Billy Graham Quotes

Christ . . . didn’t come to treat symptoms. He came to get at the very heart of man’s disease.

~ Billy Graham

I am convinced that when a man sincerely searches for God with all his heart, God will reveal Himself in some way.

~ Billy Graham

Reading the Bible has a purifying effect upon the heart and mind. As you read, the Holy Spirit will enlighten the passages for you.

~ Billy Graham

A true messenger lives a burdened life. If he is the Lord’s vessel, he carries in his heart a burden for souls none can share but those who know it firsthand.

~ Billy Graham

The heart of man, though small, is big enough for Christ to live in, if man will only make room for Him.

~ Billy Graham

Two conflicting forces cannot exist in one human heart. When doubt reigns, faith cannot abide. Where hatred rules, love is crowded out. Where selfishness rules, there love cannot dwell.

~ Billy Graham

Man himself is helpless to detach himself from the gnawing guilt of a heart weighed down with the guilt of sin. But where man has failed, God has succeeded.

~ Billy Graham

Don’t ever hesitate to take to [God] whatever is on your heart. He already knows it anyway, but He doesn’t want you to bear its pain or celebrate its joy alone.

~ Billy Graham

It is possible through sin to harden our hearts against God so long that we lose all desire for God. The Scripture says: “God also gave them up” [Romans 1:24 KJV].

~ Billy Graham

The heart symbolizes the center of our moral, spiritual, and intellectual life. It is the seat of our conscience and life.

~ Billy Graham

When Scripture talks about the heart, it’s not talking about that life-sustaining muscle. It’s talking about our entire inner being. The heart is the seat of our emotions, the seat of decisive action, and the seat of belief (as well as doubt).

~ Billy Graham

The end will come with the return of Jesus Christ . . .That is why a Christian can be an optimist. That is why a Christian can smile in the midst of all that is happening . . .We know what the end will be: the triumph of the Lord Jesus Christ!

~ Billy Graham

Understanding the consequence of sin and arrogance should motivate every Christian to pray for repentance and revival.

~ Billy Graham

The Bible does not teach that sin is completely eradicated from the Christian in this life, but it does teach that sin shall no longer reign over you.

~ Billy Graham

When the Christian or the church becomes popular with the unbelieving world, something is seriously wrong. Because Christ runs counter to evil and because we are Christ-owned, we must also stand against evil.

~ Billy Graham

One result of family failure has been the loss of dignity. No better example can be found than in the use of language. [Language has been reduced to] a four-letter word in movies, on television, in comedy routines, and in real life.

~ Billy Graham

When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates.

~ Billy Graham

More friction and tensions are caused in a family by tone of voice than for any other one reason.

~ Billy Graham

Many times it takes just one member of a family to initiate the action to bring a family back together again.

~ Billy Graham

There is something wrong when a brother or sister becomes alienated from the rest of their family, so there is something wrong when Christians refuse to have anything to do with their fellow Christians. God wants us to live this Christian life together.

~ Billy Graham

Your own family circle knows whether Christ lives in you and through you.

~ Billy Graham

We need to place God at the center of our family . . . As a family, we need to walk with God daily.

~ Billy Graham

No subject is closer to my heart than the family . . . The moral foundation of our country is in danger of crumbling as families break up and parents neglect their responsibilities.

~ Billy Graham

A Christian has tremendous responsibilities to his own family. He or she has a responsibility of loving each member of the family.

~ Billy Graham

If people stumble, we help them get back on their feet; if they veer off course, we urge them back. On this journey we are all brothers and sisters in the same family—the family of God.

~ Billy Graham

It is only the strong Christian family unit that can survive the coming world holocaust.

~ Billy Graham

Rebellion, waywardness, lack of discipline, confusion, and conflict prevent happy relationships within the home. But God is interested in your family, your marriage, your children. He shows us the ideals and the goals for the family.

~ Billy Graham

God knew that children grow and mature best in a stable, loving family, and this was one reason He gave marriage to us.

~ Billy Graham

We have exchanged love of family and home for cyberfriends and living in constant motion that robs the soul from memories—and perhaps from that still, small voice that longs to be heard.

~ Billy Graham

Not only does God give us a new relationship with Himself and make us citizens of His kingdom, but He also gives us a new family—the family of God.

~ Billy Graham

The Bible says a great deal about entire families coming to Christ. Rahab the harlot . . . the Philippian jailer . . . and Cornelius, the Roman centurion. That could be true in your family too. You may be the one who could lead your family to Christ.

~ Billy Graham

Amazing things can happen when the family of God bands together.

~ Billy Graham

Repent means to renounce sin . . .and by God’s grace to fill my mind with things that honor Him.

~ Billy Graham

What does repentance mean? It means to change—to change your mind, change the way that you’re living—and to determine that with God’s help you will live for Christ.

~ Billy Graham

I have found in my travels that those who keep heaven in view remain serene and cheerful in the darkest day. Forward-looking Christians remain optimistic and joyful, knowing that Christ someday will rule.

~ Billy Graham

This “I” was made in the image of God for fellowship with God. Without God it is miserable, empty, confused, and frustrated. Without God life has no meaning; but with God at its center there is life, an inner strength and peace, a deep satisfaction, an unfading joy known only to those who know Jesus Christ.

~ Billy Graham

No matter what the climate is, what the troubles are, what the difficulties are, there is joy for the child of God, because joy is produced supernaturally by the Holy Spirit in us.

~ Billy Graham

Without Him our daily routine would become tiresome and tedious, a drudgery rather than a joy.

~ Billy Graham

Only the forward-looking Christian remains sincerely optimistic and joyful, knowing that Christ will win in the end.

~ Billy Graham

Without dark clouds in our lives we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and unteachable if we do not learn from pain.

~ Billy Graham