Top 500 Rick Warren Quotes (2024 Update)
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351. “Possessions only provide temporary happiness.”

— Rick Warren

352. “I forgive. First, because I’ve been forgiven by God. Second, unforgiveness makes me miserable. And third, I’m going to need more forgiveness in the future. So we don’t forgive for their benefit. We actually forgive for ours.”

— Rick Warren

353. “You’ll find success in life when you stop trying to include God in your plans and Instead ask God to include you in His.”

— Rick Warren

354. “Those who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment.”

— Rick Warren

355. “Two thousand years ago, in the Middle East, an event occurred that permanently changed the world. Because of that event, history was split. Every time you write a date, you’re using the Resurrection of Jesus Christ as the focal point.”

— Rick Warren

356. “The more you care about the powerless, the more power you have. The more you serve those with no influence, the more influence God gives you. The more you humble yourself, the more you’re honored by others.”

— Rick Warren

357. “Unconditional love will turn a loser into a winner. You have no idea how many times your heavenly Father has wanted to reach out and grasp you in his arms when you felt like you blew it!”

— Rick Warren

358. “We take ourselves way too seriously, and we don’t take God seriously enough. It is not by accident that humor and humility come from the same root word. If you can laugh at yourself, you’ll always have plenty of good material.”

— Rick Warren

359. “If you don’t live by priorities, you’ll live by pressures. Either you determine what’s important in life or other people will determine it for you.”

— Rick Warren

360. “The Bible isn’t meant to just inform us, it is meant to transform us. 40 Days in the Word will teach you how to be not just a hearer of the Word, but a doer of the Word!”

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

362. “Jesus specialized in menial tasks that everyone else tried to avoid: washing feet, helping children, fixing breakfast, and serving lepers. Nothing was beneath him, because he came to serve.”

— Rick Warren

363. “The greatest use of your words is prayer. Talk to God about EVERYTHING, all the time. Maintain a running conversation.”

— Rick Warren

364. “Those that innovate the future understand history the best.”

— Rick Warren

365. “We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.”

— Rick Warren

366. “Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.”

— Rick Warren

367. “In every growing church you will find leadership that is not afraid to believe God.”

— Rick Warren

368. “Knowing your purpose gives your life meaning, simplicity, focus and motivation. It also prepares you for eternity.”

— Rick Warren

369. “The things you’re most embarrassed about, most ashamed of, and most reluctant to share are the very tools God can use most powerfully to heal others.”

— Rick Warren

370. “In our final moments we all realize that relationships are what life is all about. Wisdom is learning that truth sooner rather than later. Don’t wait until you’re on your deathbed to figure out that nothing matters more.”

— Rick Warren

371. “Living to create an earthly legacy is a short-sighted goal.”

— Rick Warren

372. “Use ‘breath prayers’ throughout the day, as many Christians have done for centuries. You choose a brief sentence or a simple phrase that can be repeated to Jesus in one breath.”

— Rick Warren

373. “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.”

— Rick Warren

374. “There is nothing quite as potent as a focused life, one lived on purpose.”

— Rick Warren

375. “Only in hindsight do we understand how God intended a problem for good.”

— Rick Warren

376. “In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn’t delineate between legal and illegal.”

— Rick Warren

377. “So when you say who does Christ die for? He died for the church, okay. I don’t think God’s death on the cross through Christ was a failure, if you are saying that. I do not believe that anybody he intended to die for is failing in that area.”

— Rick Warren

378. “A non-serving Christian is a contradiction in terms.”

— Rick Warren

379. “All sin, at its root, is failing to give God glory. It is loving anything else more than God. Refusing to bring glory to God is prideful rebellion, and it is the sin that caused Satan’s fall – and ours, too. In different ways we have all lived for our own glory, not God’s. The Bible says, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”9.”

— Rick Warren

380. “Surrendered people obey God’s word, even if it doesn’t make sense.”

— Rick Warren

381. “Every time you make a bad choice, it becomes harder to make a good one.”

— Rick Warren

382. “There are illegitimate parents, but I don’t believe there are any illegitimate children.”

— Rick Warren

383. “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.”

— Rick Warren

384. “Absolutely nothing will revitalize a discouraged church faster than rediscovering it’s purpose.”

— Rick Warren

385. “You can’t grow strong without resistance.”

— Rick Warren

386. “I’m naturally inclined to have sex with every beautiful woman I see. But that doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do.”

— Rick Warren

387. “People aren’t things to be molded; they are lives to be unfolded. And that’s what true leaders do. They unfold the lives of others and help them reach their God-given potential.”

— Rick Warren

388. “If there was no God, we would all be “accidents,” the result of astronomical random chance in the universe. You could stop reading this book, because life would have no purpose or meaning or significance. There would be no right or wrong, and no hope beyond your brief years here on earth.”

— Rick Warren

389. “Paul says that as Christians we can rejoice even in tough times because we have hope and because we know that God is working in our lives.”

— Rick Warren

390. “You’re not really ready to live unless you know what you’re willing to die for.”

— Rick Warren

391. “To me, God says, “I’ve given you this gift of grace, which means you don’t earn your way to heaven. You don’t work your way to heaven. You simply receive my gift.””

— Rick Warren

392. “Because God is love, the most important lesson he wants you to learn on earth is how to love.”

— Rick Warren

393. “When someone begins to gossip to you, have the courage to say, “Please stop. I don’t need to know this. Have you talked directly to that person?” People who gossip to you will also gossip about you. They cannot be trusted.”

— Rick Warren

394. “God doesn’t intend for you to handle all the pain and stress in your life by yourself. We were wired for each other. We need each other.”

— Rick Warren

395. “Christians can be positive even in a negative situation because we know God has a purpose for allowing that problem.”

— Rick Warren

396. “When life has meaning, you can bear almost anything; without it, nothing is bearable.”

— Rick Warren

397. “When the Christian praises and gives thanks to God, this not only pleases God, but it enriches the Christian’s life with joy. It is a reciprocating transaction between God and man.”

— Rick Warren

398. “Everybody wants confidence but you don’t find it in self help books. You find confidence in the Holy Spirit.”

— Rick Warren

399. “Can I trust God? Trust is an essential ingredient to surrender. You won’t surrender to God unless you trust him, but you can’t trust him until you know him better. Fear keeps us from surrendering, but love casts out all fear. The more you realize how much God loves you, the easier surrender becomes.”

— Rick Warren

400. “Jesus has not promised to build your ministry; he has promised to build his church.”

— Rick Warren