Graham Quotes

One of the ironies of human nature is that it often has a way of rejecting the best and accepting the worst.

Pride flees when we compare ourselves to God instead of [to] other people.

Pride always puts [self] above others—and cuts [itself] off from them as a result. No one likes an arrogant, prideful person.

We must not build up ourselves at the expense of others.

Millions today want salvation, but on their own terms. They want to come their own way, and so we have hundreds of schemes and plans devised by men to regain paradise.

Man stands on the brink of hell. The forces building up in our world are so overwhelming that man everywhere is beginning to cry out in desperation: “What must I do to be saved?

[God] holds in His omnipotent hand the priceless, precious, eternal gift of salvation, and He bids you to take it without money and without price.

Salvation is not just repairing the original self. It is a new self created of God in righteousness and true holiness.

Our lives are to be characterized by patience, for it is important in developing the mature, stable character which God wants to produce in His people.

The human race is called on throughout the Bible to repent of sin and return to God.

No personality in history stands above Jesus Christ . . .He alone is able to meet every need of the human race.

The closer the people of all races get to Christ and His cross, the closer they will get to one another.

Down through the ages man’s heart has remained unchanged. Whatever the color of his skin, whatever his cultural or ethnic background, he needs the Gospel of Christ.

Patience . . . speaks of a person’s steadfastness under provocation . . .enduring ill-treatment without anger or thought of retaliation or revenge.

God prescribes the remedy for the ills of the human race. That remedy is personal faith and commitment to Jesus Christ. The remedy is to be born again.

There is only one possible solution to the race problem and that is a vital personal experience with Jesus Christ on the part of [all] races.

The human race has the power right now to destroy itself. Jesus Christ is going to save us from ourselves.

Patience in our lives springs from God’s power based upon our willingness to learn it.

Patience is part of true Christlikeness, something we so often admire in others without demanding it of ourselves.

God allows difficulties, inconveniences, trials, and even suffering to come our way for a specific purpose: They help develop the right attitude for the growth of patience.

Patience graciously, compassionately and with understanding, judges the faults of others without unjust criticism.

Had Satan not set himself in opposition to God . . . there would have been no need for God to send His Son to the cross.

Though the cross repels, it also attracts. It possesses a magnetic quality.

Once you have been to the cross, you will never be the same.

In heaven . . . the “communication gap” will be closed.

To take up your cross means to associate yourself with Christ and to share His rejection. It means you take a stand for Christ even though people make fun of you, persecute you—or even kill you!

Only in heaven will we know exactly what heaven is like.

We were equipped by our Creator not only to live on this earth, but also to live in touch with heaven. This was the Great Design of the Great Designer.

Only one answer will give a person the certain privilege, the joy, of entering heaven. “Because I have believed in Jesus Christ and accepted Him as my Savior.

What a thrilling future for those of us who know that some day we will populate the kingdom of God.

Don’t let the burdens and hardships of this lifedistract you or discourage you, but keep your eyes firmly fixed on what God has promisedat the end of our journey: heaven itself.

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.

Heavenly rest will be so refreshing that we will never feel that exhaustion of mind and body we so frequently experience now. I’m really looking forward to that.

A Christian’s citizenship may be in heaven, but he has obligations as a citizen of earth. Both living with Christ and going to be with Him in death are greatly to be desired.

Be willing to be sneered at than to be approved, counting the cross of Christ greater riches than all the treasures of Washington, London, Paris, or Moscow.

The law enables us to see ourselves as morally dirty and in need of cleansing. But it also points us to the place of cleansing: the cross of Christ.

The cross is the only way of salvation. And the cross gives a new purpose to life.

The cross shows the seriousness of our sin—but it also shows us the immeasurable love of God.

Jesus was born with the cross darkening His pathway . . . From the cradle to the cross, [Jesus’] purpose was to die.

Jesus Christ opened heaven’s door for us by His death on the cross.

Sin was conquered on the cross. [Christ’s] death is the foundation of our hope, the promise of our triumph!

God’s grace—His goodness and love toward us in spite of our sin—is the wellspring of our salvation.

God doesn’t say to be perfect and you’ll get to heaven. He says to confess that you’re a sinner and come to the cross, and whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

The Bible is primarily concerned with the story of man’s redemption as it is in Jesus Christ. If you read Scripture and miss the story of salvation, you have missed its message and its meaning.

If Satan can’t keep you away from Christ, he will at least try to make you doubt your salvation.

Believers in Christ owe nothing to God in payment for salvation . . . but they do owe God a life of undivided devotion and service.

God longs for men to be saved. God is at work to get men to stop their downward plunge in sin.

Patience is the transcendent radiance of a loving and tender heart which, in its dealings with those around it, looks kindly and graciously upon them.

How can men boast that they control their own destiny when they cannot solve the problems of war, racism, poverty, sickness, or suffering?

Your salvation is a free gift, made possible only because God planned it . . .Christ paid for it . . . and the Holy Spirit assures you of it.