Rick Warren Quotes

We can worship God imperfectly, but we cannot worship him insincerely.

~ Rick Warren

Real worship costs.

~ Rick Warren

It is not always convenient or comfortable, and sometimes worship is a sheer act of the will--a willing sacrifice.

~ Rick Warren

When you committed your life to Christ, he moved into the center; but you must keep him there through worship.

~ Rick Warren

Don't indulge your ego at the expense of your soul.

~ Rick Warren

Impression without expression causes depression. Study without service leads to spiritual stagnation.

~ Rick Warren

You didn’t create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for! If I handed you an invention you had never seen before, you wouldn’t know it’s purpose, and the invention itself wouldn’t be able to tell you either. Only the creator or the owner’s manual could reveal it’s purpose.

~ Rick Warren

You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

~ Rick Warren

Many of your relationship problems are not really relationship problems. They're personal problems that spill over into relationships.

~ Rick Warren

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.

~ Rick Warren

We’re not completely happy here because we’re not supposed to be! Earth is not our final home, we were created for something much better.

~ Rick Warren

You also know you’re surrendered when you don’t react to criticism and rush to defend yourself. Surrendered hearts show up best in relationships. You don’t edge others out, you don’t demand your rights, and you aren’t self-serving when you’re surrendered.

~ Rick Warren

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

You exist only because God wills that you exist.

~ Rick Warren

How Does What We Eat Affect the Planet? The things you put on your fork have the power to affect not only your health, but also agricultural practices, climate change, and even our economy. One church member told us about Nigerian farmers he met who were given seed by a large agricultural company at a cheaper price than their regular seed, but then the seeds from that crop couldn’t be replanted. (They are designed that way.) The farmers then were forced to buy the seed from the same company at a higher price the next year and eventually couldn’t afford to farm. This pattern of industrial agricultural practices not only has impacted the quality of the food you eat, but also creates hunger in little children in Africa. When you stop buying industrial food, it has an enormous ripple effect. The power of your fork can change the world. When it comes to our health and the health of the planet, we have a lot more to learn and study, but we don’t need all the answers in order to take action. We can each make choices to buy more whole foods, sustainably raised animals, locally grown produce, and more. Just as we’ve learned that certain fats are good for us and others are destructive, we can learn what agricultural and food practices are best for us too.

~ Rick Warren

Death is not your termination but your transition into eternity, so there are eternal consequences to everything you do on earth. Every act of our lives strikes some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

~ Rick Warren

Why would God provide heaven on earth when he's planned the real thing for you in eternity?

~ Rick Warren

While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow. God views our lives from and for eternity, so he is never in a hurry.

~ Rick Warren

To make the most of your life, you must keep the vision of eternity continually in your mind and the value of it in your heart.

~ Rick Warren

The New testament commanded to love each other, pray for each other, encourage each other, admonish each other, greet each other, serve each other, teach each other, accept each other, honor each other, bear each other's burdens, forgive each other, submit to each other, be devoted each other, and many other mutual tasks. This is biblical membership!

~ Rick Warren

The cliché is true: People don't care what we know until they know we care.

~ Rick Warren

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

The Christian life is more than just commitment to Christ, it includes a commitment to other Christians.

~ Rick Warren

What may appear as audacity God views as authenticity.

~ Rick Warren

Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy.

~ Rick Warren

Real security can only be found in that which can never be taken from you--your relationship with God.

~ Rick Warren

Self-worth and net worth are not the same.

~ Rick Warren

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

~ Rick Warren

You cannot fulfil God's purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans.

~ Rick Warren

Surrendering to God is not passive resignation, fatalism, or an excuse for laziness.

~ Rick Warren

Gossip is passing on information when you are neither part of the problem nor part of the solution.

~ Rick Warren

What gives me the most hope every day is God's grace; knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God.

~ Rick Warren

So I would say God hates war, but God loves every soldier.

~ Rick Warren

I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that it's the government's role to provide everything.

~ Rick Warren

History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it.

~ Rick Warren

The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven.

~ Rick Warren

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

You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.

~ Rick Warren

If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you're available.

~ Rick Warren

Now the only way you can serve God on earth is by serving others.

~ Rick Warren