Rick Warren Quotes

Knowledge increases responsibility.

Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time....

The key to friendship with God, he said, is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude tow...

Repetition is the mother of character and skill.

God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than a...

Gossip is passing on information when you are neither part of the problem nor part of the solution.

What may appear as audacity God views as authenticity.

You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy.

As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven's list.

The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because we typi...

Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settl...

Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life ha...

Your wisest moments will be those when you say yes to God.

Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.

The cliché is true: People don't care what we know until they know we care.

We can worship God imperfectly, but we cannot worship him insincerely.

You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.

The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.

Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but...

Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It's a journey of ...

You exist only because God wills that you exist.

We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.

Real worship costs.

God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerou...

You cannot arrive at your life’s purpose by starting with a focus on yourself. You must begin with G...

In Eden, worship was not an event to attend, but a perpetual attitude.

You must make a counter-culture decision to focus on becoming more like Jesus. Otherwise, other forc...

Impression without expression causes depression. Study without service leads to spiritual stagnation...

Every time you try to block a thought out of your mind, you drive it deeper into your memory. By res...

Fellowship is a place of grace, where mistakes aren't rubbed in but rubbed out. Fellowship happens w...

Don't indulge your ego at the expense of your soul.

It’s not about you. The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your...

Work becomes worship when you dedicate it to God and perform it with an awareness of his presence.

Living to create an earthly legacy is a short-sighted goal.

Real security can only be found in that which can never be taken from you--your relationship with Go...

We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve, not to sit aro...

The New testament commanded to love each other, pray for each other, encourage each other, admonish ...

You also know you’re surrendered when you don’t react to criticism and rush to defend yourself. Surr...

He gave us taste buds, then filled the world with incredible flavors like chocolate and cinnamon and...

Stop trying, & start trusting.

The more you pray, the less you'll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You'll feel more...

Many of your relationship problems are not really relationship problems. They're personal problems t...

And you know, when you've experienced grace and you feel like you've been forgiven, you're a lot mor...

Most people don't realize, I really have no faith in politics. I'm not a politician. If I thought yo...

History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it.

Grief is a good thing. It's the way we get through the transitions of life.

I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disa...

I never have been involved in politics.

If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you're available.

You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.

You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

Because God is love the most important lesson He wants you to learn on earth is how to love.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

You're only as sick as your secrets.

I expect God to use me, not because of who I am but because of who Jesus is. Not because of what I'v...

God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerou...

In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up fo...

The fact is, it is selfish for a church to not want to grow. A church that says, “We’ve got enough p...

It is not always convenient or comfortable, and sometimes worship is a sheer act of the will--a will...

Death is not your termination but your transition into eternity, so there are eternal consequences t...

So I would say God hates war, but God loves every soldier.

Those who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain t...

You didn’t create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for! If I...

Only secure people can serve. Insecure people are always worrying about how they appear to others. T...

I can't imagine God not allowing my dog into heaven.

What gives me the most hope every day is God's grace; knowing that his grace is going to give me the...

The only group large enough to handle," the world's biggest, "problems is the network of millions of...

God made you for a reason and your life has profound meaning! We discover that meaning and purpose o...

The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence." (Pr.31:8) It's not about ...

You were made by God and for God and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

God is never in a hurry, but he is always on time.

The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you ...

The way you SEE your life SHAPES your life.How you define life determines your destiny. Your perspec...

When you committed your life to Christ, he moved into the center; but you must keep him there throug...

To make the most of your life, you must keep the vision of eternity continually in your mind and the...

Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye...

Surrendering to God is not passive resignation, fatalism, or an excuse for laziness.

Why would God provide heaven on earth when he's planned the real thing for you in eternity?

While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow. God views our live...

You cannot fulfil God's purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans.

How Does What We Eat Affect the Planet? The things you put on your fork have the power to affect not...

When life doesn't make sense, we can still have peace.

You drift through life and let things happen to you, or go by design and say, 'This is what I'm inte...

In all my travels, I've never seen a country's population more determined to forgive, and to build a...

Now the only way you can serve God on earth is by serving others.

Self-worth and net worth are not the same.