Billy Graham Quotes (97 Quotes)

I can tell you that God is alive because I talked to him this morning.

There are nine orders of angels, to wit, angels, archangels, virtues, powers, principalities, dominations, thrones, cherubim, and seraphim.

Today, we come together to confess our need of God. Those perpetrators who took us on to tear us apart, it has worked the other way. It has backfired it has brought us together,

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'

Gratitude is one of the greatest Christian graces ingratitude, one of the most vicious sins.

God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he'll be there.

Because President Clinton has been a friend for so many years, I feel like it is very difficult after he became President, because I led the Inaugural prayer, and when I stepped down I said, Mr. President, and I almost said, Bill, because I'd called him Bill so long. And I feel like calling him Bill again tonight after those warm words of a brother.

Suppose you could gain everything in the whole world, and lost your soul. Was it worth it?

Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.

God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, "I love you."

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

I think we are trying to run the space age with horse and buggy moral and spiritual equipment. Technology you see has no morals and with no moral restraints man will destroy himself ecologically, militarily, or in some other way. Only God can give a person moral restraints and spiritual strength.

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

I just want to lobby for God.

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

But now we have a choice whether to implode and disintegrate emotionally and spiritually as a people and a nation -- or, whether we choose to become stronger through all of this struggle -- to rebuild on a solid foundation. And I believe we are in the process of starting to rebuild on that foundation. That foundation is our trust in God.

The happiness which brings enduring worth to life is not the superficial happiness that is dependent on circumstances. It is the happiness and contentment that fills the soul even in the midst of the most distressing of circumstances and most bitter environment. It is the kind of happiness that grins when things go wrong and smiles through the tears. The happiness for which our souls ache is one undisturbed by success or failure, one which will root deeply inside us and give inward relaxation, peace, and contentment, no matter what the surface problems may be. That kind of happiness stands in need on no outward stimulus.

World travel and getting to know clergy of all denominations has helped mold me into an ecumenical being. We're separated by theology and, in some instances, culture and race, but all that means nothing to me any more.

In my travels I have found that those who keep Heaven in view remain serene and cheerful in the darkest day. If the glories of Heaven were more real to us, if we lived less for material things and more for things eternal and spiritual, we would be less easily disturbed by this present life.

A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable.

A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.

There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.

Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.

No matter how hard we try words simply cannot express the horror, the shock, and the revulsion we all feel over what took place in this nation on Tuesday morning. September 11 will go down in our history as a day to remember.

The most prominent place in hell is reserved for those who are neutral on the great issues of life.

Transcendental meditation is evil because when you are meditating, it opens space within you for the devil to enter.

June Glenn was one of the greatest photographers I ever had the privilege of knowing. He was a warm, personal friend who took hundreds of photographs of me and my family. Ruth and I feel a great sense of loss.

People have become so empty that they can't even entertain themselves. They have to pay other people to amuse them, to make them laugh, to try to make them feel warm and happy and comfortable for a few minutes, to try to lose that awful, frightening, hollow feeling--that terrible, dreaded feeling of being lost and alone.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

We believe that in your province you have granted a second term to our president, George W. Bush, and our vice president, Richard Cheney,

I played golf every day of my life nearly until a few years ago, except Sundays, and I gave it up. I'm not going to tell you why I gave it up -- but there wasn't enough exercise to me, and there's not enough money to pay those fees. I almost went to the government for a loan.

No man ever loved like Jesus. He taught the blind to see and the dumb to speak. He died on the cross to save us. He bore our sins. And now God says, ''Because He did, I can forgive you.''

The Church has lost a great warrior and the country has lost a great patriot who will long be remembered, ... He was a bold and courageous man who stood firmly for what he believed.

Most of us follow our conscience as we follow a wheelbarrow. We push it in front of us in the direction we want to go.

Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love.

God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.

If we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew.

We have to have armies We have to have military power We have to have police forces, whether it's police in a great city or police in an international scale to keep those madmen from taking over the world and robbing the world of its liberties

While our world is shaking and crumbling, we need to realize that one thing will never change, and that is God. He is the same today as he was ten million years ago, and will be the same ten million years from today.

Many people have come to Christ as a result of my participation in presenting the Gospel to them. It's all the work of the Holy Spirit.

You know, when Jesus dealt with people with moral problems, like dear Walter had, he always dealt tenderly, ... I just hope if you have any contact with him, you'll give him my love and understanding.

May the Lord bless you real good.

How often we commit our burdens to the Lord and then fail to trust Him by taking matters into our own hands. Then, when we have messed things up, we pray, Oh, Lord, help me, I'm in trouble. The choice is yours. Do you want to trust your life in God's pocket or keep it in your own

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.

The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime.