Top 500 Rick Warren Quotes (2023 Update)
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201. “Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions.”

— Rick Warren

202. “Stop listening for a voice and start looking for a verse. He’s already spoken.”

— Rick Warren

203. “If you have ever said, “I didn’t get anything out of worship today,” you worshiped for the wrong reason. Worship isn’t for you. It’s for God.”

— Rick Warren

204. “It is never too late to start growing.”

— Rick Warren

205. “Having authority implies accountability. If you reject the blame for failures under your watch, people reject your leadership.”

— Rick Warren

206. “Relationships are always worth restoring.”

— Rick Warren

207. “You are most like Christ, when you remain silent under attack.”

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

210. “God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: ‘Use me.’”

— Rick Warren

211. “Taking risks in older age is more courageous because you have more to lose. When you have nothing, you have nothing to lose.”

— Rick Warren

212. “In the Old Testament, it says that if you have the power to do something good, then you have to do it. You’re not to avoid helping somebody in their time of need.”

— Rick Warren

213. “Life is too short to learn everything by personal experience.”

— Rick Warren

214. “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.”

— Rick Warren

215. “While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow.”

— Rick Warren

216. “In God’s eyes, the greatest heroes of faith are not those who achieve prosperity, success, and power in this life, but those who treat life as a temporary assignment and serve faithfully, expecting their promised reward in eternity.”

— Rick Warren

217. “REAL fellowship is being as committed to each other as we are to Jesus Christ.”

— Rick Warren

218. “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!”

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

220. “A person without conviction is a weak, jellyfish type of individual who mindlessly follows the crowd.”

— Rick Warren

221. “Delays are as much a part of God plan as answered prayers. God wants you to trust him.”

— Rick Warren

222. “The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve.”

— Rick Warren

223. “God loves to bring good out of bad. He loves to turn crucifixions into resurrections. Every obstacle is an opportunity. Every problem has potential. Every crisis is an opportunity for ministry. Every hurt God wants to use for His glory.”

— Rick Warren

224. “Real life begins by committing yourself completely to Jesus Christ.”

— Rick Warren

225. “We may not always finish what we start but God always finishes what He starts.”

— Rick Warren

226. “Because God is with you all the time, no place is any closer to God than the place where you are right now.”

— Rick Warren

227. “Your wisest moments will be those when you say yes to God.”

— Rick Warren

228. “The easiest way to discover the purpose of an invention is to ask the creator of it. The same is true for discovering your life’s purpose: Ask God.”

— Rick Warren

229. “Spiritual emptiness is a universal disease.”

— Rick Warren

230. “Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.”

— Rick Warren

231. “You’ll never do anything creative, innovative or world changing if you fear criticism. Pioneers are easy targets for arrows!”

— Rick Warren

232. “Any time you get serious about using your life the way God wants you to use it, there are going to be people who oppose it.”

— Rick Warren

233. “Get honest with God, and your focus will shift from just seeing your problems – no matter how overwhelming they seem – to the grace of God.”

— Rick Warren

234. “You won’t step on other’s toes if you imagine yourself in their shoes.”

— Rick Warren

235. “There are many pitfalls in the marathon of life. But regardless of what you go through, you can count on God’s sustaining grace.”

— Rick Warren

236. “There is an entire generation who was too young to read ‘The Purpose Driven Life’ 10 years ago but are now asking the critical question, ‘What on earth am I here for?’”

— Rick Warren

237. “Keep your hope in the Lord and your eyes focused on the hope of Heaven, not just on the here and now.”

— Rick Warren

238. “We do not have to make the Bible relevant – it already is! But we do have to show its relevance.”

— Rick Warren

239. “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

240. “God is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.”

— Rick Warren

241. “Keeping your body in shape is a spiritual discipline. Its not just about losing a few pounds, wanting to live longer, or trying to look nicer.”

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

243. “The Bible teaches that we are to love people and use money, but we often get that reversed and you start loving money and using people to get more money. Money is simply a tool to be used for good.”

— Rick Warren

244. “The way you see your life shapes your life.”

— Rick Warren

245. “How much are you worth? Jesus says, with his arms stretched out on the cross, “I’m willing to die for you, because you mean this much to me.””

— Rick Warren

246. “At the end of your life on earth you will be evaluated and rewarded according to how well you handled what God entrusted to you.”

— Rick Warren

247. “The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.”

— Rick Warren

248. “Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test.”

— Rick Warren

249. “Blessed are the uncool; for they shall be happy without needing the approval of others.”

— Rick Warren

250. “The point is, there are some things worth dying for. There’s no doubt about that. And I would die for my family. I would die for my freedom. I would die for my country.”

— Rick Warren