Billy Graham Quotes

I'm not a mom, but I think the word 'mother' is about wisdom.

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

My assignment is to take my situation and to use it to help others who feel hopeless and/or helpless because of loss.

I speak to people who have been through so much more.

I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. Lived it and I'm still here to talk about it and help someone else if I can.

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.

Please remember, no matter what you go through in life, somebody else might have it harder.

One of the things that I try to do when I have a tough time with anything - whatever it may be - is just look at someone else's situation. Here in Staten Island, look, I have people that have children that haven't been back in their home for 18 months after Sandy. They lost every worldly possession.

My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything.

If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.

If you're lucky enough to experience love, what you find is that it can sustain you through the most difficult times.

A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.

It's so easy to be there when it's all sunshine, but it really takes strength and courage to be there for each other during the dark times.

Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us - in their depth, their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their experience of the power of compassion.

Everybody has some sorrow, worry, and everybody asks God for help.

We should not clap our hands and mourn, for he is out of trouble. You are still in it.

Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage.

Over the years, people have often said to us that they were going through some horrible thing in their life - maybe the worst thing that had ever happened, or that they could think would ever happen - and that, somehow, in that state, we made them laugh. And I was like, 'That's a wonderful calling.'

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

Our own sorrows seem heavy enough, even when lifted by certain long-term joys. But watching others hurt is the breaker of most any heart.

In a place of pain, there is space for everyone.

If I helped you through something or if I helped you find love or if I helped you find a way through heartbreak or whatever it is, then my job is done, and that's what I want to leave behind in this world.

People who have suffered know more about compassion.

Misery is, by her own nature, a passing phase of sorrow, one that does not linger uninvited. Her sojourns seem to be part of life's required curriculum, perhaps because Misery endows us with compassion and empathy.