10 Favorite Quotes from Billy Graham

I've been reading parts of Billy Graham's biography recently, and I have been reading many of his quotes.  Here are 10 that I find especially encouraging that I'd like to share, along with at least one reference of scriptural support for each of the quotes. Enjoy!


"It's the Holy Spirit's job to convict; God's job to judge; and my job to love." John 16:8, John 3:17, James 4:11-17, Luke 6:37-42


"Comfort and wealth have never enriched the world as much as adversity does."  James 1:2-4


"Christ not only died for all, he died for each."  Romans 10:9


"Heaven is full of answers for which nobody ever bothered to ask." 1 Corinthians 2:9; Romans 8:18


“We say to our children, 'Act like grown-ups,' but Jesus said to the grown-ups, 'Be like children.' Matthew 18:3

“World events are moving very rapidly now. I pick up the Bible in one hand, and I pick up the newspaper in the other. And I read almost the same words in the newspaper as I read in the Bible. It’s being fulfilled every day round about us."  Joshua 21:45, Isaiah 55:11, Ezekial 12:25, Matthew 24:35

“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.”  Ephesians 2:10, Phillipians 1:6, John 3:30

"Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys."  James 1:3; 1 Peter 1:6-7, 1 Corinthians 12:8-10

“Believers, look up – take courage. The angels are nearer than you think.” Psalm 91:11, Hebrews 13:2

“When we come to the end of ourselves, we come to the beginning of God."  Ephesians 4:22-24


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