Top 500 Billy Graham Quotes (2023 Update)

1. “My home is in Heaven. I’m just traveling through this world.”

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Heaven Quotes, Quotes About Home

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

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Health Quotes, Character Quotes

3. “A coach will impact more people in one year than the average person will in an entire lifetime.”

— Billy Graham

4. “Salvation is free, but discipleship costs everything we have.”

— Billy Graham

5. “It is the Holy Spirit’s job to convict, God’s job to judge and my job to love.”

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Judging Quotes

6. “Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don’t complain.”

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Complaining Quotes

7. “God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.’”

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Quotes About World

8. “Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.”

— Billy Graham

9. “The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.”

— Billy Graham

10. “The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.”

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Character Quotes

11. “I’ve read the last page of the Bible. It’s all going to turn out all right.”

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Wisdom Quotes, Quotes About Hope

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

— Billy Graham

13. “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.’”

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Christian Quotes

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

— Billy Graham

15. “God is unchanging in His love. He loves you. He has a plan for your life. Don’t let the newspaper headlines frighten you. God is still sovereign; He’s still on the throne.”

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Veteran's Day Quotes

17. “The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.”

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Christian Quotes

18. “Don’t wavier. Make a decision. Do it now.”

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Choices Quotes, Decision Quotes

19. “If you are ignorant of God’s Word, you will always be ignorant of God’s will.”

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Quotes About Children, Family Quotes

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

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Christian Quotes

22. “I never saw a U-Haul behind a hearse.”

— Billy Graham

23. “Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.”

— Billy Graham

24. “We hurt people by being too busy. Too busy to notice their needs. Too busy to drop that note of comfort or encouragement or assurance of love. Too busy to listen when someone needs to talk. Too busy to care.”

— Billy Graham

25. “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.”

— Billy Graham

26. “True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency.”

— Billy Graham

27. “Heaven is real and hell is real, and eternity is but a breath away.”

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Real Quotes

28. “A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.”

— Billy Graham

29. “To get nations back on their feet, we must first get down on our knees.”

— Billy Graham

30. “We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding.”

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Reading Quotes

31. “No matter how dark and hopeless a situation might seem, never stop praying.”

— Billy Graham

32. “You can’t control the length of your life. You can control the depth.”

— Billy Graham

33. “Be sure that your motive in praying is to glorify God.”

— Billy Graham

34. “Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil – it has no point.”

— Billy Graham

35. “God doesn’t owe us anything yet in His grace, He still gives us good things.”

— Billy Graham

36. “Becoming a Christian is the work of a moment; being a Christian is the work of a lifetime.”

— Billy Graham

37. “Only when we understand the holiness of God will we understand the depth of our sin.”

— Billy Graham

38. “One with God is a majority.”

— Billy Graham

39. “Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.”

— Billy Graham

40. “The moment we take our last breath on earth, we take our first in heaven.”

— Billy Graham

41. “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

42. “The most devastating effect of sin is that by it, we are blinded to it.”

— Billy Graham

43. “I know God is in charge. Not me, I’m nothing. I wouldn’t be anything except for the power of the spirit of God.”

— Billy Graham

44. “Life is a glorious opportunity.”

— Billy Graham

45. “Evil is real – but so is God’s power and love.”

— Billy Graham

Featured in: Real Quotes

46. “God has a plan for your retirement.”

— Billy Graham

47. “Fear can paralyze us and keep us from believing God and stepping out in faith. The devil loves a fearful Christian!”

— Billy Graham

48. “Truly, God works in mysterious ways. The wheels of His mercy and justice move quietly, but they do move.”

— Billy Graham

49. “Don’t be a half-Christian. There are too many of such in the world. The world has a profound respect for people who are sincere in their faith.”

— Billy Graham

50. “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.”

— Billy Graham