Top 500 Billy Graham Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “We can receive Jesus Christ when we believe in His message and trust in Him alone to save us.”

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

203. “Give me five minutes with a person’s checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is.”

— Billy Graham

204. “Abraham Lincoln said, “I am profitably engaged in reading the Bible. Take all of this Book upon reason that you can and the balance upon faith, and you will live and die a better man.” Coleridge said he believed the Bible to be the Word of God because, as he put it, “It finds me.” “If you want encouragement,” John Bunyan wrote, “entertain the promises.”

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

207. “True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulates. The inner character of a person-the undergirding moral and spiritual values and commitments-is the true measure of lasting greatness.”

— Billy Graham

208. “Love is to the heart what the summer is to the farmer’s year. It brings to harvest all the loveliest flowers of the soul.”

— Billy Graham

209. “Learn to commit every situation to God, and trust Him for the outcome. God’s love for you never changes, no matter what problems you face or how unsettled life becomes.”

— Billy Graham

210. “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

211. “The ground is level at the foot of the cross.”

— Billy Graham

212. “We can change the course of events if we go to our knees in believing prayer.”

— Billy Graham

213. “A life without God is like a boat without an anchor.”

— Billy Graham

214. “You cannot build a superstructure on a cracked foundation.”

— Billy Graham

215. “Either communism must die or Christianity must die because it’s actually a battle between Christ and Anti-Christ.”

— Billy Graham

216. “Our world is constantly changing but the needs of our hearts remain the same, and so does God’s power to transform our lives and give us hope for the future.”

— Billy Graham

217. “I used to read five psalms every day – that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.”

— Billy Graham

218. “The hope we have in Christ is an absolute certainty. We can be sure that the place Christ is preparing for us will be ready when we arrive, because with Him nothing is left to chance. Everything He promised He will deliver.”

— Billy Graham

219. “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

220. “Just because the truth is unpopular doesn’t mean that it should not be proclaimed.”

— Billy Graham

221. “Salvation is an act of God. It is initiated by God, wrought by God, and sustained by God.”

— Billy Graham

222. “Right is right, and wrong is wrong, in small things as well as in big things.”

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

225. “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

226. “Prayer is speaking to God – but sometimes He uses our times of prayerful silence to speak to us in return.”

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

229. “Gratitude is one of the greatest Christian virtues; ingratitude, one of the most vicious sins.”

— Billy Graham

230. “Look up on a starry night, and you will see the majesty and power of an infinite Creator.”

— Billy Graham

231. “The most important events in human history were the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.”

— Billy Graham

232. “Christ not only died for all: He died for each.”

— Billy Graham

233. “All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.”

— Billy Graham

234. “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

235. “The way we live often speaks far louder than our words.”

— Billy Graham

236. “The most remarkable thing about suffering is that God can use it for our good.”

— Billy Graham

237. “The angels minister to God’s servants in time of hardship and danger.”

— Billy Graham

238. “Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.”

— Billy Graham

239. “Some of the greatest spiritual revivals in the past occurred just when the situation seemed to be the darkest. In the history of our own nation, for example, countless thousands turned to Christ during the darkest days of the Civil War, setting the stage for national reconciliation later on.”

— Billy Graham

240. “I’m the man of the hour, the man with the power, too sweet to be sour.”

— Billy Graham

241. “Alexander the great was ask how he conquered the world he said, “by not waivering”.”

— Billy Graham

242. “The family should be a closely knit group. The home should be a self-contained shelter of security; a kind of school where life’s basic lessons are taught; and a kind of church where God is honored; a place where wholesome recreation and simple pleasures are enjoyed.”

— Billy Graham

243. “I am convinced that only when a man is prepared to die is he also prepared to live.”

— Billy Graham

244. “I’m not for the left wing or the right wing – I’m for the whole bird.”

— Billy Graham

245. “Once you’ve lost your privacy, you realize you’ve lost an extremely valuable thing.”

— Billy Graham

246. “Yes, Satan is real, but so is Christ, and someday Satan will be defeated and Christ will rule forever. Don’t be deceived, but open your heart and mind to Jesus Christ, and put your life into His hands.”

— Billy Graham

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247. “The Bible is clear – God’s definition of marriage is between a man and a woman.”

— Billy Graham

248. “If you could work your way to heaven, you would said look what I did, I got myself here by my good works. The only way you are going to make it is to come to that Cross.”

— Billy Graham

249. “Revenge easily descends into an endless cycle of hate and violence. The Bible says never repay evil with evil.”

— Billy Graham

250. “Ask God to show you His plans, not bless your dreams.”

— Billy Graham