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Billy Graham [1918-0] American

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Clergyman, Evangelist

William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. is an American evangelical Christian evangelist, ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, who rose to celebrity status in 1949 reaching a core constituency of middle-class, moderately conservative Protestants.

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Quote	Tags	Rank
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.	Faith, Life, Money	101
Racial prejudice, anti-Semitism, or hatred of anyone with different beliefs has no place in the human mind or heart.		102
Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love.	Home, Love	103
The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime.	Romantic	104
Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves to fit the desires of the people. True faith in God that demands selflessness is being replaced by trendy religion that serves the selfish.	Design, Faith, God, Religion	105
God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.'	Easter, God, Love	106
Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.		107
Make sure of your commitment to Jesus Christ, and seek to follow Him every day. Don't be swayed by the false values and goals of this world, but put Christ and His will first in everything you do.		108
It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.	Attitude	109
The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.		110
No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts very deeply.	Death, Sympathy	111
Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death.	Death	112
The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.	Sports, Time	113
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.	Courage	114
Only those who want everything done for them are bored.		115
I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.		116
God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.	God	117
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.	Parenting, Respect	118
Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.	Moving On, Strength	119
The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'	God	120
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.	Health	121
Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God.	God	122
My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.	Home	123
God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.	Future, God, Relationship	124
Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children.	God, Mom	125
Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.		126
God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world.	God, Hope	201
Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone - except God.	God, Society	202
'Suffering should not make us bitter people,' my mother once said, 'it should make us better comforters.' Young people need to hear this from those who have walked before them, because someday they'll be walking those same steps, but there may not be anyone following behind.		203
Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.		204
I found that this Parkinson's does slow you down, whether you want to slow down or not.		205
The great question of our time is, 'Will we be motivated by materialistic philosophy or by spiritual power?'	Power	206
The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.		207
Auschwitz stands as a tragic reminder of the terrible potential man has for violence and inhumanity.		208
Occasionally I've seen children become heavy-handed and insensitive when dealing with their aging parents, and it only caused resentment and hard feelings.		209
Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.		210
A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.	Pet	211
God's angels often protect his servants from potential enemies.		212
Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.	Courage, Faith	213
The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless.		214
Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.	Forgiveness	215
God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he'll be there.	Happiness	216
I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation.		217
Once you've lost your privacy, you realize you've lost an extremely valuable thing.		218
It's no secret that in New York during the last 30 years there has been a tragic exodus from the churches into materialism, secularism and humanism.		219
God has given us two hands - one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.		220
There's a great deal to say in the Bible about the signs we're to watch for, and when these signs all converge at one place we can be sure that we're close to the end of the age.	Age	221
When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choice. Growing older with grace is possible for all who will set their hearts and minds on the Giver of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ.	Age	222
The Bible says that God has a reason for keeping us here; if He didn't, He would take us to Heaven far sooner.		223
My heart aches for America and its deceived people.		224
I am not going to Heaven because I have preached to great crowds or read the Bible many times. I'm going to Heaven just like the thief on the cross who said in that last moment: 'Lord, remember me.'		225
I have discovered that just because we grow weaker physically as we age, it doesn't mean that we must grow weaker spiritually.	Age	226
No one can outrun death. It will catch up to all of us eventually.	Death	301
Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.	Learning, Patience	302
The Bible is full of warnings about false prophets and false messiahs. These satanically inspired people have appeared in almost every generation of history.	History	303
Spend more time in study and prayer. That's the secret of successful evangelism.		304
I never hold a grudge.		305
Those outside the church expect followers of Christ to live differently, yet today many in church are chasing after the world - not to win them, but to be like them.		306
As I approached my 95th birthday, I was burdened to write a book that addressed the epidemic of 'easy believism.' There is a mindset today that if people believe in God and do good works, they are going to Heaven.	Birthday	307
Let me ask you a question: If you never ate a balanced diet, what would happen to your body? You know the answer: Eventually you'd grow weak; you might even open yourself to serious illness or disease. We all need a balanced diet if we are to stay healthy.	Diet	308
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.		309
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.	Jealousy	310
I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn't still be here if it weren't for them.	Thankful	311
The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.		312
I've been praying that we might have a spiritual awakening. But I think that becomes possible as individuals surrender their lives fresh and anew to Christ.		313
Even the securest financial plan and the finest health coverage aren't enough to hold us steady when the challenges come... We need something more, something deeper and unshakeable, something that will see us through life's hard times.	Health	314
I don't have freedom in the United States to go into a public school and preach the Gospel, nor is a student free in a public school to pray, or a teacher free to read the Bible publicly to the students. At the same time, we have a great degree of freedom for which I am grateful.	Freedom, Teacher	315
One of the things I miss most is that I can no longer read, due to age-related macular degeneration. I get regular injections for this, and thankfully these seem to have arrested its progress, but it's still very difficult for me to read. That means it is hard for me to pick up my Bible and read it like I used to, and I miss that very much.		316
I kept a very full diary of my relationship with Nixon, for some strange reason, until he became president.	Relationship	317
Death wasn't part of God's original plan for humanity, and the Bible calls death an enemy - the last enemy to be destroyed.	Death	318
The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same.		319
You're born. You suffer. You die. Fortunately, there's a loophole.		320
Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain.		321
Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.	Forgiveness	322
I can't explain 9/11, except the evil of man.		323
Every President I think I've ever known, except Truman, has thought they didn't quite get done what they wanted done. And toward the end of their Administrations, they were disappointed and wished they had done some things differently.		324
I look forward to death with great anticipation, to meeting God face to face.	Death	325
I first met Bev Shea while in Chicago when he was on Moody Radio. As a young man starting my ministry, I asked Bev if he would join me. He said yes, and for over 60 years we had the privilege of ministering together across the country and around the world.		326
'Hope and change' has become a cliche in our nation, and it is daunting to think that any American could hope for change from what God has blessed.	Hope	401
I'm grateful for the opportunities God gave me to minister to people in high places; people in power have spiritual and personal needs like everyone else, and often they have no one to talk to.	Thankful	402
Traveling around the world and preaching for over 70 years did not give much time for reflection.		403
Certainly a woman should never disguise the fact that she is a woman. A woman's body is very beautiful.		404
If we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew.		405
We are not cisterns made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing.		406
Suppose you could gain everything in the whole world, and lost your soul. Was it worth it?		407
I've spent too much time giving speeches, traveling the world.		408
There are a lot of groups that feel a little bit strange around me, because I am inclusive.		409
I can't prove it scientifically, that there's a God, but I believe.	Faith	410
I have never changed my message. I preach the Bible, and I preach it with authority.		411
Evangelicals can't be closely identified with any particular party or person. We have to stand in the middle, to preach to all the people, right and left.		412
Scripture is filled with examples of men and women whom God used late in life, often with great impact - men and women who refused to use old age as an excuse to ignore what God wanted them to do.		413
I am amazed at the wonders of technology and am grateful for the ways in which we are able to use it to share the Gospel around the world.	Technology	414
For those of you who do not know Him, choosing your eternal home is the most important decision you will ever make.		415
Every human being is under construction from conception to death.		416
Every day is a gift from God, no matter how old we are.		417
If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.	Attitude	418
There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.		419
The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.	Religion	420
The Bible is clear - God's definition of marriage is between a man and a woman.	Marriage	421
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.		422
Over the years I've seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that.		423
The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.		424
I'm going to Heaven just like the thief on the cross who said in that last moment: 'Lord, remember me.'		425
I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.		426
Only God who made us can touch us and change us and save us from ourselves.		501
It seems the only way to gain attention today is to organize a march and protest something.		502
Don't be misled by those who claim God doesn't exist, because He does.		503
Old age may have its limitations and challenges, but in spite of them, our latter years can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling of our lives.		504
I still enjoy watching a batter successfully cross home plate, but nothing thrills me more than seeing the Holy Spirit at work in hearts as the Gospel is carried into stadiums, across the airwaves, and around the world.		505
Only the supernatural love of God through changed lives can solve the problems that we face in our world.		506
There have been times that I've wept as I've gone from city to city and I've seen how far people have wandered from God.		507
Seemingly, man has learned to live without God, preoccupied and indifferent toward Him and concerned only about material security and pleasure.		508
If God doesn't punish America, He'll have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.		509
The Bible says today is the accepted time, today is the day of salvation... But there will come a time when it will be too late for you.		510
Almost everybody will listen to you when you tell your own story.		511
We have an idea that we Americans are God's chosen people, that God loves us more than any other people, and that we are God's blessed. I tell you that God doesn't love us any more than He does the Russians.		512
Each generation faces different issues and challenges, but our standard must always be measured by God's word.		513
When I reached 80, my world turned upside down physically. I've had a lot of physical problems.		514
What really matters is how God sees me. He isn't concerned with labels; he is concerned about the state of man's soul.		515
While I have never learned to use a computer, I am surrounded by family and friends who carry information to me from blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and various websites.		516
I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.		517
Even Hubble hasn't found yet the end of this universe, and we don't know that it has any end.		518
The Bible says that as Christians we don't grieve the same way people do who have no hope of eternity and of Heaven - but we still grieve.		519
The Oklahoma City bombing was simple technology, horribly used. The problem is not technology. The problem is the person or persons using it.	Technology	520
God knows what we are going through when we grieve, and He wants to assure us of His love and concern. He also wants us to turn to Him and bring our heartaches and burdens to Him.		521
Heaven gives us hope and makes our present burdens easier to bear.		522
I think where political issues invade moral situations, spiritual leaders have to speak out.		523
Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him.		524
Give me five minutes with a person's checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is.		525
I haven't been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.	Future	526
I have the problems of, I must confess, old age.		601
All my life I've been taught how to die, but no one ever taught me how to grow old.		602
The older I get, the more important the eternal becomes to me personally.		603
I don't think there is a single social issue I haven't spoken on.		604
There are many things that I don't understand.		605
A lot of Jews are great friends of mine.		606
It's sometimes comical to hear the younger generation ask their peers to repeat themselves.		607
I believe that I have received Jesus Christ into my heart. I believe that he has covered all of my sins.		608
I'm not an analyzer. I've got a son that analyzes everything and everybody. But I don't analyze people.		609
As I got older, I guess I became more mellow and more forgiving and more loving.		610
People have a negative impression of New York that I don't think is quite fair.		611
A calling is you feel - you look out and see the need - maybe it's the need for the poor, to help poor people. Maybe it's the need to get involved in the race problem, as Martin Luther King was - felt called.		612
I'm not focused on the gay and lesbian movement.		613
I don't think the government should be in the trailer-park business. I don't think they know how to run a trailer park.		614
We're all sinners. Everybody you meet all over the world is a sinner.		615
Only when Christ comes again will the little white children of Alabama walk hand in hand with little black children.		616
Sincere Christians can disagree about the details of Scripture and theology - absolutely.		617
I don't think the Christian Right dominates America in the way some in the media believe they do.		618
Rose Adams is a wonderful Christian woman who cared for my mother, Morrow Coffey Graham, in her last years of life.		619
As a former resident with strong personal and ministry ties to the North Star State, I pray that the good people of Minnesota will show their support for God's definition of marriage, between a man and a woman.		620
Oral Roberts was a man of God and a great friend in ministry. I loved him as a brother.		621
It was a privilege to pray with Governor Romney - for his family and our country.		622
The New Testament says nothing of Apostles who retired and took it easy.		623
I don't eat with beautiful women alone.		624
Christ was God in human flesh, and He proved it by rising from the dead.		625
Old is authentic. Old is genuine. Old is valuable.		626
I want to tell people about the meaning of the cross.		701
There is no scriptural basis for segregation.		702
Communism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declared war against Almighty God.		703
Politics has always been ugly to me, and yet I accept that as a fact of life.		704
Evangelism is when the Gospel, which is good news, is preached or presented to all people.		705
I wish I had been home more when the children were growing up. I missed a lot.		706
Success is always dangerous, and we need to be alert and avoid becoming the victims of our own success. Will we influence the world for Christ, or will the world influence us?		707
The one badge of Christian discipleship is not orthodoxy but love.		708
Everywhere I go I find that people... both leaders and individuals... are asking one basic question, 'Is there any hope for the future?' My answer is the same, 'Yes, through Jesus Christ.'		709
The human heart is the same the world over.		710
Man is not born to atheism. He is born to believe.		711
It is well known that the Soviet Union closely regulates all organizations and movements, including religion.		712
I am well aware that there are prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union, including some who have said they have chosen to resist the law because of religious reasons.		713
Some people spend their lives building ultimate dream homes so they can enjoy their twilight years... Others spend their last days in nursing homes.		714
To start with, I love New York... It's a little bit of the whole world... In New York, the whole world comes to you.		715
I spoke to a million in one service, in Korea, in Seoul. And that was the largest audience I ever have had.		716
I think it is a sin to look at another person as inferior to yourself because of race or because of ethnic background, and I think the greatest thing to do is to pray that God will give you love for them, and I do.		717
Whenever I counsel someone who feels called to be an evangelist, I always urge them to guard their time and not feel like they have to do everything.		718
I think we've taken the meaning of Christmas out. People don't stop and think about Jesus or the birth of Jesus. When they think of Christmas, they think of Santa Claus and - for the children, and they think of giving gifts and out-giving the next person of spending their time looking for the right thing for somebody who has everything.	Christmas	719
I fell and broke my pelvic bone in three places. So, I'm still sort of an invalid now.		720
My family is very good about visiting me, and other friends as well.		721
Many churches today have special programs for people who are grieving, and these can be very helpful.		722
I haven't written my own epitaph, and I'm not sure I should. Whatever it is, I hope it will be simple, and that it will point people not to me, but to the One I served.		723
God never meant that people were to wear clothes. He meant we were to be nude. But we were in a state of innocence. Then sin came into the human race and became a blood poisoning.		724
I think about my own sons and my own daughters, and I'm sure that many parents are concerned about what their children are exposed to.		725
The thing that alarms me is that there are so many clergymen who say that the so-called 'new morality' is all right. They say we're living in a new generation; let's be relevant, let's change God's law. Let's say that adultery is all right under certain circumstances; fornication's all right under certain circumstances. If it's 'meaningful.'		726
I just want to lobby for God.		801
I can barely walk, but it's a privilege to be able to move at all.		802
If you'd have said Evangelical in 1957, most people wouldn't know what you were talking about. And then, they'd be against it.		803
I think that if I would talk on a political subject, if I talk about it, it would divide the audience on that issue. That's not my issue.		804
Throughout my ministry, I have sought to build bridges between Jews and Christians.		805
I believe the home and marriage is the foundation of our society and must be protected.		806
I don't think I get angry.		807
When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.		808
I am just one of many thousands called to be an evangelist.		809
Communism has decided against God, against Christ, against the Bible, and against all religion.		810
I don't have many sad days.	Sad	811
We're a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we're all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that's a marvelous thing.		812
I am not a televangelist.		813
Regardless of what society says, we can't go on much longer in the sea of immorality without judgment coming.		814
We go on in our pleasures thinking they're going to last forever.		815
I don't have to see a murder in order to condemn murder.		816
When Christians say God has been talking to them about something, it simply means they have a strong inner conviction or feeling that God has made His will known to them.		817
I think Pat Robertson is a terrific fellow.		818
Don't get old, if you can avoid it.		819
Christians are not limited to any church.		820
I have never talked publicly or privately about the Jewish people, including conversations with President Nixon, except in the most positive terms.		821
The Gospel has never changed.		822
New York is definitely ready for the word of God.		823
Freedom is relative.		824
When I was young, I could not imagine being old. My mother said, and the doctor confirmed, that I had an unusual amount of energy; and it followed me into young adulthood.		825
My wife is already in Heaven.		826
Christmas means a great deal to me. I was reared in a family that celebrated Christmas to some extent, but I married into a family that celebrated Christmas in a big way. And my wife always made a big thing of Christmas for the children. We have five children, and we had a terrific time at Christmas.	Christmas	901
I was reared in the church, in the Presbyterian Church.		902
My father had a dairy farm. He employed three black families and one white family, and I used to play with black children.		903
The Information Highway intrigues me because I have always been a newshound; I have always been curious about why people believe what they believe.		904
The second coming of Christ will be so revolutionary that it will change every aspect of life on this planet. Disease will be eliminated. Death will be abolished. War will be eradicated. Nature will be transformed.		905
I think television has had a vast, unbelievable impact on us.		906
My wife has about everything I can think of.		907
I'm grateful for the evangelical resurgence we've seen across the world in the last half-century or so. It truly has been God's doing.		908
Locally, I'll vote one way and nationally, maybe another.		909

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