Top 500 Rick Warren Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.”

— Rick Warren

352. “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

353. “Nothing matters more than knowing God’s purposes for your life, and nothing can compensate for not knowing them – not success, wealth, fame, or pleasure. Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason. Without a purpose, life is trivial, petty, and pointless.”

— Rick Warren

354. “We don’t praise God to feel good, but to do good.”

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

356. “The love of Jesus Christ covers your sins, and it also gives you the power to let other people off the hook. You’ve been forgiven, and you can forgive others.”

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

358. “I really do feel that these people are brothers and sisters in God’s family. I am looking to build bridges with the Orthodox Church, looking to build bridges with the Catholic Church, with the Anglican church.”

— Rick Warren

359. “If you want to know why you were jplaced on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.”

— Rick Warren

360. “Faith in Jesus must be personal but it cannot be private.”

— Rick Warren

361. “What’s true or right is NEVER determined by popularity or polls. The right thing is often unpopular since it’s harder to do.”

— Rick Warren

362. “Who are you going to live for – yourself or God?”

— Rick Warren

363. “America was founded by religious people, devout people who came here because they wanted freedom of religion. It’s what made America different from every other country.”

— Rick Warren

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364. “The world is always changed by people who don’t listen to conventional wisdom. I think we often set our goals too small and try to accomplish them too quickly.”

— Rick Warren

365. “The church that doesn’t want to grow is saying to the world, “go to hell.””

— Rick Warren

366. “If you have felt hopeless, hold on! Wonderful changes are going to happen in your life as you begin to live it on purpose.”

— Rick Warren

367. “Prayer is the greatest use of my words.”

— Rick Warren

368. “The Bible says, “You must make allowance for each other’s faults and forgive the person who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.”14.”

— Rick Warren

369. “That is why the key to long-lasting success is to develop habits – new, positive habits that replace our self-defeating behaviors.”

— Rick Warren

370. “It doesn’t matter what your age is, God will use you if you will begin to act and think like a servant.”

— Rick Warren

371. “To change your life, you must change the way you think. Behind everything you do is a thought. Every behavior is motivated by a belief, and every action is prompted by an attitude.”

— Rick Warren

372. “The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because we typically begin at the wrong starting point – ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.”

— Rick Warren

373. “We bring God glory by serving others with our gifts.”

— Rick Warren

374. “If there was more courting in marriage, there’d be fewer marriages in court. Date your mate. Today.”

— Rick Warren

375. “Marriage doesn’t create problems. It reveals them. You bring unresolved stuff into it.”

— Rick Warren

376. “When you get to heaven God won’t ask you why you weren’t more like Billy Graham. He may ask you why you weren’t more like you. Get in touch with who you are. Lead with your own unique style. Be yourself and let God use you.”

— Rick Warren

377. “Whose opinion matters most to you? Whoever that person is, is your god. When you value anyone’s opinions more than God’s, you give that person power and authority that belongs only to God. That creates all kinds of insecurity within you. On the other hand, when God’s approval matters the most to you, it sets you free from insecurity, because he will never reject you.”

— Rick Warren

378. “While life on earth offers many choices, eternity offers only two: heaven or hell. Your relationship to God on earth will determine your relationship to him in eternity.”

— Rick Warren

379. “The heart of the issue is an issue of the heart. And that’s why I’m a pastor, not a politician. Because I think only – only God can change hearts. And only God can take the evil out. I don’t think you can legislate the evil out of people.”

— Rick Warren

380. “I believe that the purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence. And fame is not for our own benefit, or notoriety is not for our own benefit, it’s for leverage to do good.”

— Rick Warren

381. “Possessions only provide temporary happiness.”

— Rick Warren

382. “Christmas is the time for celebration, so I’m not against decorating, putting on lights, buying gifts. In fact, the whole reason we give gifts is the wise men gave gifts to Jesus at the first Christmas, and that started the gift-giving process.”

— Rick Warren

383. “There’s never going to be peace in the world until there’s peace in nations. There’s never going to be peace in nations till there’s peace in communities and families and in individual lives.”

— Rick Warren

384. “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

385. “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

386. “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

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

— Rick Warren

388. “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

389. “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

390. “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

391. “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

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

— Rick Warren

393. “Second, “What did you do with what I gave you?” What did you do with your life – all the gifts, talents, opportunities, energy, relationships, and resources God gave you? Did you spend them on yourself, or did you use them for the purposes God made you for?”

— Rick Warren

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

— Rick Warren

395. “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

396. “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

397. “If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you’ll be at rest.”

— Rick Warren

398. “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

399. “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

400. “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