Billy Sunday Quotes

Success is determined not by how high you climb, but how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.

The center of Christianity is not a book or a building, but a person – Jesus Christ.

I’m against sin. I’ll kick it as long as I have a foot, and I’ll fight it as long as I have a fist. I’ll butt it as long as I have a head. I’ll bite it as long as I have a tooth. And when I’m old, fistless, footless, and toothless, I’ll gum it till I go home to glory and it goes home to perdition!

The reason you don’t like the Bible, you old sinner, is because it knows all about you.

Don’t pray too long, but pray with all your might.

When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep.

Christianity means a lot more than church membership.

Holding a grudge is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

The Church is not a gallery for the better exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.

Stop beating yourself up for your past mistakes. Let go, and let God.

A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men.

A good example is far better than a good sermon.

God turned my bitterness into joy, my darkness into light.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being.

The greatest sermon in the world is a mother’s lullaby to her child.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

A Christian is a keyhole through which other folk see God.

God wants us to be watchful, not foolish.

Temptation may come, but it’s your choice whether or not to open the door.

God will not tell you what He will not help you do.

You cannot truly love God unless you love your fellow travelers.

God will forgive the past, but He expects us not to bring it back up.

Nobody gets a chance to look into heaven and to declare there is a God; neither do we look into hell and declare it a literal fire and brimstone. But the word of the Lord makes everything clear.

The backslider likes the preaching that wouldn’t hit the side of a house, while the real disciple is delighted when the truth brings him to his knees.

There’s no gangster out there who doesn’t think of going straight when he sees his little boy or his little girl playing in the gutter.

The Bible is the greatest book in the world because it does the most for the world. No other book can make such an impressive claim.

The Bible is no lazy man’s book! Much of its treasure, like the valuable minerals stored beneath the surface of the earth, only awaits industrious laborers who will dig it out and put it to use.

Evangelism is not a professional job for a few trained men, but is instead the unrelenting responsibility of every person who belongs to the company of Jesus.

You are more interested in avoiding hell than you are desiring to have your sins forgiven.

Provided we do not — die unto the Lord before we die unto sin, the best prayer I know for us to pray is, ‘God, save me in my sins!’

If you force me to choose between my Bible and my friend, I would have to say, ‘I’ll keep my Bible!’

Faith makes all things possible. Hope makes all things work. Love makes all things beautiful.

I’m against sin. I’ll kick it as long as I’ve got a foot, I’ll fight it as long as I’ve got a fist, I’ll head it as long as I’ve got a head, and I’ll bite it as long as I’ve got a tooth. And when I’m old, fistless, footless, and toothless, I’ll gum it till I’m goin’ home, and it goes home to hell!

Suppose a nation in some distant region should take the Bible for their only law book, and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited! Every member would be obliged in conscience to temperance and frugality and industry, to justice and kindness and charity towards his fellow men, and to piety and reverence toward Almighty God. Every member would be amenable to the public tribunals for the infraction of the laws prescribed in the book.

Jesus Christ gives nothing to His followers to make them rich or great in a worldly sense. Money had very little significance to Him when He lived. He sometimes used Peter’s boat for a pulpit, but He never had a boat of His own. He rode into Jerusalem on a borrowed donkey. He had no dwelling place to call His own, and none of His garments will ever be exhibited in a museum.

Don’t worry, it won’t be long before we’ll all be there!

Salvation is a remedy for man’s greatest need, but many men do not realize they are sick, and in consequence, a living testimony is the greatest compliment you can give to a savior.

If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things. It is we, of course, to whom things look ‘little’ or ‘big.’

The reason why the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first.

To the untrained eye egoism may look like self esteem, and selfishness like self respect. But egoism may actually be a sign of a lack of self worth, and selfishness a sign of a damaged self.

Just keep your face to the Son and you’ll never see the shadows.

To train up a child in the way they should go, get going yourself in the way you should go.

If our children are the ones who are going to be running the world when the trumpet sounds, I want them to be as brave as a lion and as shrewd as a nest of snakes.

The temporal man with his temporal mind is free to roam the whole world in sin, but the sins that have brought down millions will just as surely and swiftly bring down every individual who commits them, sooner or later.

When you’re lacking hope, just remember that God can turn your situation around in an instant. Trust in Him and never give up.

To the jealousy of the devil, the only thing that can destroy it is the flame of God’s love.