Billy Graham Quotes

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

Death carries with it a certain dread. It [is] the enemy, the great, mysterious monster that makes people quake with fear.

~ Billy Graham

Someday a loving Hand will be laid upon your shoulder and this brief message will be given: “Come home.

~ Billy Graham

Death of the righteous . . . is not to be feared or shunned. It is the shadowed threshold to the palace of God.

~ Billy Graham

Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it! I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into the presence of God.

~ Billy Graham

We now have the advantage of a few years more of life, but death is still standing at the end of the road.

~ Billy Graham

Cut out some of your “important social engagements,” and make your home the center of your social life. God will honor you, and your children will grow up to call you “blessed” [Proverbs 31:28].

~ Billy Graham

In many homes and among so-called educated people—it has become fashionable to joke about the Bible and to regard it more as a dust-catcher than as the living Word of God.

~ Billy Graham

Many homes are on the rocks today because God has been left out of the domestic picture. With the clash of personalities in a domestic pattern, there must be an integrating force, and the living God is that Force!

~ Billy Graham