Explore Quotes by Billy Graham

During this Christmas season, when the world seems to be in turmoil, wars are breaking out in different places, crime is rampant, and many things are happening that are great sins in the sight of God. But in that crib is the person who grew up to save us. And He did.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Throughout my ministry, I have sought to build bridges between Jews and Christians.

It's sometimes comical to hear the younger generation ask their peers to repeat themselves.

I have the problems of, I must confess, old age.

I don't think there is a single social issue I haven't spoken on.

I am just one of many thousands called to be an evangelist.

I don't think I get angry.

A lot of Jews are great friends of mine.

There are a lot of groups that feel a little bit strange around me, because I am inclusive.

I've spent too much time giving speeches, traveling the world.

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.

People have a negative impression of New York that I don't think is quite fair.

I'm not an analyzer. I've got a son that analyzes everything and everybody. But I don't analyze people.

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.

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.

I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation.