Quotes from Rick Warren

Repetition is the mother of character and skill.

God has never made a person he didn't love. Everybody matters to him.

Most men lead lives of aimless distraction.

What are you doing personally to make your church family more warm and loving? There are many people in your community who are looking for love and a place to belong. The truth is, everyone needs and wants to be loved, and when people find a church where members genuinely love and care for each other, you would have to lock the doors to keep them away.

You can use your time to build bridges or walls.The latter is not only unChristlike, it limits impact & creates loneliness.

Holocaust survivor Corrie Ten Boom said, "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.

Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason. Without a purpose, life is trivial, petty, and pointless.

We're always just one decision away from disaster. When you lack wisdom,ask God who gives generously to all.James1:5

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." 2 CORINTHIANS 4:18

It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ, … he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone. EPHESIANS 1:11

God's purpose is not limited by your past.

It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.

If you are serious about changing your life, you are going to have to get into the Bible.

When you think about a problem over and over in your mind, that's called worry. When you think about God's Word over and over in your mind, that's meditation. If you know how to worry, you already know how to meditate! You just need to switch your attention from your problems to Bible verses. The more you meditate on God's Word, the less you will have to worry about.

Character is both developed and revealed by test and all of life is a test.

If you would like to increase the amount of happiness you experience in life, here is one of the secrets: learn to enjoy the successes and joys of others.

What do you have that God hasn't given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you have accomplished something on your own?

Every parent knows that delayed obedience is really disobedience.

Remember, you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.

You cannot keep yourself from talking about what you care about most. Jesus said, "A man's heart determines his speech.

The most difficult area to surrender for many people is their money.

Point to Ponder: If there were no God, and everything was a result of random chance, there would be no purpose to your life. It all starts with God.

It seems we are often guilty of being more interested in defending God's Word than in studying it.

POINT TO PONDER: I'm as close to God as I choose to be.