Top 500 Rick Warren Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “First open your heart, then open your Bible.”

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

108. “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

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

112. “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

113. “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

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

— Rick Warren

115. “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

116. “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

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

120. “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

121. “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

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

124. “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

125. “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

126. “Time is your most precious gift because you only have a set amount of it. You can make more money, but you can’t make more time. When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you’ll never get back.”

— Rick Warren

127. “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

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

130. “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

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

134. “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

135. “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

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

138. “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

139. “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

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

143. “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

144. “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

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

147. “We are human beings, not human doings.”

— Rick Warren

148. “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

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

— Rick Warren

150. “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