“You can put a public school and university in the middle of every block of every city in America—but you will never keep America from rotting morally by mere intellectual education.”
―
Billy Graham
“Affliction may be for our edification and Christian development.”
―
Billy Graham
“[God] wants to help you overcome the bitterness and anger that you feel, and He wants to encourage you . . . He knows that anger and depression will never help you deal with your problems—they only make them worse.”
―
Billy Graham
“The Lord Jesus Christ is preparing a home fit for all who live for Him, a place designed for the church triumphant. Let’s exemplify the work of His hands, for they are busy, on our behalf, building a city large enough to encompass His people of faith—an eternal home for the soul.”
―
Billy Graham
“If we are to depend on prayer during tough times, we should be people of prayer before the crisis hits.”
―
Billy Graham
“I missed the joy of seeing our children grow and change. I thank God for watching over them during those years.”
―
Billy Graham
“My wife and I were invited to have lunch with one of the wealthiest men in the world. He was seventy-five years old. Tears came down his cheeks. “I am the most miserable man in the world,” he said. I have everything anyone could ever want. If I want to go anywhere, I have my own yacht or private plane. But down inside I’m miserable and empty.” Shortly after, I met another man who preached in a small church nearby. He was vivacious and full of life, and he told us, “I don’t have a penny to my name, but I’m the happiest man in the world!”
―
Billy Graham
“Your own family circle knows whether Christ lives in you and through you.”
―
Billy Graham
“Sin was conquered on the cross. [Christ’s] death is the foundation of our hope, the promise of our triumph!”
―
Billy Graham
“Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.”
―
Billy Graham
“When the Christian brings the standards of Jesus Christ to bear upon life in a material and secular world, it is often resented. Because the moral and spiritual demands of Jesus Christ are so high, they often set the Christian “apart.”
―
Billy Graham
“The blood of Christ “purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation” (Revelation 5:9 NIV).”
―
Billy Graham
“God’s strength is made perfect in weakness. The weaker I became, the more powerful became the preaching.”
―
Billy Graham
“Never forget: Satan’s goal is to turn us away from God.”
―
Billy Graham
“Christ’s second coming reminds us that ultimately our hope is not in this world and its attempts to solve its problems, but in Christ’s promise to establish His perfect rule over all the earth.”
―
Billy Graham
