Billy Graham Quotes

What stirs God most is not physical suffering but sin. All too often we are more afraid of physical pain than of moral wrong. The cross is the standing evidence of the fact that holiness is a principle for which God would die.

~ Billy Graham

As I read the Bible, I seem to find holiness to be [Christ’s] supreme attribute.

~ Billy Graham

If you belong to Jesus Christ, you are called to live a life of purity and holiness. God wants your mind to be shaped by Him so that your thoughts and goals reflect Christ.

~ Billy Graham

Don’t take the holiness of God lightly, for it is the very essence of His character.

~ Billy Graham

Compassion is not complete in itself, but must be accompanied by inflexible justice and wrath against sin and a desire for holiness.

~ Billy Graham

We do not fail to enjoy the fruit of the Spirit because we live in a sea of corruption, we fail to do so because the sea of corruption is in us.

~ Billy Graham

Disappointment and failure are not signs that God has forsaken you or stopped loving you. The devil wants you to believe God no longer loves you, but it isn’t true. God’s love for us never fails.

~ Billy Graham

[While] disappointment and failure aren’t identical, they often occur together, and both can hold us back from God’s best for our lives.

~ Billy Graham

Don’t be bound by the past and its failures. But don’t forget its lessons either.

~ Billy Graham

Repeated disappointment almost always triggers a series of other reactions: discouragement, anger, frustration, bitterness, resentment, even depression. Unless we learn to deal with disappointment, it will rob us of joy and poison our souls.

~ Billy Graham

Pride is associated with failure, not success. We hear a great deal about the inferiority complex, but the superiority complex of pride is seldom spoken of . . .The greatest act of humility . . .was when Jesus Christ stooped to die on the cross of Calvary.

~ Billy Graham

I long to see [Jesus] face to face, to hear His voice and touch Him. In the day I go to be with Him, there will be no unfulfilled longings or disappointments. He will welcome me into His mansion, answer my questions, and teach me the wisdom of the ages.

~ Billy Graham

Disappointments are part of life; we can’t always have our own way, and we need to learn to separate what is significant from what is merely annoying. Only in heaven will we be free of all disappointments and failures. A friend of mine says, “Oh well, a hundred years from now it won’t make any difference!

~ Billy Graham

Learn from your disappointments and failures and with God’s help seek to overcome them. Ask yourself, could I have done anything to prevent this? Were my hopes and dreams unrealistic, or were my motives wrong?Is there a new path God wants me to explore?

~ Billy Graham

The time to prepare for life’s disappointments and hurts is in advance.

~ Billy Graham

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

~ Billy Graham

If we who have the Holy Spirit living and working within us falter and fail, what hope is there for the rest of the world?

~ Billy Graham

Many of the mysteries of God—the heartaches, trials, disappointments, tragedies, and the silence of God in the midst of suffering—will be revealed in heaven.

~ Billy Graham

Peter preached about [the blood]. Paul wrote about it, and the redeemed in heaven sing about it. In a sense, the New Testament is the Book of the Blood.

~ Billy Graham

How often do we lie simply because we are trying to build ourselves up in the eyes of others? How often do we gossip because we want to appear “in the know,”or because we are trying to make ourselves appear better than someone else? The Bible's command is clear: [“Have regard for good things in the sight of all men” (Romans 12:17 NKJV)].

~ Billy Graham

Renewal is brought by the Holy Spirit. Believers will learn what it means to minister to one another and build each other up. No longer will our lives seem ordinary and indistinguishable from the rest of the world.

~ Billy Graham

Sometimes we encourage someone without even being aware of it. Even the example we set by attending church may encourage someone who is searching for God.

~ Billy Graham

[The Holy Spirit] will remain with every believer right to the end. This thought has encouraged me a thousand times in these dark days when satanic forces are at work.

~ Billy Graham

With an old head and a young heart, you can be a source of real strength [to others] who need your cheer and encouragement.

~ Billy Graham

All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.

~ Billy Graham

We never gain in life by hurting others. Sometimes we try to elevate our own insecure egos by degrading and belittling those around us. Yet this produces only a false sense of self-esteem.

~ Billy Graham

The Bible teaches us to be more concerned about the needs and feelings of others than our own. We are to encourage and build self-confidence in our loved ones, friends, and associates.

~ Billy Graham

The journey God has set before us isn’t a freeway; we are constantly encountering forks and junctions and crossroads. Which way will we go when we meet them? Life is filled with decisions, and we can’t avoid them.

~ Billy Graham

Jesus does not allow us to be neutral about Him. Jesus demands that we decide about Him.

~ Billy Graham

God has a plan and the devil has a plan, and you will have to decide which plan you are going to fit into.

~ Billy Graham

Men and women do make decisions wherever the Gospel is proclaimed; whether publicly or privately, some say yes, some say no, and some procrastinate. No one ever hears the Gospel proclaimed without making some kind of decision!

~ Billy Graham

When disappointment or tragedy or suffering strikes, we have a decision to make: Will we turn away from God, or will we turn toward Him? Which road will we take? One road leads to doubt, anger, bitterness, fear, hopelessness, and despair.The other leads to hope, comfort, peace, strength, and joy.

~ Billy Graham

When we are called before God and His throne of judgment, it will be too late to reverse our decision. It is during our lifetime here on earth that we decide our eternal destiny.

~ Billy Graham

Becoming “new” in Christ is a wonderful beginning, but it isn’t the end of pain or problems in our lives. It is the beginning of our facing up to them. Being a Christian involves a lifetime of hard work, dedicated study, and difficult decisions.

~ Billy Graham

Part of the human makeup which distinguishes man from other creatures is his ability to reason and make moral decisions. Man is a free moral agent.

~ Billy Graham

Once God leads you to make a decision, don’t draw back. Instead, trust His leading, and believe He goes before you—because He does.

~ Billy Graham

The most important decision you will ever make is the decision you make about eternity.

~ Billy Graham

Some people resist the idea of a choice of any sort. They don’t want to be called “narrow.” But Jesus taught that there are two roads, and you have to choose which road you will take.

~ Billy Graham

There are two masters, and you have to choose which master you are going to serve.

~ Billy Graham

There is not a day that we do not have a chance to choose between the devil’s clever promises and God’s sure Word.

~ Billy Graham