Billy Graham

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.

While I have never learned to use a computer, I am surrounded by family and friends who carry information to me from blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and various websites.

I think television has had a vast, unbelievable impact on us.

Occasionally I've seen children become heavy-handed and insensitive when dealing with their aging parents, and it only caused resentment and hard feelings.

I was reared in the church, in the Presbyterian Church.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.

You're born. You suffer. You die. Fortunately, there's a loophole.

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.

Once you've lost your privacy, you realize you've lost an extremely valuable thing.

The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.

Racial prejudice, anti-Semitism, or hatred of anyone with different beliefs has no place in the human mind or heart.

I'm grateful for the evangelical resurgence we've seen across the world in the last half-century or so. It truly has been God's doing.

I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.

Give me five minutes with a person's checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is.

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.

Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.

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.

Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.

It seems the only way to gain attention today is to organize a march and protest something.

No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts very deeply.

No one can outrun death. It will catch up to all of us eventually.

Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.

The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

Those outside the church expect followers of Christ to live differently, yet today many in church are chasing after the world - not to win them, but to be like them.

Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.

The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.

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

Certainly a woman should never disguise the fact that she is a woman. A woman's body is very beautiful.

Regardless of what society says, we can't go on much longer in the sea of immorality without judgment coming.

The New Testament says nothing of Apostles who retired and took it easy.

I think about my own sons and my own daughters, and I'm sure that many parents are concerned about what their children are exposed to.

Each generation faces different issues and challenges, but our standard must always be measured by God's word.

God's angels often protect his servants from potential enemies.

I haven't written my own epitaph, and I'm not sure I should. Whatever it is, I hope it will be simple, and that it will point people not to me, but to the One I served.

I look forward to death with great anticipation, to meeting God face to face.

When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choice. Growing older with grace is possible for all who will set their hearts and minds on the Giver of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Only when Christ comes again will the little white children of Alabama walk hand in hand with little black children.

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

Auschwitz stands as a tragic reminder of the terrible potential man has for violence and inhumanity.

I am not going to Heaven because I have preached to great crowds or read the Bible many times. I'm going to Heaven just like the thief on the cross who said in that last moment: 'Lord, remember me.'

The Bible says today is the accepted time, today is the day of salvation... But there will come a time when it will be too late for you.

The thing that alarms me is that there are so many clergymen who say that the so-called 'new morality' is all right. They say we're living in a new generation; let's be relevant, let's change God's law. Let's say that adultery is all right under certain circumstances; fornication's all right under certain circumstances. If it's 'meaningful.'

Death wasn't part of God's original plan for humanity, and the Bible calls death an enemy - the last enemy to be destroyed.

One of the things I miss most is that I can no longer read, due to age-related macular degeneration. I get regular injections for this, and thankfully these seem to have arrested its progress, but it's still very difficult for me to read. That means it is hard for me to pick up my Bible and read it like I used to, and I miss that very much.

No parent is perfect; we all can look back and think of things we could've done to help our children be better prepared for adulthood. And sometimes it's best to admit it to them and encourage them to learn from our mistakes.

Let me ask you a question: If you never ate a balanced diet, what would happen to your body? You know the answer: Eventually you'd grow weak; you might even open yourself to serious illness or disease. We all need a balanced diet if we are to stay healthy.

Many churches today have special programs for people who are grieving, and these can be very helpful.

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.