Billy Graham

You're born. You suffer. You die. Fortunately, there's a loophole.

I am well aware that there are prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union, including some who have said they have chosen to resist the law because of religious reasons.

It was a privilege to pray with Governor Romney - for his family and our country.

All my life I've been taught how to die, but no one ever taught me how to grow old.

Being judgmental and condemning is not one of the gifts of the Spirit.

My heart aches for America and its deceived people.

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

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

A lot of Jews are great friends of mine.

God has given us two hands - one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.

We're a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we're all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that's a marvelous thing.

I'm grateful for the evangelical resurgence we've seen across the world in the last half-century or so. It truly has been God's doing.

The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same.

The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.

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.

We must never minimize the suffering of another. Scriptures mandate to us is Weep with them that weep. Romans 1215 KJV

Some people spend their lives building ultimate dream homes so they can enjoy their twilight years... Others spend their last days in nursing homes.

God never takes away something from your life without replacing it with something better.

Make sure of your commitment to Jesus Christ, and seek to follow Him every day. Don't be swayed by the false values and goals of this world, but put Christ and His will first in everything you do.

The Holy Spirit gives liberty to the Christian direction to the worker discernment to the teacher power to the Word and fruit to faithful service. He reveals the things of Christ.

Let me ask you a question: If you never ate a balanced diet, what would happen to your body? You know the answer: Eventually you'd grow weak; you might even open yourself to serious illness or disease. We all need a balanced diet if we are to stay healthy.

I'm grateful for the opportunities God gave me to minister to people in high places; people in power have spiritual and personal needs like everyone else, and often they have no one to talk to.

Don't be misled by those who claim God doesn't exist, because He does.

As I got older, I guess I became more mellow and more forgiving and more loving.

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

Jesus Christ opened heaven's door for us by His death on the cross.

My wife has about everything I can think of.

Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death.

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

Heaven is a wonderful place and the benefits for the believer are out of this world

I'm not focused on the gay and lesbian movement.

There have been times that I've wept as I've gone from city to city and I've seen how far people have wandered from God.

Salvation is free, but discipleship costs everything we have.

There's a great deal to say in the Bible about the signs we're to watch for, and when these signs all converge at one place we can be sure that we're close to the end of the age.

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

I haven't written my own epitaph, and I'm not sure I should. Whatever it is, I hope it will be simple, and that it will point people not to me, but to the One I served.

To start with, I love New York... It's a little bit of the whole world... In New York, the whole world comes to you.

The second coming of Christ will be so revolutionary that it will change every aspect of life on this planet. Disease will be eliminated. Death will be abolished. War will be eradicated. Nature will be transformed.

I think Pat Robertson is a terrific fellow.

Every President I think I've ever known, except Truman, has thought they didn't quite get done what they wanted done. And toward the end of their Administrations, they were disappointed and wished they had done some things differently.

Old age may have its limitations and challenges, but in spite of them, our latter years can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling of our lives.

When I was young, I could not imagine being old. My mother said, and the doctor confirmed, that I had an unusual amount of energy; and it followed me into young adulthood.

A good father is one of the most unsung unpraised unnoticed and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.

Freedom is relative.

Everywhere I go I find that people... both leaders and individuals... are asking one basic question, 'Is there any hope for the future?' My answer is the same, 'Yes, through Jesus Christ.'

I've been praying that we might have a spiritual awakening. But I think that becomes possible as individuals surrender their lives fresh and anew to Christ.

Evangelicals can't be closely identified with any particular party or person. We have to stand in the middle, to preach to all the people, right and left.

From a cleansed conscience emerges a changed life.

The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

'Suffering should not make us bitter people,' my mother once said, 'it should make us better comforters.' Young people need to hear this from those who have walked before them, because someday they'll be walking those same steps, but there may not be anyone following behind.

It could be that one of the greatest hindrances to evangelism is the poverty of our own experience.

When I reached 80, my world turned upside down physically. I've had a lot of physical problems.

I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.

Even the securest financial plan and the finest health coverage aren't enough to hold us steady when the challenges come... We need something more, something deeper and unshakeable, something that will see us through life's hard times.

I first met Bev Shea while in Chicago when he was on Moody Radio. As a young man starting my ministry, I asked Bev if he would join me. He said yes, and for over 60 years we had the privilege of ministering together across the country and around the world.

No one can outrun death. It will catch up to all of us eventually.

It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.

While I have never learned to use a computer, I am surrounded by family and friends who carry information to me from blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and various websites.

I think that if I would talk on a political subject, if I talk about it, it would divide the audience on that issue. That's not my issue.

Oral Roberts was a man of God and a great friend in ministry. I loved him as a brother.

I never hold a grudge.

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

I just want to lobby for God.

Be careful before leaving someone in a sorrowing situation. Say a word of prayer with them and share even a brief word of encouragement from the Scriptures.

I haven't been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.

I think we've taken the meaning of Christmas out. People don't stop and think about Jesus or the birth of Jesus. When they think of Christmas, they think of Santa Claus and - for the children, and they think of giving gifts and out-giving the next person of spending their time looking for the right thing for somebody who has everything.

When Christians say God has been talking to them about something, it simply means they have a strong inner conviction or feeling that God has made His will known to them.

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.

Conscience is our wisest counselor and teacher our most faithful and most patient friend.

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

Ive read the last page of the Bible. Its all going to turn out all right.

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

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

Every human being is under construction from conception to death.

Auschwitz stands as a tragic reminder of the terrible potential man has for violence and inhumanity.

I wish I had been home more when the children were growing up. I missed a lot.

There is more evidence that Jesus rose from the dead than there is that Julius Caesar ever lived or that Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three.

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

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

Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves to fit the desires of the people. True faith in God that demands selflessness is being replaced by trendy religion that serves the selfish.

If God doesn't punish America, He'll have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.

I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn't still be here if it weren't for them.

I still enjoy watching a batter successfully cross home plate, but nothing thrills me more than seeing the Holy Spirit at work in hearts as the Gospel is carried into stadiums, across the airwaves, and around the world.

The New Testament says nothing of Apostles who retired and took it easy.

The Holy Spirit illuminates the minds of people makes us yearn for God and takes spiritual truth and makes it understandable to us.

I don't have to see a murder in order to condemn murder.

There are a lot of groups that feel a little bit strange around me, because I am inclusive.

Throughout my ministry, I have sought to build bridges between Jews and Christians.

It seems the only way to gain attention today is to organize a march and protest something.

The one badge of Christian discipleship is not orthodoxy but love.

God doesnt owe us anything yet in His grace He still gives us good things.

I think it is a sin to look at another person as inferior to yourself because of race or because of ethnic background, and I think the greatest thing to do is to pray that God will give you love for them, and I do.

Every day is a gift from God, no matter how old we are.

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

I am just one of many thousands called to be an evangelist.

I believe the home and marriage is the foundation of our society and must be protected.

I am not a televangelist.

The Information Highway intrigues me because I have always been a newshound; I have always been curious about why people believe what they believe.

I don't think the Christian Right dominates America in the way some in the media believe they do.