Billy Graham Quotes

Your yearning for God must supersede all other desires. It must be like a gnawing hunger and a burning thirst.

~ Billy Graham

Remember that “where God guides, He provides. Where He leads, He supplies all needs.

~ Billy Graham

Has God designated any one person here on earth to speak with final authority about Him? No—the one Man who could do that lived two thousand years ago, and we crucified Him!

~ Billy Graham

God says that we can learn a great deal about Him just by observing nature. Because He has spoken through His universe, all men are without excuse for not believing in Him. This is why the Psalmist said: “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God” [Psalm 14:1 KJV].

~ Billy Graham

If we have no mercy toward others, that is one proof that we have never experienced God’s mercy.

~ Billy Graham

If we believe in what God made and what God said, we will believe in the One whom God sent.

~ Billy Graham

We must practice the Presence of God. Jesus said, “Lo, I am with you always” [Matthew 28:20]. Remember, Christ is always near us.

~ Billy Graham

There are those who say that all roads lead to God. But Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” [John 14:6 KJV].

~ Billy Graham

God holds every man accountable for his rejection of Christ.

~ Billy Graham

Every law that God has given has been for man’s benefit. If man breaks it, he is not only rebelling against God; he is hurting himself.

~ Billy Graham

God is able to do what we can’t do.

~ Billy Graham

God has revealed Himself in the Book called the Bible.

~ Billy Graham

Man would have remained forever lost if God in His infinite mercy had not sent His Son to earth to bridge this gulf.

~ Billy Graham

People do not come to hear what I have to say—they want to know what God has to say.

~ Billy Graham

Energy out of control is dangerous, energy under control is powerful . . .Science takes a Niagara River with its violent turbulence and transforms it into electrical energy to illuminate a million homes and to turn the productive wheels of industry. [God] does in the spiritual realm what science does in the physical realm.

~ Billy Graham

For centuries mankind has been on an incredible journey, taking him across every generation and through every conceivable experience in his search for God.

~ Billy Graham

Many people say they do not fear death, but the process of dying. It’s not the destination, but the trip that they dread.

~ Billy Graham

The word departure literally means to pull up anchor and set sail. Everything that happens prior to death is a preparation for the final voyage. Death marks the beginning, not the end. It is our journey to God.

~ Billy Graham

Death for the Christian is the doorway to heaven’s glory. Because of Christ’s resurrection we can joyously say with Paul, “Where, O death, is your victory?” [1 Corinthians 15:55 NIV].

~ Billy Graham

Jesus Christ was the Master Realist when He urged men to prepare for death, which was certain to come. Do not worry, said the Lord Jesus, about the death of the body, but rather concern yourself with the eternal death of the soul.

~ Billy Graham

Death is not the end of the road—it is merely a gateway to eternal life beyond the grave.

~ Billy Graham

For the Christian, death can be faced realistically and with victory, because he knows “that neither death nor life . . . shall be able to separate us from the love of God” [Romans 8:38–39 NKJV].

~ Billy Graham

Throughout our culture we have been led to the idea that we accept death as the end of life on earth . . .Time bound as we are and goal oriented to achievements in our lifetime, we find it strange to anticipate heaven.

~ Billy Graham

Sooner or later, we are going to face death; should we be making preparations while we are living?

~ Billy Graham

If people paid more attention to death, eternity, and judgment, there would be more holy living on earth.

~ Billy Graham

Death is said in the Bible to be a coronation for the Christian.

~ Billy Graham

It is strange that men will prepare for everything except death. We prepare for education. We prepare for business. We prepare for our careers. We prepare for marriage. We prepare for old age. We prepare for everything except the moment we are to die.

~ Billy Graham

Death reduces all men to the same rank. It strips the rich of his millions and the poor man of his rags . . .Death knows no age limits, no partiality. It is a thing that all men fear.

~ Billy Graham

One of the primary goals in life should be to prepare for death. Everything else should be secondary.

~ Billy Graham

No matter how much you exercise, no matter how many vitamins or health foods you eat, no matter how low your cholesterol, you will still die—someday. If you knew the moment and manner of your death in advance, would you order your life differently?

~ Billy Graham

Death for [a Christian] is no accident. With God there are no accidents, no tragedies, and no catastrophes as far as His children are concerned.

~ Billy Graham

When we all reach the end of our earthly journey, we will have just begun.

~ Billy Graham

Though the Christian has no immunity from death and no claim to perpetual life on this planet, death is to him a friend rather than a foe, the beginning rather than the end, another step on the pathway to heaven rather than a leap into a dark unknown.

~ Billy Graham

The word decease literally means “exodus” or “going out.” The imagery is that of the children of Israel leaving Egypt and their former life of bondage, slavery, and hardship for the Promised Land. So death to the Christian is an exodus from the limitations, the burdens, and the bondage of this life.

~ Billy Graham

From the moment a child is born, the death process, and the fight against it, begins.

~ Billy Graham

Life and death is not a do-it-yourself project.

~ Billy Graham

Death is not the end of life, it is only the gateway to eternity.

~ Billy Graham

Christ did not die by accident. He died voluntarily in our place.

~ Billy Graham

Someday this life will end, but for the Christian death also marks a beginning—the beginning of a new life with God that will last forever.

~ Billy Graham

I’m not afraid to die, for I know the joys of heaven are waiting. My greatest desire is to live today in anticipation of tomorrow and be ready to be welcomed into His home for all eternity. Will you be making the journey with me?

~ Billy Graham