Quotes about Perspective
Many people ask about Christianity the same [way] they ask about everything else today: "What's in it for me?" In our selfishness, we think of God as we think of everyone else. What can He contribute to us, personally?
— Billy Graham
As life hits us head-on we can respond with resentment, resignation, acceptance, or welcome. We are the living examples of our responses.
— Billy Graham
Before you "re-think" your faith, it may be wise to examine the critics of the Bible. In the end your faith will be even stronger.
— Billy Graham
Instead of manipulating [people] for our own purposes, we'd help them achieve what is best for them. We'd also try to see life through their eyes. Treat others the way you would want them to treat you.
— Billy Graham
Ask God to help you see the world the way He sees it.
— Billy Graham
If the other person would just do things my way, we could get along," one says, when the other person is probably thinking the same about us—that leads to conflict. Our deepest problems are within ourselves.
— Billy Graham
Old age has its compensations. More than ever I see each day as a gift from God. It is also a time to reflect back on God's goodness over the years and an opportunity to assure others that God truly is faithful to His promises.
— Billy Graham
One reason God allows times of difficulty and suffering to come into our lives is so that we will not take Him for granted but will remember in a deeper way His faithfulness to us and our dependence on Him.
— Billy Graham
Worry is an old man with a bent head, carrying a load of feathers he thinks is lead.
— Billy Graham
Everything that we see about us that we count is our possessions only comprises a loan from God, and it is when we lose sight of this all-pervading truth that we become greedy and covetous.
— Billy Graham
Life is not a matter of dollars and cents, houses and lands, earning capacity and financial achievement. Greed must not be allowed to make man the slave of wealth.
— Billy Graham
Money takes our minds off God.
— Billy Graham