Top 500 Billy Graham Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “Two conflicting forces cannot exist in one human heart. When doubt reigns, faith cannot abide. Where hatred rules, love is crowded out. Where selfishness rules, there love cannot dwell. When worry is present, trust cannot crowd its way in.”

— Billy Graham

152. “Prayer is the rope that pulls God and man together. But, it doesn’t pull God down to us: It pulls us up to Him.”

— Billy Graham

153. “Be a good witness by the way you live. The way we live is often more convincing than the words we say.”

— Billy Graham

154. “Don’t let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think that the future is hopeless. When God closes one door, He often opens another door – if we seek it.”

— Billy Graham

155. “The word of God hidden in the heart is a stubborn voice to suppress.”

— Billy Graham

156. “Prayer is spiritual communication between man and God, a two-way relationship in which man should not only talk to God but also listen to Him. Prayer to God is like a child’s conversation with his father. It is natural for a child to ask his father for the things he needs.”

— Billy Graham

157. “Christ did not suffer and die to offer cheap grace. Jesus did not go willingly to the cross so we could have an easy life or offer a faith built on easy-believism. As someone once said, ‘Salvation is free, but not cheap.’ It cost Jesus His life.”

— Billy Graham

158. “There comes a moment when we all must realize that life is short, and in the end the only thing that really counts is not how others see us, but how God sees us.”

— Billy Graham

159. “When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates.”

— Billy Graham

160. “Our world is obsessed with success. But how does God define success? Success in God’s eyes is faithfulness to His calling.”

— Billy Graham

161. “I’m going to Heaven just like the thief on the cross who said in that last moment: ‘Lord, remember me.’”

— Billy Graham

162. “To the Christian death is the exchanging of a tent for a building.”

— Billy Graham

163. “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.”

— Billy Graham

164. “Sin was conquered on the cross. Christ’s death is the foundation of our hope, the promise of our triumph.”

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

167. “Kindness is an essential part of Gods work and ours here on earth.”

— Billy Graham

168. “Even if we may not always understand why God allows certain things to happen to us, we can know He is able to bring good out of evil, and triumph out of suffering.”

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

170. “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

171. “On our knees we are the most powerful force on earth.”

— Billy Graham

172. “I don’t want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it.”

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

174. “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

175. “Some of us want the crown before the cross.”

— Billy Graham

176. “Please join me in praying for America, that we will turn our hearts back toward God.”

— Billy Graham

177. “Knowing we will be with Christ forever far outweighs our burdens today! Keep your eyes on eternity!”

— Billy Graham

178. “God knows what we are going through when we grieve, and He wants to assure us of His love and concern. He also wants us to turn to Him and bring our heartaches and burdens to Him.”

— Billy Graham

179. “Jesus Christ is God in human flesh, and the story of His life, death, and resurrection is the only Good News the world will ever hear.”

— Billy Graham

180. “Sin is rebellion against God.”

— Billy Graham

181. “All mankind is crying out for guidance, for comfort, for peace.”

— Billy Graham

182. “Most of all, let the Word of God fill you and renew your mind every day. When our minds are on Christ, Satan has little room to maneuver.”

— Billy Graham

183. “A checkbook is a theological document, it will tell you who and what you worship.”

— Billy Graham

184. “The cross is offensive because it directly confronts the evils which dominate so much of this world.”

— Billy Graham

185. “Churchgoers are like coals in a fire. When they cling together, they keep the flame aglow; when they separate, they die out.”

— Billy Graham

186. “I have never known anyone to accept Christ’s redemption and later regret it.”

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

188. “The most thrilling thing about heaven is that Jesus Christ will be there. I will see Him face to face. Jesus Christ will meet us at the end of life’s journey.”

— Billy Graham

189. “If it weren’t for God’s grace, you and I wouldn’t be able to live for even one more minute.”

— Billy Graham

190. “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.”

— Billy Graham

191. “Men change, fashions change, conditions and circumstances change, but God never changes.”

— Billy Graham

192. “Give your life to Christ, he’ll challenge you.”

— Billy Graham

193. “God does not discipline us to subdue us, but to condition us for a life of usefulness and blessedness.”

— Billy Graham

194. “God undertook the most dramatic rescue operation in cosmic history. He determined to save the human race from self-destruction, and He sent His Son Jesus Christ to salvage and redeem them. The work of man’s redemption was accomplished at the cross.”

— Billy Graham

195. “Every human being is under construction from conception to death.”

— Billy Graham

196. “Grief’s darkness fades in the sunlight of thanksgiving.”

— Billy Graham

197. “Man has no ability to repair this damaged planet. The flaw in human nature is too great. God is our only hope!”

— Billy Graham

198. “One of the greatest priorities of the church today is to mobilize the laity to do the work of evangelism.”

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

200. “We have found that marriage should be made up of two forgivers. We need to learn to say, “I was wrong, I’m sorry.” And we also need to say, “That’s all right, I love you.””

— Billy Graham