Quotes from Billy Graham

God never tempts any man. That is Satan's business.

Men change, fashions change, conditions and circumstances change, but God never changes.

Because God is love, He could not completely cast man aside.

It is impossible to believe anything into existence. The gospel did not come into being because men believed it...The fact always precedes the faith.

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

The Bible says that as Christians we don't grieve the same way people do who have no hope of eternity and of Heaven - but we still grieve.

I am well aware that there are prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union, including some who have said they have chosen to resist the law because of religious reasons.

I don't have freedom in the United States to go into a public school and preach the Gospel, nor is a student free in a public school to pray, or a teacher free to read the Bible publicly to the students. At the same time, we have a great degree of freedom for which I am grateful.

Scripture is filled with examples of men and women whom God used late in life, often with great impact - men and women who refused to use old age as an excuse to ignore what God wanted them to do.

What really matters is how God sees me. He isn't concerned with labels; he is concerned about the state of man's soul.

When I was young, I could not imagine being old. My mother said, and the doctor confirmed, that I had an unusual amount of energy; and it followed me into young adulthood.

When I reached 80, my world turned upside down physically. I've had a lot of physical problems.