Rick Warren

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.

The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because we typically begin at the wrong starting point—ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.

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.

Our culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with someone’s lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second is that to love someone means you agree with everything they believe or do. Both are nonsense. You don’t have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.

It’s not just what you eat that matters, it’s what eats you. You can have all the right macrobiotics and organic food, but if your body is filled with resentment, worry, fear, lust, guilt, anger, bitterness, or any other emotional disease, it’s going to shorten your life.

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.

Leadership starts with understanding responsibility, not ability. Leadership is a Stewardship, not a show.

Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make.

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

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.

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

If you give it to God, He transforms your test into a testimony, your mess into a message, and your misery into a ministry.

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

Law is downstream from culture. By the time you make a law about something, you're reacting, not acting. I'd rather shape the culture.

You're not really ready to live unless you know what you're willing to die for.

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

Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose.

What you BECOME on earth matters far more than what you DO. You're taking your character to heaven, not your career.

Growing marriages aren't determined by how much you have in common but by how graciously you deal with your differences.

The most essential quality for leadership is not perfection but credibility. People must be able to trust you.

If there was more courting in marriage, there'd be fewer marriages in court. Date your mate. Today.