Quotes from Rick Warren

Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He was not at all surprised by your birth. In fact, he expected it.

Knowing your purpose gives meaning to your life.

Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.Life just has to go on!

the moment you stop learning, you stop leading.

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.

God is never in a hurry, but he is always on time.

You can't grow strong without resistance.

You must begin with God.

Your wisest moments will be those when you say yes to God.

Hiding your hurt only intensifies it. Problems grow in the dark and become bigger and bigger, but when exposed to the light of truth, they shrink. You are only as sick as your secrets. So take off your mask, stop pretending you're perfect, and walk into freedom.

Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.

Knowing your purpose motivates your life.

You didn't create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for.

We're not completely happy here because we're not supposed to be!

In all my travels, I've never seen a country's population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda.

You're only as sick as your secrets.

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!

Love should be your top priority, primary objective, and greatest ambition. Love is not a good part of your life; it's the most important part. The Bible says, "Let love be your greatest aim.

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!

A truly free society protects all faiths, and true faith protects a free society.

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

Grief is a good thing. It's the way we get through the transitions of life.

In Eden, worship was not an event to attend, but a perpetual attitude.

The way you see your life shapes your life.