Rick Warren Quotes

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

Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time? One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult! It’s what enables us to grow. Remember, earth is not heaven! (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

Life is a gift… Life is a test… Life is temporary assignment…. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

Life minus love equals zero. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

If you’re alive, there’s a purpose for your life.

You weren’t put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

Being successful and fulfilling your lifes purpose are not at all the same thing; You can reach all your personal goals, become a raving success by the worlds standard and still miss your purpose in this life.

If you have felt hopeless, hold on! Wonderful changes are going to happen in your life as you begin to live it on purpose. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

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

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.

Trusting God completely means having faith that He knows what is best for your life. You expect Him to keep His promises, help you with problems, and do the impossible when necessary. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

If you want God to bless you and use you greatly, you must be willing to walk with a limp the rest of your life, because God uses weak people. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

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

You are as close to God as you choose to be.

If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego. You were designed to worship God and if you fail to worship Him, you will create other things (idols) to give your life to. You are free to choose, what you surrender to but you are not free from the consequence of that choice. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

Because God is with you all the time, no place is any closer to God than the place where you are right now. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

Time is your most precious gift because you only have a set amount of it. You can make more money, but you can’t make more time. When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you’ll never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time.
It is not enough to just say relationships are important; we must prove it by investing time in them. Words alone are worthless. My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action. Relationships take time and effort, and the best way to spell love is T-I-M-E. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

You can use your time to build bridges or walls. The latter is not only unChristlike, it limits impact & creates loneliness.

The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.

Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.

The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

And you know, when you’ve experienced grace and you feel like you’ve been forgiven, you’re a lot more forgiving of other people. You’re a lot more gracious to others.

During the next 90 days, people are going to be more open to the Gospel than in years. It is God’s responsibility to make people receptive; it is our responsibility to sow the seed.

God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: ‘Use me.’

There are illegitimate parents, but I don’t believe there are any illegitimate children.

We’re a nation of laws, but the good thing about America, is that laws reside in the people and people can change the laws.

we are product of our past but we dont have to be prisoners of it. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

Resentment always hurts you more than it does the person you resent. While your offender has probably forgotten the offense and gone on with life, you continue to stew in your pain, perpetuating the past. Listen: those who hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment. Your past is past! Nothing will change it. You are only hurting yourself with your bitterness. For your own sake, learn from it, and then let it go. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

Other people are going to find healing in your wounds. Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

If you prayed as much as you complain and quarrel, you’d have a lot less to argue about and much more peace of mind. (The Purpose of Christmas)

The more you pray, the less you’ll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You’ll feel more patient and less pressured. (The Purpose of Christmas)

Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

God intentionally allows you to go through painful experiences to equip you for ministry to others. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

God sometimes removes a person from your life for your protection. Don’t run after them.

The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.

Relationships are always worth restoring.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others. Humble people are so focused on serving others, they don’t think of themselves. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

Your value is not determined by your valuables, and God says the most valuable things in life are not things! (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

It’s not what you do, but how much love you put into it that matters. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

You cannot fulfil God’s purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

we are product of our past but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.

The truth is, almost everything we do is done poorly when we first start doing it – that’s how we learn. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

If you have ever said, I didn’t get anything out of worship today, you worshiped for the wrong reason. Worship isn’t for you. It’s for God.

If you are a member of a small group or class, I urge you to make a group covenant that includes the nine characteristics of biblical fellowship: We will share our true feelings (authenticity), forgive each other (mercy), speak the truth in love (honesty), admit our weaknesses (humility), respect our differences (courtesy), not gossip (confidentiality), and make group a priority (frequency). (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

At first opposites attract. Then opposites attack.

You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.

Then Jesus changed the situation. When he paid for our sins on the cross, the veil in the temple that symbolized our separation from God was split from top to bottom, indicating that direct access to God was once again available. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power. Life just has to go on!

Surrender . . .sacrificing my life or suffering in order to change what needs to be changed

Familiarity breeds complacency. (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

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

You can’t grow strong without resistance.

The moment you stop learning, you stop leading.