Top 500 Rick Warren Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “Love leaves legacy. How you treated other people, not your wealth or accomplishments, is the most enduring impact you can leave on earth.”

— Rick Warren

102. “Martin Luther said, “You cannot keep birds from flying over your head but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.” You can’t keep the Devil from suggesting thoughts, but you can choose not to dwell or act on them.”

— Rick Warren

103. “When Jesus started His ministry, the very first thing He did was form a small group.”

— Rick Warren

104. “We become whatever we are committed to.”

— Rick Warren

105. “God is never in a hurry, but he is always on time.”

— Rick Warren

106. “Ever feel like God is a million miles away? The truth is, he’s not. Whatever struggle you’re going through, you can rest assured you’re not alone. You have God in your corner.”

— Rick Warren

107. “Faith is facing reality without being discouraged by it.”

— Rick Warren

108. “Never let an impossible situation intimidate you. Let it motivate you – to pray more, trust more, expect more.”

— Rick Warren

109. “God’s Word is your owner’s manual for life. It contains principles for health, finance, marriage, other relationships, business, and much more.”

— Rick Warren

110. “Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits.”

— Rick Warren

111. “Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose.”

— Rick Warren

112. “Integrity is built by defeating the temptation to be dishonest; humility grows when we refuse to be prideful; and endurance develops every time you reject the temptation to give up.”

— Rick Warren

113. “If you talked to others the way you talk to yourself, would you have any friends?”

— Rick Warren

114. “In pain, I’d rather walk with Jesus with all of my questions, than walk by myself with all the answers.”

— Rick Warren

115. “When you feel nothing, God is teaching you to live by faith.”

— Rick Warren

116. “Not everything in this life has a happy ending, but this life is not the end of the story.”

— Rick Warren

117. “Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It’s a journey of discovery – there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair.”

— Rick Warren

118. “Patience is a form of faith. It says, “I trust God. I believe that God is bigger than this problem.””

— Rick Warren

119. “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.”

— Rick Warren

120. “I want to change my circumstances. God wants to change me.”

— Rick Warren

121. “Your abilities are the map to God’s will for your life. It points the direction. When you know what you’re good at, then you can know what God wants you to do with your life.”

— Rick Warren

122. “Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it. I don’t know all the keys to success, but one key to failure is to try to please everyone.”

— Rick Warren

123. “The greatest gift God gave us is also our greatest curse, which is the free will. We are made in God’s image, the Bible says, which means we have the ability to love him or not love him, to reject him or not reject him.”

— Rick Warren

124. “Leadership is neither showmanship nor dictatorship. Leadership is a stewardship and a partnership.”

— Rick Warren

125. “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.”

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

127. “Your net worth is not the same thing as your self-worth. Your value is not based on your valuables.”

— Rick Warren

128. “The greatest detriment to tomorrow’s success, is today’s success.”

— Rick Warren

129. “If you aren’t making any mistakes, you aren’t innovating. If you’re making the same mistakes, you aren’t learning.”

— Rick Warren

130. “Worry is focused thinking on something negative. Meditation is doing the same thing only focusing on God’s word instead of your problem.”

— Rick Warren

131. “To fulfill your mission will require that you abandon your agenda and accept God’s agenda for your life.”

— Rick Warren

132. “The only way to always be relevant is to focus on what’s eternal. Everything in style will soon be out of style.”

— Rick Warren

133. “I believe Jesus Christ came for everybody. I don’t think he came for Christians. The Bible says take this good news to the whole world.”

— Rick Warren

134. “Great people are just ordinary people with an extraordinary amount of determination. They simply don’t know how to quit. They just keep on ‘keepin’ on’.”

— Rick Warren

135. “Maturity is when you live your life by your commitments, not by your feelings.”

— Rick Warren

136. “The only antidote to materialism is giving, because materialism’s all about getting. Every time I give, my heart grows bigger. Every time I give, I become more like Jesus.”

— Rick Warren

137. “Only changed people can change the world. Start with yourself.”

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

139. “Pain is the fuel of passion – it energizes us with an intensity to change that we don’t normally possess.”

— Rick Warren

140. “Love pays attention. Love listens to the fears and the doubts of others and treats them with respect. Love accepts others the way Jesus accepts you.”

— Rick Warren

141. “Salvation is not a religion. It’s not rules or regulations or rituals. Salvation is a relationship. That relationship doesn’t begin when you get to Heaven; it begins here on Earth.”

— Rick Warren

142. “We are not saved by good works; we are saved for good works. The Christian lifestyle is to be a lifestyle of goodness.”

— Rick Warren

143. “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.”

— Rick Warren

144. “The race to be a leader is crowded, but the field is wide open for those willing to be servants.”

— Rick Warren

145. “A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life.”

— Rick Warren

146. “The goal of ‘The Purpose Driven Life’ is to help people develop a heart for the world.”

— Rick Warren

147. “There is nothing you can do that will make God stop loving you. You could try, but you simply can’t do it – because his love for you is based upon his character and not on anything you do or say or feel.”

— Rick Warren

148. “As Christians we’re called to belong, not just to believe. We are not meant to live lone-ranger lives; instead, we are to belong to Christ’s family and be members of his body.”

— Rick Warren

149. “God’s Word is not meant just to inform you, but to transform you.”

— Rick Warren

150. “Maturity is produced through relationships and community.”

— Rick Warren