Billy Sunday

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

“The reason you don't like the Bible is because it knows all about you.”

“Character is what you are in the dark.”

“If you have no joy in your religion, there's a leak in your Christianity somewhere.”

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

“The Bible will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from the Bible.”

“I'm against sin. I'll kick it as long as I've got a foot, and I'll fight it as long as I've got a fist.”

“More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.”

“If you are a stranger to prayer, you are a stranger to the greatest source of power known to human beings.”

“They tell me a revival is only temporary; so is a bath, but it does you good.”

“Whiskey is all right in its place, but its place is in hell.”

“Let's quit fiddling with religion and do something to bring the world to Christ.”

“I know there is a devil for two reasons; first, the Bible declares it, and second, I have done business with him.”

“One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake.”

“The church is not a dormitory for sleepers, it is an institution for workers; it is not a rest camp, it is a front line trench.”

“I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.”