Top 500 Billy Graham Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “When the “evil day” comes, we do not have to be dependent upon the circumstances around us, but rather on the resources of God!”

— Billy Graham

352. “Learn to take sin seriously – be on guard against it and resist its tug, fight its power. But most of all learn to take the Holy Spirit seriously, calling on Him to help you overcome sin’s power and live a holy and godly life.”

— Billy Graham

353. “Tim Keller’s ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him.”

— Billy Graham

354. “Freedom of speech means nothing to a people who are too weak in their convictions to speak out against the evil that is eating at the heart of the nation like a cancer.”

— Billy Graham

355. “Life is a glorious opportunity, if it is used to condition us for eternity. If we fail in this, though we succeed in everything else, our life will have been a failure.”

— Billy Graham

356. “Suffering can give us opportunities to witness. The world is a gigantic hospital; nowhere is there a greater chance to see the peace and joy of the Lord than when the journey though the valley is the darkest.”

— Billy Graham

357. “Out of defeat can come the best in human nature. As Christians face storms of adversity, they may rise with more beauty. They are like trees that grow on mountain ridges – battered by winds, yet trees in which we find the strongest wood.”

— Billy Graham

358. “God will not force himself upon us against our will. If we want his love, we need to believe in him. We need to make a definite, positive act of commitment and surrender to the love of God. No one can do it for us.”

— Billy Graham

359. “When my time to die comes an angel will be there to comfort me. He will give me peace and joy even at that most critical hour, and usher me into the presence of God, and I will dwell with the Lord forever. Thank God for the ministry of His blessed angels.”

— Billy Graham

360. “I want people to remember me that I was faithful, faithful to the gospel, faithful to the call that God gave me. And when I get to heaven, I’m going to ask him why he called me, because I was much used to milking cows and working on the farm than I was preaching.”

— Billy Graham

361. “The born-again Christian sees life not as a blurred, confused, meaningless mass, but as something planned and purposeful.”

— Billy Graham

362. “I think that the Bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin, but the Bible also teaches that pride is a sin, jealousy is a sin, and hate is a sin, evil thoughts are a sin. So I don’t think that homosexuality should be chosen as the overwhelming sin that we are doing today.”

— Billy Graham

363. “Whatever you love most, be it sports, pleasure, business or God, that is your god!”

— Billy Graham

364. “Jesus used the carefree attitude of the birds to underscore the fact that worrying is unnatural. I am learning in my own life, day by day, to keep my mind centered on Christ.”

— Billy Graham

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

— Billy Graham

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366. “In one bold stroke, forgiveness obliterates the past and permits us to enter the land of new beginnings.”

— Billy Graham

367. “Jesus made everything so simple and we have made it so complicated. He spoke to the people in short sentences and everyday words, illustrating His messages with never-to-be forgotten stories.”

— Billy Graham

368. “Far too many young people today have no spiritual roots. The’ve been deprived of values by an agnostic, contemporary culture.”

— Billy Graham

369. “I never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the course.”

— Billy Graham

370. “We do not understand the intricate pattern of the stars in their courses, but we know that He who created them does, and that just as surely as He guides them, He is charting a safe course for us.”

— Billy Graham

371. “There are two great forces, God’s force of good and the devil’s force of evil, and I believe Satan is alive and he is working, and he is working harder than ever, and we have many mysteries that we don’t understand.”

— Billy Graham

372. “Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?”

— Billy Graham

373. “I have a certainty about eternity that is a wonderful thing, and I thank God for giving me that certainty. I do not fear death. I may fear a little bit about the process, but not death itself, because I think the moment that my spirit leaves this body, I will be in the presence of the Lord.”

— Billy Graham

374. “There are many things that I don’t understand.”

— Billy Graham

375. “The light of God’s presence in our lives is a purifying flame that will draw us near to Him.”

— Billy Graham

376. “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.”

— Billy Graham

377. “If God can be fully proved by the human mind, then He is no greater than the mind that proves Him.”

— Billy Graham

378. “We have been proud and thought we were better than any other race, any other people. Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to stumble into hell because of our pride.”

— Billy Graham

379. “If America is to survive, we must elect more God-centered men and women to public office; individuals who will seek Divine guidance in the affairs of state.”

— Billy Graham

380. “Anxiety and fear are like baby tigers: The more you feed them, the stronger they grow.”

— Billy Graham

381. “There is not a flower that opens, not a seed that falls into the ground, and not an ear of wheat that nods on the end of its stalk in the wind that does not preach and proclaim the greatness and the mercy of God to the whole world.”

— Billy Graham

382. “The problems of peace are greater than the problems of war.”

— Billy Graham

383. “Living for Christ is a day-to-day going on with Him. It is a continuous dependence upon the Spirit of God. It is believing in His faithfulness.”

— Billy Graham

384. “I trust Jesus with all my tomorrows, knowing that He will solve the mystery of life beyond the grave.”

— Billy Graham

385. “I have so many gay friends, and we remain friends.”

— Billy Graham

386. “The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless.”

— Billy Graham

387. “Faith that saves has one distinguishing quality: saving faith is a faith that produces obedience; it is a faith that brings about a way of life.”

— Billy Graham

388. “The Christian should stand out like a sparkling diamond.”

— Billy Graham

389. “All my life I’ve been taught how to die, but no one ever taught me how to grow old.”

— Billy Graham

390. “Man cannot control himself, and if he will not be controlled by Jesus Christ, then he will be controlled by Satan.”

— Billy Graham

391. “I am convinced that these heavenly beings exist and that they provide unseen aid on our behalf.”

— Billy Graham

392. “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.”

— Billy Graham

393. “Angels belong to a uniquely different dimension of creation which we, limited to the natural order, can scarcely comprehend.”

— Billy Graham

394. “Some believe strongly that each Christian may have his own guardian angel assigned to watch over him or her.”

— Billy Graham

395. “No parent is perfect; we all can look back and think of things we could’ve done to help our children be better prepared for adulthood. And sometimes it’s best to admit it to them and encourage them to learn from our mistakes.”

— Billy Graham

396. “It was not the people or the Roman soldiers who put Jesus on the cross – it was your sins and my sins that made it necessary for Him to volunteer His death.”

— Billy Graham

397. “Those who have a true love of freedom will do everything in their power to keep the freedom that they have.”

— Billy Graham

398. “Even our pets can become idols.”

— Billy Graham

399. “In heaven I’ll wish with all my heart that I could reclaim a thousandth part of the time I’ve let slip through my fingers, that I could call back those countless conversations which could have glorified my Lord-but didn’t.”

— Billy Graham

400. “I am convinced that when a man sincerely searches for God with all his heart, God will reveal Himself in some way.”

— Billy Graham