Billy Graham - 'Suffering should not make us b...

'Suffering should not make us bitter people,' my mother once said, 'it should make us better comforters.' Young people need to hear this from those who have walked before them, because someday they'll be walking those same steps, but there may not be anyone following behind.

Billy Graham

American Clergyman

Born: Nov 7, 1918

Died: Feb 21, 2018

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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Khalil Gibran

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