Billy Graham Quotes

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.

I was so engrossed in my sport, I wasn't thinking about the future from God's standpoint. I was thinking about just my sporting future.

Dear young people, you have many plans and dreams for the future. But, is Christ at the center of each of your plans and dreams?

Christianity is not engrossed by this transitory world, but measures all things by the thought of eternity.

No nation has ever failed to prosper when its people put God first and their country second

Treasuring life above Christ is a tragedy.

'What would Jesus do?' or 'What would He have me do?' are the paramount personal questions of this life.

I believe God put that desire inside of all of us so that we can evaluate ourselves in the light of His Word in order to become all that He created us to be.

A Christian's example is always Jesus.

Christians cannot be so joined to this world that they forget who they serve.

Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles in this life. The sin comes in the time and energy we spend in pursuing these things, at the expense of neglecting Christ.

There was never any doubt of Christ's priorities.

We, the people of the United States, devoutly acknowledging the supreme authority and just government of God in all the affairs of men and nations, and grateful to Him for our civil and religious liberty, and encouraged by the assurances of His Word, invoke His Guidance, as a Christian nation, according to His appointed way, through Jesus Christ, in order to form …

And when I'm president, I can tell you this, my faith will not just influence the way I'll govern as president, it will influence the way I live my life. Because in the end, my goal is not simply to live on this earth for 80 years, but to live an eternity with my creator. And I will always allow my faith to influence everything I do.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

There's a difference between being excited about a trend and being excited about what God is already excited about.

Having that Christian base keeps me focused on what I have to do. It keeps me out of the clubs and in the gym.

The primary purpose of a home is to reflect and to distribute the love of Christ. Anything that usurps that is idolatrous.

Faith exists when absolute confidence in that which we cannot see combines with action that is in absolute conformity to the will of our Heavenly Father. Without all three--first, absolute confidence; second, action; and third, absolute conformity--without these three all we have is a counterfeit, a weak and watered-down faith.

We who follow Christ are men and women of eternity. We must put no confidence in the passing scenes of the disappearing world. We must resist every attempt of Satan to palm off upon us the values that belong to mortality. Nothing less than forever is long enough for us.

Life is like a grain of wheat: to plant it is to recognize its value; to keep it is to destroy its value. The 'planted' Christian counts life dear not unto himself but unto God.

The greatest need in the world today is faith in God and courage to do His will.

Remember that we have to ask things of God that are in keeping with the God whom Jesus Christ revealed.

Set not your heart upon the world, since God hath not made it your portion.

There are no 'if's' in God's world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety - let us pray that we may always know it!