Quotes from Rick Warren

Sacrifice is the essence of love, which is the essence of God.

AIDS is the leprosy of the 21st Century. Where did Jesus hang out? With lepers. Jesus would love on people with AIDS.

I don't care whether you're Baptist, Buddhist, Mormon, Methodist, Jewish, Muslim, or no religion at all. Jesus Christ still loves you. You still matter to God.

God does not want you to become a God; he wants you to become godly - taking on his values, attitudes, and character.

Some people want tolerance to mean now that all ideas are equally valid. That's nonsense. There are some things that are right and there are some things that are wrong.

Your abilities are the map to God's will for your life. It points the direction. When you know what you're good at, then you can know what God wants you to do with your life.

There's not a person on earth that God doesn't love, but God wants us to learn to love him back.

The church that doesn't want to grow is saying to the world, "go to hell."

God didnt put you on earth just to read about what others do. He made you TO DO some things others will want to read about!

Everybody wants confidence but you don't find it in self help books. You find confidence in the Holy Spirit.

We're going to worship in eternity. So what does God want me to do while we're here on earth? Practice. Practice worshipping.

You know a multicolor God who created this world is not going to put us in a white heaven. I guarantee you. But we're going to serve Him in heaven. So what does God want us to do? Practice.

The death of my own son has made me more sensitive. It's made me more compassionate.

There's a Grand Designer behind everything. Your life is not a result of random chance, fate, or luck. There is a master plan. History is His story. God is pulling the strings.

My ultimate goal... is for you to live the life you're intended to live.

Kindness always starts with noticing the needs and hurts of others.

In our final moments we all realize that relationships are what life is all about. Wisdom is learning that truth sooner rather than later.

The most desired gift of love is not diamonds or roses or chocolate. It's focused attention.

I'm against redefining marriage historically 5,000 years... because then it'll be re-defined. What if it's between a brother and a sister?

God's Word is your owner's manual for life. It contains principles for health, finance, marriage, other relationships, business, and much more.

If there was more courting in marriage, there'd be fewer marriages in court. Date your mate. Today.

Marriage doesn't create problems. It reveals them. You bring unresolved stuff into it.

Our hope is not in the man we put in the White House but in the Man we put on the Cross.

We don't praise God to feel good, but to do good.