Billy Graham Quotes

The Spirit goes ahead of us when we witness— preparing the way, giving us the words, and granting us courage.

~ Billy Graham

The lukewarm Christian can accomplish nothing with a whole life in which to do it. If you have lived for sin and self . . . your witness will have [a] telling effect on all who have known you.

~ Billy Graham

Christians ought to carry written in our hearts the solemn truth of how short is our opportunity to witness for Christ and live for Him.

~ Billy Graham

While separation does not mean disengagement from the world, there are certain activities and places that God clearly wants us to avoid not only to protect ourselves from spiritual harm but so that the witness we have will not be tarnished.

~ Billy Graham

The greatest way to witness is through the life you live. Let the radiance of your Christian life be such that it will make [others] ask questions about your [faith].

~ Billy Graham

I am convinced the greatest act of love we can ever perform for people is to tell them about God’s love for them in Christ.

~ Billy Graham

When Christ’s love fills our hearts, it puts selfishness on the run.

~ Billy Graham

The mystery of God’s love would not be a mystery if we knew all the answers.

~ Billy Graham

I urge new converts to take plenty of time in Bible study and prayer before getting on a public platform to testify.

~ Billy Graham

The unbelieving world should see our testimony lived out daily because it just may point them to the Savior.

~ Billy Graham

We should not let a day go by without thanking God for His mercy and grace to us in Jesus Christ.

~ Billy Graham

Thanksgiving is recognition of a debt that cannot be paid. We express thanks, whether or not we are able otherwise to reimburse the giver.

~ Billy Graham

The greatest testimony to this dark world today would be a band of crucified and risen men and women, dead to sin and alive unto God, bearing in their bodies “the marks of the Lord Jesus” [Galatians 6:17 NKJV].

~ Billy Graham

The devil will try to discourage you, to divert you; he will seek to dilute your testimony; he will attempt anything to destroy your relationship to Christ and your influence upon others.

~ Billy Graham

Our creativity, our inner sense of right and wrong, our ability to love and to reason—all bear witness to the fact that God created us in His image. The Bible says God “has not left himself without testimony” [Acts 14:17 NIV].

~ Billy Graham

No Christian has the right to go around wringing his hands, wondering what we are to do in the face of the present world situation. The Scripture says that in the midst of persecution, confusion, wars, and rumors of wars, we are to comfort one another with the knowledge that Jesus Christ is coming back in triumph, glory, and majesty.

~ Billy Graham

Subtle persecution may happen to you in your office, school, or social gathering. You may not be “with it,” or be “one of the crowd.” No suffering that the Christian endures for Christ is ever in vain.

~ Billy Graham

If you take a stand [for God] and mean it, you may suffer persecution. Some of your friends will drift away. They don’t want to be with people like you. You speak to their conscience. They feel uncomfortable in your presence because you live for God.

~ Billy Graham

We can take persecution because we know the purpose behind it. The purpose is to glorify God.

~ Billy Graham

While Christians in America have worshipped without the fear or threat of physical abuse for their beliefs, thousands of their brothers in Christ throughout the world have been tortured and martyred for confessing the name of Christ.

~ Billy Graham

In a country where Christians were looked upon with suspicion and disfavor, a government leader said to me with a twinkle in his eye, “Christians seem to thrive under persecution. Perhaps we should prosper them, and then they would disappear.

~ Billy Graham

Throughout the world today there are people who are enduring cruelties and persecution because of their Christian faith. We must pray for them, and for ourselves, so that in our own dying hour God will give us grace to endure until the end, anticipating the certainty of His glory to come.

~ Billy Graham

Persecution may wear an insulting face. Insults may come as a result of a Christian’s lifestyle, which should be different from that of the secular world.

~ Billy Graham

The Bible clearly says that faithfulness and persecution often go hand in hand.

~ Billy Graham

A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank God in the midst of trials and every persecution.

~ Billy Graham

Bearing our cross does not mean wearing gunny sacks and long faces. Some people . . . wear the look of a martyr every time they hear criticism. Sometimes we deserve the criticism we receive; however, we are blessed only when men speak evil against us falsely for Christ’s sake.

~ Billy Graham

When thanksgiving is filled with true meaning and is not just the formality of a polite “thank you,” it is the recognition of dependence.

~ Billy Graham

We should not covet or expect the praise of ungodly men . . . the very fact that they are inclined to persecute us is proof that we are “not of the world.

~ Billy Graham

Why should we give God thanks? Because everything we have comes from God.

~ Billy Graham

Grumbling and gratitude are, for the child of God, in conflict. Be grateful and you won’t grumble. Grumble and you won’t be grateful.

~ Billy Graham

As you think about the future . . . give thanks and trust God . . . Even when life may be difficult, we should thank God for all He does for us—which we do not deserve.

~ Billy Graham

It is not just becoming a Christian; it is also being a Christian all the time, 24 hours a day.

~ Billy Graham

Time is running out. The seconds are ticking away toward midnight. The human race is about to take the fatal plunge . . . Is there any authority left? Is there a path we can follow? Can we find a code book that will give us the key to our dilemmas? We do have authoritative source material. It is found in the ancient and historic Book we call the Bible.

~ Billy Graham

We are accountable to [God] for the way we use our time.

~ Billy Graham

Once a minute passes it can never be reclaimed.

~ Billy Graham

Heaven has no clocks or calendars, and time will be no more [Revelation 10:6].

~ Billy Graham

We relegate God to our spare time—but end up never having any spare time! Jesus said, “Seek first his kingdom” [Matthew 6:33 NIV].

~ Billy Graham

The resurrection blasts apart the finality of death, providing an alternative to the stifling settling dust of death and opens the way to new life.

~ Billy Graham

The most important events in human history were the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

~ Billy Graham

Without the resurrection, the cross is meaningless.

~ Billy Graham