Rick Warren Quotes

Little people belittle people. Great people make people feel great.

I'm not a policymaker, I'm not a pundit. In fact, I don't have any interest in it. It's not on my agenda.

God will never love you any less or more than he does right now because his love is based on who he IS,not what you've done.

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

I have done political things, I couldn't care less about politics. I have zero interest in politics, really. They don't allure me. I have no interest in them, because if I could believe the law could change people's behavior then I would become a politician. But only Christ can change the heart.

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

Living by faith isn't living with certainty. It's trusting God in spite of unanswered questions and unresolved doubts.

If a pastor focuses only on teaching, he grows members with big ears and rears but tiny hands and hearts.Service is MODELED not taught.

Your most profound and intimate experiences of worship will likely be in your darkest days - when your heart is broken, when you feel abandoned, when your out of options, when the pain is great - and you turn to God alone.

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!

Building friendships with people from dissimilar backgrounds and diverse perspectives will make you wiser and more creative.

Our hope is not in the man we put in the White House but in the Man we put on the Cross.

The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.

If your activities don't match your priorities, you are wasting your life.

The books that have helped me most are the ones I reacted to, not just read

God is at work in the world, and He wants you to join Him....You are the only Christian some people will ever know.

On Thanksgiving we do just everything except give thanks. We eat, we watch football, we have a good time with family. Almost nobody gives thanks to God at Thanksgiving, unless there's a short prayer before we eat.

When you feel abandoned by God yet continue to trust him in spite of your feelings, you worship him in the deepest way.

People may refuse our love or reject our message, but they are defenseless against our prayers.

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

He (God) usually prefers to work through people rather than perform miracles, so that we will depend on each other for fellowship.

I'm looking for a second reformation. The first reformation of the church 500 years ago was about beliefs. This one is going to be about behavior. The first one was about creeds. This one is going to be about deeds. It is not going to be about what does the church believe, but about what is the church doing.

Pain is the fuel of passion - it energizes us with an intensity to change that we don't normally possess.

When you get to heaven God won't ask you why you weren't more like Billy Graham. He may ask you why you weren't more like you. Get in touch with who you are. Lead with your own unique style. Be yourself and let God use you.

Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving for the ideal is complacency. Maturity is living with the tension.

Unconditional love will turn a loser into a winner. You have no idea how many times your heavenly Father has wanted to reach out and grasp you in his arms when you felt like you blew it!

Jesus measured greatness in terms of service not status. God determines your greatness by how many people you serve, not how many people serve you.

When pressure builds up, don't panic. Pray! Prayer is a tremendous stress reliever. It can be your safety valve.

There is no growth if there is no change. There is no change if there is no loss. There is no loss if there is no pain.

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 race to be a leader is crowded, but the field is wide open for those willing to be servants

It is impossible to do everything people want you to do. You have just enough time to do God’s will. If you can’t get it all done, it means you’re trying to do more than God intended for you to do.

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.

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!

Everybody's got a worldview. Everybody's betting their life on something. ... You just better know why you're betting what you're betting on.

Many people, especially men, feel it is an admission of weakness to ask for help or to express a need. But there is absolutely no shame in needing others.

Servants think of ministry as an opportunity, not an obligation. They enjoy helping people, meeting needs, and doing ministry.

In every growing church you will find leadership that is not afraid to believe God.

Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.

If we condone torture, we yield the moral high ground to our enemies and encourage anyone who hates us to stoop to using that subhuman level against us. We reap whatever we sow.

Your spiritual gifts were not given for your own benefit but for the benefit of others, just as other people were given gifts for your benefit.

Since God intends to make you like Jesus, he will take you through the same experiences Jesus went through. That includes loneliness, temptation, stress, criticism, rejection, and many other problems.

Ministry is received, not achieved.

If you want to know why you were jplaced on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.

There is no growth without change, and there is no change without loss.

There's truth in every religion. Christians believe that there's truth in every religion. But we just believe that there's one savior. We believe we can learn truth - I've learned a lot of truth from different religions. Because they all have a portion of the truth. I just believe there is one savior, Jesus Christ.

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

Mother Teresa once said, "Holy living consists in doing God's work with a smile." ... The last thing many believers need is to go to another Bible study.