Explore Quotes by Rick Warren

You don't bring glory or pleasure to God by hiding your abilities or by trying to be someone else. You only bring him enjoyment by being you.

Your spiritual family is even more important than our physical family because it will last forever.

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.

Because every day of your life was written on God's calendar before you were born, everything that happens to you has spiritual significance.

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

As long as you pretend to be self-sufficient, you short-circuit God's power in your life. You need to admit your inadequacy and say, "God, I can't handle this!"

Even through such simple acts as telling the truth, being kind, and encouraging others, we bring a smile to God's face.

Relationships, not achievements or the acquisition of things, are what matters most in life.

God teaches us to love by putting some unlovely people around us.

The church that doesn't want to grow is saying to the world, "go to hell."

If what I do pleases God, it is always the right thing to do, and I can stop worrying about everyone else's reactions. This dramatically simplifies life.

We have a choice of focusing on our problems or focusing on God, who holds the solution.

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

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.

You were created to add to life on earth, not just take from it. God wants you to give something back.

What is your assurance of salvation? The promise of God's Word. If God says it, that settles it, because God cannot lie. You can trust the promise of God's Word.

Kindness always starts with noticing the needs and hurts of others.

We don't praise God to feel good, but to do good.

The love of Jesus Christ covers your sins, and it also gives you the power to let other people off the hook. You've been forgiven, and you can forgive others.

To begin loving people today, we must close the door on the past. And that cannot happen without forgiveness! Forgive those who have hurt you - for your sake, not because they deserve it.

One day it's all going to be clear. It's all going to make sense. You're going to be able to say, "So that's why God allowed that in my life!" Until then, God wants you to trust him.