--- title: "8 Growing Quotes By Billy Graham" description: "8 Growing quotes by Billy Graham. Plus more from Billy Graham and more Growing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/billy-graham-234_destroying_the-growing-possibility-of-our-destroyin_71097.png" --- > [The growing possibility of our destroying ourselves and the world with our own neglect and excess is tragic and very real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/the-growing-possibility-of-our-destroying-ourselves-and-the-world/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/billy-graham-234_destroying_the-growing-possibility-of-our-destroyin_71097.png) > [Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/growing-old-has-been-the-greatest-surprise-of-my-life/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/billy-graham-234_been_growing-old-has-been-the-greatest-surpri_930280.png) > [I wish I had been home more when the children were growing up. I missed a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/i-wish-i-had-been-home-more-when-the-children-were-growing-up-i/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/billy-graham-234_been_i-wish-i-had-been-home-more-when-the-chi_1251452.png) > [When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choice. Growing older…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/when-granted-many-years-of-life-growing-old-in-age-is-natural-but/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/billy-graham-234_age_when-granted-many-years-of-life-growing_1606933.png) > [Our faith becomes stronger as we express it; a growing faith is a sharing faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/our-faith-becomes-stronger-as-we-express-it-a-growing-faith-is-a/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/billy-graham-234_christian_our-faith-becomes-stronger-as-we-express_1670233.png) > [Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/each-life-is-made-up-of-mistakes-and-learning-waiting-and-growing/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/billy-graham-234_being_each-life-is-made-up-of-mistakes-and-lea_2024215.png) > [Some of the greatest values that have influenced me through the years are those that I learned as a boy growing up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/some-of-the-greatest-values-that-have-influenced-me-through-the-years/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/billy-graham-234_boys_some-of-the-greatest-values-that-have-in_2627197.jpg) > [Suffering is part of the human condition, and it comes to us all. The key is how we react to it, either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/suffering-is-part-of-the-human-condition-and-it-comes-to-us-all-the/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/925/billy-graham-234_anger-and-bitterness_suffering-is-part-of-the-human-condition_2669161.jpg) ## Other authors on Growing ## More by Billy Graham > [Faith is the avenue to salvation. Not intellectual understanding. Not money. Not your works. Just simple faith. How much faith? The faith of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/faith-is-the-avenue-to-salvation-not-intellectual-understanding-not/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) > [“Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/do-all-the-good-you-can-by-all-the-means-you-can-in-all-the-ways-you/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) > [“Make sure of your salvation by turning your life over to Him now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/make-sure-of-your-salvation-by-turning-your-life-over-to-him-now/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) > [Suffering in life can uncover untold depths of character and unknown strength for service. People who go through life unscathed by sorrow and untouched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/suffering-in-life-can-uncover-untold-depths-of-character-and-unknown/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) > [Faith is loved and honored by God more than any other single thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/faith-is-loved-and-honored-by-god-more-than-any-other-single-thing/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) > [If people are kicking you in the behind, at least you're in front of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/if-people-are-kicking-you-in-the-behind-at-least-you-re-in-front-of/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) > [The end of the world begins the moment you die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/the-end-of-the-world-begins-the-moment-you-die/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) > [Those are decisions only the Lord will make. I believe the love of God is absolute. He said he gave his son for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/those-are-decisions-only-the-lord-will-make-i-believe-the-love-of-god/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) > [I think it is a sin to look at another person as inferior to yourself because of race or because of ethnic background and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/i-think-it-is-a-sin-to-look-at-another-person-as-inferior-to-yourself/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) > [My hope does not rest in the affairs of this world. It rests in Christ who is coming again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/my-hope-does-not-rest-in-the-affairs-of-this-world-it-rests-in-christ/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) > [To get nations back on their feet, we must first get down on our knees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/to-get-nations-back-on-their-feet-we-must-first-get-down-on-our-knees/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) > [Those who have suffered make the best comforters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/those-who-have-suffered-make-the-best-comforters/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) > [One response was given by the innkeeper when Mary and Joseph wanted to find a room where the Child could be born. The innkeeper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/one-response-was-given-by-the-innkeeper-when-mary-and-joseph-wanted/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) > [Sin is the second most powerful force in the universe, for it sent Jesus to the cross. Only one force is greater-the love of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/sin-is-the-second-most-powerful-force-in-the-universe-for-it-sent/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) > [Ruth and I don't have a perfect marriage, but we have a great one. How can I say two things that seem so contradictory?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/ruth-and-i-don-t-have-a-perfect-marriage-but-we-have-a-great-one-how/) [Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/growing/billy-graham/#itemlist", "name": "8 Growing Quotes By Billy Graham", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The growing possibility of our destroying ourselves and the world with our own neglect and excess is tragic and very real.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Billy Graham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/the-growing-possibility-of-our-destroying-ourselves-and-the-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/billy-graham-234_destroying_the-growing-possibility-of-our-destroyin_71097.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/billy-graham-234_destroying_the-growing-possibility-of-our-destroyin_71097.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/billy-graham-234_destroying_the-growing-possibility-of-our-destroyin_71097.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The growing possibility of our destroying ourselves and the world with our own neglect and excess is tragic…” — Billy Graham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Billy Graham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/growing-old-has-been-the-greatest-surprise-of-my-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/billy-graham-234_been_growing-old-has-been-the-greatest-surpri_930280.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/billy-graham-234_been_growing-old-has-been-the-greatest-surpri_930280.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/billy-graham-234_been_growing-old-has-been-the-greatest-surpri_930280.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.” — Billy Graham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wish I had been home more when the children were growing up. 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