Quotes About Billy Graham

Every destructive emotion bears its own harvest, but anger's fruit is the most bitter of all.

Evangelism is not a calling reserved exclusively for the clergy. I believe one of the greatest priorities of the church today is to mobilize the laity to do the work of evangelism.

Christians, pray for an outpouring of God's Spirit upon a willful, evil, unrepentant world.

No personality in history stands above Jesus Christ . . .He alone is able to meet every need of the human race.

How can men boast that they control their own destiny when they cannot solve the problems of war?

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.

Philosophically, war is an extension of man's struggle with sin and evil in the world.

War is only one facet of the larger problem of evil which has been with the human race since the beginning . . .This same evil tried to destroy the greatest human being who ever lived, nailing Him to a cross.

Salvation is not just repairing the original self. It is a new self created of God in righteousness and true holiness.

Prayer is not a wish turned Heavenward ... it is the voice of faith turned Godward

Sin lies at the heart of chaotic world conditions as we now know them and as they have existed through the centuries.

It's no secret that in New York during the last 30 years there has been a tragic exodus from the churches into materialism, secularism and humanism.

Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.

While Billy Graham welcomed the adoption of the National Day of Prayer, he saw it as merely the beginning of the political and moral transformation needed to save the nation. In late 1951, he insisted that "the Christian people of America will not sit idly by during the 1952 presidential campaign. [They] are going to vote as a bloc for the man with the strongest moral and spiritual platform, regardless of his views on other matters.

Communism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declared war against Almighty God.

I spoke to a million in one service, in Korea, in Seoul. And that was the largest audience I ever have had.

Equally important was the approach of the advertising, which can be summarized with a single word: "minimalist." "Billy Graham, Harringay Arena, 7: 30 Every Night." Or "Hear Billy Graham." Or just "Billy Graham," with his photo. Crusade organizers took a cue from advertisements for Cadillacs in the United States. They gave just enough information to arouse curiosity, implying that the product was so desirable it sold itself.

I am well aware that there are prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union, including some who have said they have chosen to resist the law because of religious reasons.

Shit, he's been in Rescue off and on since Korea. Got more saves than Billy Graham.

Jimmy Carter did not present himself as perfect or pious ... Neither did he compromise his understanding of the Gospel by verbal dodging or double talk. He took a political risk by being so forthright about his faith; in the end though, I believe his candor worked in his favor.' - Billy Graham

I've done a lot of Super Bowls and appeared in a lot of big, big events and places and the Masters and what have you, but there was nothing as intimidating as speaking with Billy Graham.