Jo Graham Quotes

Some people say they will follow their conscience..many of us have dead consciences. Your conscience is no longer a safe guide. You've harden it, you've deaden it.

There is no such thing on this earth as something for nothing.

The seed of sin is in us when we are born.

History is only a tiresome repetition of one story. Persons and classes have sought to win possession of the power of the State in order to live luxuriously out of the earnings of others

The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted.

Angels belong to a uniquely different dimension of creation which we, limited to the natural order, can scarcely comprehend.

The Beatles are a passing phase, symptoms of the confusion about us.

It's a matter of how the bullpen looks as to whether Bell goes in there or Crow goes in there. Bell won't be ready for a start for another 10 days.

Psychaiatrist realize that there are curative powers in confession.

Tim Keller's ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. I thank God for him.

Death is a door. When we close our eyes in this life, we will open our eyes to Jesus.

Prayer is hard work. We may neglect it because we're too tired, too busy, or too distracted to put into prayer the effort required.

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

Communism has decided against God, against Christ, against the Bible, and against all religion.

You know and we have about 60 to 70 percent black men in prison today and it's because of the negativity they have in their own hearts.

The great comfort in knowing that angels minister to believers in Christ is that God Himself sends them to us.

I am not a televangelist.

We can receive Jesus Christ when we believe in His message and trust in Him alone to save us.

Pity is a corroding thing.

There is no scriptural basis for segregation. The ground at the foot of the cross is level, and it touches my heart when I see whites standing shoulder to shoulder with blacks at the cross.

You give all your life to doing this one thing. It sounds grim, it sounds frightening - it isn't - it has a great gaiety at times and a great wonder.

Our world is constantly changing but the needs of our hearts remain the same, and so does God's power to transform our lives and give us hope for the future.

The problems of peace are greater than the problems of war.

Poverty, many can endure with dignity. Success, how few can carry off, even with decency and without baring their innermost infirmities before the public gaze!

Success, which touches nothing that it does not vulgarize, should be its own reward.

How few successful men are interesting! Hannibal, Alcibiades, with Raleigh, Mithridates, and Napoleon, who would compare them for a moment with their mere conquerors?

In a very real sense, the suffering of this world was created by man himself.

The ultimate goal of mathematics is to eliminate all need for intelligent thought.

When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.

Well, as you know, there are 24 hours in every day. And if that's not enough, you've always got the nights!

You can receive Christ into your heart, and he can bring joy, and a thrill, and glory such as you have never known - if you will give your life to him.

A lot of the high-level sports are really in your mind.

We have been proud and thought we were better than any other race, any other people. Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to stumble into hell because of our pride.

People change,' she said 'Oh, no they don't. Look at me. I've never changed. It's like those sticks of rock: bite it all the way down, you'll still read Brighton. That's human nature.

Sometimes I'm asked to list the most important steps in preparing for an evangelistic mission, and my reply is always the same: prayer... prayer... prayer.

No one has a closest friend in Hollywood. These guys do not do friends in the orthodox sense!

There is a vast difference between intellectual belief and the total conversion that saves the soul.

The Bible's emphasis is on the good treatment of animals, and not just the forbidding of cruel treatment.

Everybody has 24 hours and the question is, what do you do with your 24 hours? That's what makes everybody equal.

When everybody has access to an avalanche of information, becoming a master thinker is very important in your life-long security.

I've worked in the prison system for five years, and most of those folks in prison didn't have a direction.

I define myself by everything that I love, everything I can create, everything that I can imagine.

Understand who you are, so that you can be the same, whether you're talking to a homeless person or the president of the United States. You're the same person.

Sports isn't just a part of life. It's not life itself.

Alexander the great was ask how he conquered the world he said, "by not waivering".

It (the Bible) has never bowed its head before the discoveries of science.

I am conscious of the fact that the subject of hell is not a very pleasant one. It is very unpopular, controversial and misunderstood.... As a minister, I must deal with it. I cannot ignore it.

On a specific day marked on the earth's calendar, and in a specific place on the earth's map, the Son of God came to the planet. It was love.

I do love the challenge of screenplays. They're so difficult, such an alien form. It makes them endlessly fascinating. Something I can't keep my fingers out of.

Art isn't and shouldn't be responsible. If it is, it isn't functioning as art.