19 Quotes & Sayings By Billy Sunday

Billy Sunday was one of the most famous American evangelists in his time, and he was a great believer in the power of the spoken word. He preached across the United States for more than 50 years, and he traveled around the world as well. Sunday is most famous for his annual "Christian" revivals, during which he would preach to thousands of people, often outdoors. His greatest fame came from the fact that he was not only an evangelist but also a boxing champion Read more

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Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile. Billy Sunday
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Better die an old maid, sister, than marry the wrong man. Billy Sunday
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Yank some of the groans out of your prayers and shove in some shouts. Billy Sunday
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The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out. Billy Sunday
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The Bible will always be full of things you cannot understand, as long as you will not live according to those you can understand. Billy Sunday
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The reason you don't like the Bible, you old sinner, is because it knows all about you. Billy Sunday
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One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake. Billy Sunday
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Listen, 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've butt 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 go home to glory and it goes home to perdition. Billy Sunday
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Whenever a day comes when I can stand and preach God's Word without an agony of anxiety lest the people will not accept Christ; whenever a day comes when I can see men and women coming down the aisles without joy in my heart, I'll quit preaching. Billy Sunday
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After all is said that can be said upon the liquor traffic, its influence is degrading upon the individual, the family, politics and business, and upon everything that you touch in this old world. Billy Sunday
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There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing. Billy Sunday
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The trouble with many men is that they have got just enough religion to make them miserable. If there is not joy in religion, you have got a leak in your religion. Billy Sunday
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Religion needs a baptism of horse sense. Billy Sunday
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A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women; and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today! Billy Sunday
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You can't raise the standard of women's morals by raising their pay envelope. It lies deeper than that. Billy Sunday
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More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent. Billy Sunday
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Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don't hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less. Billy Sunday
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Home is the place we love best and grumble the most. Billy Sunday