Quotes from Billy Graham

Ruth once wrote, "Dear Journal, Never let a single day pass without saying an encouraging word to each child . . .'More people fail for lack of encouragement,' someone wrote, 'than for any other reason.

Rebellion, waywardness, lack of discipline, confusion, and conflict prevent happy relationships within the home. But God is interested in your family, your marriage, your children. He shows us the ideals and the goals for the family.

There are many religions in the world, and they have developed because various people have had various ideas about God. Christianity makes a unique claim . . . we can know God because He came to us in human form in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ.

Not one word about hell in the Bible would ever make you want to go there.

Christ never told his disciples that they would get an Academy Award for their performances, but He did tell them to expect to have troubles.

If we have no mercy toward others, that is one proof that we have never experienced God's mercy.

Repentance is only one part of our response to Christ (and even the strength to repent comes from God). But it is an essential part, for without it we cannot claim Christ is our Lord. The Bible says, "Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret" (2 Cor. 7:10 NIV).

Children will learn far more by watching than by just listening.

If we believe in what God made and what God said, we will believe in the One whom God sent.

I must ask myself, "Billy Graham, are you prepared to meet the Master at any moment?" Yes, I am—but not because I have preached or tried to help people, but solely because I am trusting Christ as my Lord and Savior. Stop right now and ask yourself that question.

Prayer is not a wish turned heavenward ... it is the voice of vail turned Godward

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.