Quotes from Billy Graham

Among young people . . . drinking is for getting drunk. And many go on to become alcoholics.

In the textbook of revelation, the Bible, God has spoken verbally; and this spoken word has survived every scratch of the human pen.

The Garden of Eden was somewhere in present-day Iraq. The turmoil and war [we are witnessing] in that part of the world . . .is occurring in the land where God established the first perfect civilization.

Marriage is not a reform school . . .Instead of you reforming [your spouse], [he or she] will instead influence you.

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.

To the Son of God prayer was more important than the assembling of great throngs . . . He often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed [Luke 5:15–16].

Our life is not of this world.

There are many new sinners today, but there aren't any new sins, just the old ones clothed in different rags.

The same conditions that prevailed in Rome prevail in our society. Before Rome fell, her standards were abandoned, the family disintegrated, divorce prevailed, immorality was rampant, and faith was at a low ebb.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

Christianity cannot expect the world to live the truths of the Gospel until it has the life that the Gospel provides in Christ. We Christians ought to be light and salt in the society in which we live.

Salvation is free! God puts no price tag on the Gift of gifts.

If the human race would turn from its evil ways and return to God, putting behind its sins of disobedience, idolatry, pride, greed, and belligerence, and all the various aberrations that lead to war, the possibility of peace exists.

The reason many . . . close their eyes while praying is to shut out the affairs of the world so that their minds can be completely concentrated on God . . . it certainly lends itself to the attitude of prayer.

No matter how advanced its progress, any generation that neglects its spiritual and moral life is going to disintegrate.

The converted person will love the good he once hated, and hate the sin he once loved.

Drunkenness is not a new vice. Its ravages have always been a scourge on the human race . . .Alcohol is a killer, a murderer.

The Bible . . . is the only Book that offers man a redemption and points the way out of his dilemmas. It is our one sure guide in an unsure world.

Never forget: Death was Satan's greatest victory.

Scripture indicates that deception, false religions, and apostasy lead to war, and that war in turn leads to famine and pestilence.

As husband and wife, to have a happy life together, you must have confidence and respect, and you must have substantial agreement in your faith.

Our personalities, our intelligence, and our capabilities are gifts from [God's] own bountiful hand. If we divert their use for our own profit, we become guilty of selfishness.

It is strange that the world accepts enthusiasm in every realm but the spiritual.

Sometimes I think the truly committed Christian is in conflict with society around him more than any other person. Society is going one direction, and the Christian is going in the opposite direction. This brings about friction and conflict. But God has promised, in the midst of trouble and conflict, a genuine peace, a sense of assurance and security, that the worldly person never knows.