Rick Warren Quotes

Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain.

Your illness is not your identity. Your chemistry is not your character.

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

REAL fellowship is being as committed to each other as we are to Jesus Christ.

Every church is flawed. Still, you'd better learn to love it since it's the only group Jesus said he's taking to Heaven.

God doesn't intend for you to handle all the pain and stress in your life by yourself. We were wired for each other. We need each other.

To accomplish anything you must first have a mission, a goal, a hope, a vision.

Well, in the first place, military service, they don't call it service for nothing. You are actually serving your country. And it is a worthy and valid vocation.

I'm naturally inclined to have sex with every beautiful woman I see. But that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.

We do not have to make the Bible relevant - it already is! But we do have to show its relevance.

I've often said why does God leave us here on earth, once we accept Christ, once we're in the family, why didn't he just kill us. Why leave us here? Well, because he's working on our character through these trials, these tribulations, we're learning to practice what we're going to do in heaven. So really, the kingdom mindset is actually the eternal mindset. It's not just about eternal life. Eternal life is getting ready for that.

The greatest things in life are not things.

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

That's one of those questions I'm asked more often than anything else. Will my dog go to heaven? And I say well, the lion will lay down with the lamb.

There's much you can't change, but there's something important you can change: you.

A church must grow larger and smaller at the same time. Larger through worship and smaller through small groups.

I don't personally have enough faith to be an atheist.

People are always more encouraged when we share how God's grace helped us in weakness than when we brag about our strengths.

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

Let your broken heart create an open heart

Start today by practicing constant conversation with God and continual mediation on his Word. Prayer lets you speak to God; mediation lets God speak to you.

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.

In the end we must be merciful to the fallen, show grace to struggling, and be patient with the doubting. But when God's Word is clear we must not-and we cannot-back up, back off, back down, back out, or backslide from the truth.

It is an incredibly difficult task to lead people from self-centered consumerism to being servant-hearted Christians. It is not a task for fainthearted ministers or those who don't like to get their religious robes wrinkled. But it is what the Great Commission is all about

We become whatever we are committed to.

Now I believe in Christ dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. I believe that we are in Christ, we are hid with Christ in God, and we are sealed with the Holy Spirit. So in essence, for Satan to get at me he has to go through the Trinity.

God's Word is not meant just to inform you, but to transform you.

There's a difference between freedom of worship and freedom of religion. Worship is an event that happens inside the house of worship. Religion is a lifestyle. It is a way of living.

There are accidental parents, but there are no accidental children. There are illegitimate parents, but there are no illegitimate children.

I forgive. First, because I've been forgiven by God. Second, unforgiveness makes me miserable. And third, I'm going to need more forgiveness in the future. So we don't forgive for their benefit. We actually forgive for ours.

Living for God's glory is the greatest achievement we can accomplish with our lives.

Becoming like Christ is a long, slow process of growth.

If you are serious about changing your life, you are going to have to get into the Bible. You need to read it, study it, memorize it, meditate on it, and apply it.

Our goal is to make God look good in the universe.

Delays are as much a part of God plan as answered prayers. God wants you to trust him.

All leaders are learners. The moment you stop learning, you stop leading. I learn as much as I can, from as many as I can, as often as I can.

I'm against redefining marriage historically 5,000 years... because then it'll be re-defined. What if it's between a brother and a sister?

Your weaknesses are not an accident but deliberately allowed, very interesting phrase, deliberately allowed in your life for the purpose of demonstrating His power through you.

Two thousand years ago, in the Middle East, an event occurred that permanently changed the world. Because of that event, history was split. Every time you write a date, you’re using the Resurrection of Jesus Christ as the focal point.

The miracle of Christmas is not on 34th street; it's in Bethlehem.

Humility is not denying your strengths, humility is being honest about your weaknesses.

I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that.

The way God teaches us to live by faith is He takes away our feelings.

Leaders don't do what they WANT to do;they do whatever is necessary.

A godly man is never threatened by the gifts of a godly woman.

I'd rather have all my questions unanswered and walk with God than not walk with God and have all my questions answered.

Every day I get a choice. I can choose to go God's way or I can choose to go my own way or Satan's way or if I walk out of this door I don't know that I blame myself if my choice. .. because the bottom line is I want what I want what I want. ... People ask me what the greatest sin is. I feel the greatest sin is to want to be God: Pride, I want my own way. What it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ - give as much of yourself as you understand to as much of Jesus as you understand at that moment.

If it grows on a plant, it's healthy. If it's made in a plant, don't eat it.