Billy Sunday

“God Almighty never intended that the devil should triumph over the Church. He never intended that the saloons should walk rough-shod over Christianity.”

“I tell you that the curse of God Almighty is on the saloon.”

“There are individuals who have never done anything for Jesus Christ, and I have no doubt there are preachers as well, who have never done anything for the God Almighty.”

“When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.”

“Home is the place we love best and grumble the most.”

“Some persons think that they have to look like a hedgehog to be pious.”

“Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his.”

“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...”

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

“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.”

“Personal liberty is not personal license.”

“I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic.”

“Christianity means a lot more than church membership.”

“There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.”

“There is no law, divine or human, that the saloon respects.”

“If there is no hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.”

“Jesus Christ was God's revenue officer.”

“I dare not exercise personal liberty if it infringes on the liberty of others.”

“The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.”

“What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?”