Quotes by Billy Graham

The Word of God hidden in the heart is a stubborn voice to suppress.

Who can tell us how to get along with each other better than God? Where can we turn for wisdom better than God’s Word, the Bible?

O God! There are many things in [the Bible] I do not understand . . . I am going to accept this as Thy Word—by faith! I’m going to allow faith to go beyond my intellectual questions and doubts, and I will believe this to be Your inspired Word.

A computer . . . has no worth unless it is programmed . . . The believer has tremendous potential, but that potential cannot be used until he is programmed with the Word of God.

The Spirit of God takes the Word of God and makes the child of God.

When I quote Scripture, I know I am quoting the very Word of God.

Scientific discoveries (not theories) are found more and more to fit into the record God has given us in His Word.

The fact that God is infinite makes the study of His Word a lifetime occupation.

Oh that we would hunger to be filled with the Word of God; for there is no greater armor, no greater strength, no greater assurance that He is with us, and in us, when we go forth in battle equipped and nourished by His instruction and determined to stand firm on His promises.

God and God’s Word are inseparable.

I have never known a man who received Christ and ever regretted it.

Compared to when I was a boy, we now live in reverse. The people are locked up in their homes at night and criminals are outside on the loose! When I was young, the criminals were locked up and the people were free to move about. That time has passed for many cities.

The central theme of the universe is the purpose and destiny of every individual. Every person is important in God’s eyes.

In our day many people are broad but shallow. Agnosticism, anxiety, and emptiness have gripped much of our world.

No area of human life is so full of difficulties and heartaches as relationships. If you listed everything that upset you during the past week, I suspect most had to do with other people. People can be selfless and kind, but they can also be difficult, stubborn, ego-driven, thoughtless, mean, selfish, manipulative. But the problem is not just other people; it’s also ourselves.

Man is not growing better! Man is not climbing upward. Instead of progress in man himself there is degeneracy—degeneracy of body, mind, and spirit. Man is going downhill.

Success stories may be great motivational material for sales seminars, but we are not always successful.

Time and tide and the ravages of sin take their toll on the most noble achievements of man.

Our job in life is not to be successful, but to be faithful.

This age is interested in success, not suffering . . . Our Lord was ridiculed, insulted, persecuted, and eventually killed. In the face of opposition, He went about “doing good.