Quotes from Rick Warren

The most common myth about money is that having more will make me more secure. It won't. Wealth can be lost instantly through a variety of uncontrollable factors. Real security can only be found in that which can never be taken from you — your relationship with God.

This is what God wants most from you: a relationship!

I expect God to use me, not because of who I am but because of who Jesus is. Not because of what I've done, but because of what Jesus has done.

Prayer lets you speak to God; meditation lets God speak to you. Both are essential to becoming a friend of God.

Every day is an important day, and every second is a growth opportunity to deepen your character, to demonstrate love, or to depend on God.

Life is a struggle, but what most people don't realize is that our struggle, like Jacob's, is really a struggle with God! We want to be God, and there's no way we are going to win that struggle.

Without faith it is impossible to please God.

Martin Luther said, "You cannot keep birds from flying over your head but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair." You can't keep the Devil from suggesting thoughts, but you can choose not to dwell or act on them.

Most important, you must learn to love lost people the way God does.

Living the rest of your life for the glory of God will require a change in your priorities, your schedule, your relationships, and everything else.

Knowing and loving God is our greatest privilege, and being known and loved is God's greatest pleasure.

As so many people in the Bible did, tell God exactly how you feel.

If perfection was a requirement for friendship with God, we would never be able to be his friends. Fortunately, because of God's grace, Jesus is still the "friend of sinners.

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

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.

Every time you try to block a thought out of your mind, you drive it deeper into your memory. By resisting it, you actually reinforce it.

To discover you purpose in life you must turn to God's Word, not the world's wisdom. You must build your life on eternal truths, not pop psychology, success-motivation, or inspirational stories.

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. It wasn't in spite of his greatness that he did these things, but because of it, and he expects us to follow his example.

God does not play dice. ALBERT EINSTEIN

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.

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

Gratitude asks, "Why me? Why do I get all that I have?

La cualidad esencial para el liderazgo no es la perfección, sino la credibilidad.

IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU. The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It's far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions. If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.