Billy Graham Quotes

God promises no easy life or days without troubles, trials, difficulties, and temptations. He never promises that life will be perfect. He does not call His children to a playground, but to a battleground.

~ Billy Graham

Be attractive and winsome, but do not compromise your convictions for the sake of popularity.

~ Billy Graham

When Jesus was tempted, He didn’t debate the devil. He quoted Scripture: “It is written . . . It is written . . . It is written” (Matthew 4:4–10 NKJV). And each time the devil was defeated.

~ Billy Graham

We can’t flee from temptation in our own strength—but God will give us the strength we need, if we’ll only seek it. A friend of mine says, “When the devil knocks, I just send Jesus to the door!

~ Billy Graham

It is not the temptations you have, but the decision you make about them that counts.

~ Billy Graham

Everyone has temptations but some folks entertain them . . .Get your eyes off the temptation and onto Christ!

~ Billy Graham

I know that many of the things I have said from the Scriptures have offended, and I have sometimes been tempted to tone down the message. But, God helping me, I never will! I would become a false prophet. I would also betray my Lord.

~ Billy Graham

Satan is the sower of compromise—leaving a bit of God’s truth into the dirty rags of sin. Satan is the commander in deceit, Satan is the ringleader in rebellion against the faithful.Satan is the sly serpent of temptation.Satan is the false hope of security.Satan is the great pretender.Satan is the great spoiler of everything good.And Satan wants to destroy you.

~ Billy Graham

Every stage of life has its own temptations and dangers, and Satan will do all he can to exploit them . . .the time to prepare is now, not when it arrives.

~ Billy Graham

The devil doesn’t need to invent any new temptations, the old ones work as well as they ever have.

~ Billy Graham

Be very sure that you do not deliberately place yourself in a position to be tempted.

~ Billy Graham

Be sure that Satan will tempt you at your weak point, not the strong.

~ Billy Graham

Many Christians give in to various temptations through peer pressure and find themselves surrendering to worldly passions, justifying pleasures the world offers.

~ Billy Graham

Don’t savor temptations; don’t dwell on them or toy with them or replay them over and over in your mind. The more you think about a particular temptation, the more enticing it becomes.

~ Billy Graham

All of us are not subjected to the same weaknesses and temptations.To one, alcohol may be the temptation;to another, it may be impure thoughts and acts; to another, greed and covetousness; to another, criticism and an unloving attitude.

~ Billy Graham

Temptation is not a sin. It is the yielding that is sin. All temptation is from the devil.

~ Billy Graham

Only a strong faith—a faith based on God’s Word—will protect us from temptation and doubt.

~ Billy Graham

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

~ Billy Graham

The Bible is intensely practical, and one of the reasons God gave it to us is so we’ll be better prepared to deal with life’s problems and temptations. All too often we respond to these in ways that don’t reflect Christ . . .when we do that, Satan is the winner and the cause of Christ suffers.

~ Billy Graham

Temptation: Recognize it for what it is, and then reject it—immediately and without compromise.

~ Billy Graham

God never directs in a way contrary to His character. When the Scriptures tell us that He will direct our paths, we can be assured that when He is in control, no matter how thorny the path, He will not tell us to jump off a cliff.

~ Billy Graham

True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulates. The inner character of a person—the undergirding moral and spiritual values and commitments—is the true measure of lasting greatness.

~ Billy Graham

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and so is our character.

~ Billy Graham

A godlikeness of character is the Christian’s proper heritage in this earthly walk.

~ Billy Graham

Trials and difficulties may assail the life of a believer, but they also have the ability to remold his character and banish from his life those impurities which might impair growth and service.

~ Billy Graham

Consistency, constancy, and undeviating diligence to maintain Christian character are a must if the older generation is to command respect, or even a hearing, from the young.

~ Billy Graham

A few years ago, honesty was the hallmark of a man of good character. But it’s been set aside for an “It’s all right if you don’t get caught” philosophy.

~ Billy Graham

It is unfair to attribute virtues beyond a person’s true character.

~ Billy Graham

Don’t conform to those who have been overwhelmed by the tide of immorality sweeping our country!

~ Billy Graham

Peer pressure accounts for much of the promiscuous sex in high schools and colleges. “Conform or get lost.” Since no one enjoys losing friends or being cast out of his own circle, peer pressure—especially during the years of adolescence—is an almost irresistible force.

~ Billy Graham

From compromise to deceit is a small step.

~ Billy Graham

The apostle Paul urges Christians everywhere in all ages to be nonconformists as far as the world system is concerned. We are not to conform. A true Christian, living an obedient life, is a constant rebuke to those who accept themoral standards of this world.

~ Billy Graham

Thousands of Christians compromise their faith in Jesus Christ by denying Him. Even some clergymen neglect or deliberately refuse to close a public prayer in the name of Jesus for fear of offending an unbeliever. They cannot endure the persecution that may follow an acknowledgment of Jesus Christ.

~ Billy Graham

It is often asked, “How could the early disciples turn the world upside downwhen millions of Christians can’t even keep it right side up today?” The answer is they didn’t conform their faith to match the world. They had the truth, and they refused to water it down. They had a faith that would not compromise.

~ Billy Graham

The apostle Paul said, “Be not conformed to this world.” These words cut like a sharp sword across our way of life. They have the tone of the battle call in them. They separate the weak from the strong. But they are words of inspiration, and we need to hear them today.

~ Billy Graham

Thousands of uninstructed Christians are being deceived today.False teachers use high-sounding wordsthat seem like the epitome of scholarship and culture. They are intellectually clever and crafty . . .adept at beguiling thoughtless, untaught men and women.

~ Billy Graham

It is a tragedy that many of God’s people have conformed themselves to the world and its thinking, rather than being transformed by the renewing of their minds.

~ Billy Graham

God’s purpose for us is that we ought to beconformed to the image of His Son. The world may exert its pressure to deform us, but we are told to “be transformed” [Romans 12:2 NIV].

~ Billy Graham

Pure hearts will be Christlike. It is God’s desire that we be conformed to the image of His Son.

~ Billy Graham

The underlying principle of all Satan’s tactics is deception. He is a crafty and clever camouflager.

~ Billy Graham