Top 500 Rick Warren Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “The purpose of your life fits into a much larger, cosmic purpose that God has designed for eternity.”

— Rick Warren

202. “Worry is the warning light that shows I’ve stopped looking to God to meet my needs.”

— Rick Warren

203. “Limited faith, limited future. Unlimited faith, unlimited future.”

— Rick Warren

204. “Don’t let your net worth determine your self worth.”

— Rick Warren

205. “Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record.”

— Rick Warren

206. “The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short-term thinking.”

— Rick Warren

207. “You do not grow stronger by accident – you grow stronger by intention.”

— Rick Warren

208. “I believe that you measure the health or strength of a church by its sending capacity rather than its seating capacity.”

— Rick Warren

209. “Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving for the ideal is complacency. Maturity is living with the tension.”

— Rick Warren

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210. “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

211. “Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.”

— Rick Warren

212. “Life is a test and a trust, and the more God gives you, the more responsible he expects you to be.”

— Rick Warren

213. “Gods plan isn’t a map for your life that you see all at once, but a scroll unrolled a little at a time.”

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

216. “There’s a Grand Designer behind everything. Your life is not a result of random chance, fate, or luck. There is a master plan. History is His story. God is pulling the strings.”

— Rick Warren

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217. “Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions.”

— Rick Warren

218. “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

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

222. “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

223. “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

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

226. “You can’t make a life without making mistakes. Relax and learn something.”

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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229. “When you feel abandoned by God yet continue to trust him in spite of your feelings, you worship him in the deepest way.”

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

233. “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

234. “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

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

— Rick Warren

236. “Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.”

— Rick Warren

237. “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

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

— Rick Warren

239. “Living by faith isn’t living with certainty. It’s trusting God in spite of unanswered questions and unresolved doubts.”

— Rick Warren

240. “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

241. “If you are serious about changing your life, you are going to have to get into the Bible. You need to read it, study it, memorize it, meditate on it, and apply it.”

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

243. “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

244. “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

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

— Rick Warren

246. “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

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

— Rick Warren

248. “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

249. “The Bible says, “We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works.”1 Our English word poem comes from the Greek word translated “workmanship.” You are God’s handcrafted work of art. You are not an assembly-line product, mass produced without thought. You are a custom-designed, one-of-a-kind, original masterpiece.”

— Rick Warren

250. “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