unbelief that rejects the Word of God and refuses Christ as Savior. It is unbelief that causes men to turn a deaf ear to the Gospel.