A biography for Billy Sundayhasn’t been written yet.
“I believe there is no doctrine more dangerous to the Church today than to convey the impression that a revival is something peculiar in itself and cannot be judged by the same rules of causes and effect as other things.”
“Better die an old maid, sister, than marry the wrong man.”
“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!”
“The reason you don't like the Bible, you old sinner, is because it knows all about you.”
“Whiskey is all right in its place - but its place is hell.”
“There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.”
“I dare not exercise personal liberty if it infringes on the liberty of others.”
“When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.”
“They tell me a revival is only temporary; so is a bath, but it does you good.”
“Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper.”
“Christianity means a lot more than church membership.”
“At Kansas City, Kansas, before the saloons were closed, they were getting ready to build an addition to the jail. Now the doors swing idly on the hinges and there is nobody to lock in the jails.”
“And if you think that anybody is going to frighten me, you don't know me yet.”
“When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep.”
“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.”
“I believe that a long step toward public morality will have been taken when sins are called by their right names.”
“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.”
“God Almighty never intended that the devil should triumph over the Church. He never intended that the saloons should walk rough-shod over Christianity.”
“When the English language gets in my way, I walk over it.”
“Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.”