Billy Graham Quotes

America has probably been the most successful experiment in history. The American Dream was a glorious attempt. It was built on a religious foundation. Its earliest concepts came from Holy Scripture.

Become grounded in the Bible. As Christians, we have only one authority, one compass: the Word of God.

Don’t let hatred control you, no matter what others do that causes [anger]. You would only become guilty of the same sin that afflicts them, and nothing would be solved.

When someone hurts us, our natural instinct is to strike back—but when we do, we not only destroy any possibility of reconciliation, but we also allow anger and hate to control us.

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.

I believe America has gone a long way down the wrong road. If we ever needed God’s help, it is now.

God honored and blessed America as few nations in history. However, in recent years the nation has been moving away from its religious heritage.

We must face honestly the toll that anger and bitterness take on our lives. They are our enemies! The Bible says, “An angry person stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins.

A terrifying spiritual and moral tide of evil has already loosed us from our spiritual moorings. Monstrous new ideas that could easily destroy our freedoms are rushing into the vacuum.

There is no doubt that nations come to an end when they have ceased to fulfill the function that God meant for them.

The secret strength of a nation is found in the faith that abides in the hearts and homes of the country.

No form of government has been able to establish righteousness, justice, and peace, the three elements without which we can never have continued national prosperity or international peace.

We face dangers every day of which we are not even aware. Often God intervenes on our behalf through the use of His angels.

God isn’t finished with you when you retire! When we know Christ, we never retire from His service.

Among young people . . . drinking is for getting drunk. And many go on to become alcoholics.

Drunkenness is not a new vice. Its ravages have always been a scourge on the human race . . .Alcohol is a killer, a murderer.

Do not seek solace in alcohol. Alcohol obscures good judgment and leaves you unable to think clearly or understand what God is trying to say to you.

What began as an apparently harmless pastime has ended up as a frightening, overpowering addiction or obsession.

Some [young people] are taking pills called “heaven or hell” drugs, because you’re liable to experience either one.

There is hope for the alcoholic: God is able to deliver from this as well as any other addiction.

Many people plan financially for retirement—but not spiritually and emotionally.

Living the Christian life means striving for holiness.

If you belong to Jesus Christ, you are called to live a life of purity and holiness. God wants your mind to be shaped by Him so that your thoughts and goals reflect Christ.

As I read the Bible, I seem to find holiness to be [Christ’s] supreme attribute.

Christians should seek after holiness—without which no man shall see the Lord. Let us seek ardently the kind of life that reflects the beauty of Jesus and marks us as being what saints ought to be!

God can use the fear that grips the hearts of men today to point them to eternal truths—the truth of God’s eternal judgment, and the truth of His eternal love.

Where will we spend eternity—with God in that place of endless joy the Bible calls heaven, or apart from Him in that place of endless despair the Bible calls hell?

A Christian funeral should be a coronation ceremony, a statement to the world about eternal life.

[Multitudes] have never been born again. They will go into eternity lost—while thinking they are saved because they belong to the church, or were baptized.

Most people are living for today with barely a thought of eternity.

We glorify God by living lives that honor Him.

Our voices, our service, and our abilities are to be employed, primarily, for the glory of God.

What greater glory can we anticipate than to stand before the throne of God, to humble ourselves before His great and incomparable majesty.

When one bears suffering faithfully, God is glorified and honored.

We glorify Christ when we live for God—trusting, loving, and obeying Him.

What you do with Christ here and now decides where you shall spend eternity.

We are so caught up with the affairs of this life we give little attention to eternity.

One of the bonuses of being a Christian is the glorious hope that extends out beyond the grave into the glory of God’s tomorrow.

Drinking has become one of the most serious social problems. It is basically the result of an attempt to escape from the responsibilities and realities of life.

In Houston, Texas, a man was born again in one of our meetings. He owned a liquor store. The next morning he had a sign on the front of his door saying, “Out of business.

Liquor is not necessary either for health or for so-called gracious living . . .It is the cause of untold sorrow, suffering, and material loss, not to mention the spiritual implications of drinking.

Escapism seems to be the order of the day . . .Escape with drugs or alcohol, and the bitterness of living will be blurred . . .We can’t escape from God.

One of the most conspicuous modes of escape is alcoholism, which is now a national catastrophe.

When the headlines get black and foreboding, the sale of alcohol and barbiturates rises in the country, as millions try to escape from the grim realities of [such] dangers.

If you are ignorant of God’s Word, you will always be ignorant of God’s will.

We cannot be satisfied with our goodness after beholding the holiness of God.

Some of the most heart-breaking letters I receive are from people who tell how alcohol or drugs have ravaged their lives and destroyed their families.

The empire of angels is as vast as God’s creation. If you believe the Bible, you will believe in their ministry.

Whether or not we sense and feel the presence of the Holy Spirit or one of the holy angels, by faith we are certain God will never leave us or forsake us.

[Angels] crisscross the Old and New Testaments, being mentioned directly or indirectly nearly 300 times.