Quotes from Rick Warren

It is usually meaningless work, not overwork, that wears us down, saps our strength, and robs our joy.

When you base your worth and identity on your relationship to Christ, you are freed from the expectations of others, and that allows you to really serve them best.

Surrendering is not repressing your personality. God wants to use your unique personality. Rather than its being diminished, surrendering enhances it. C. S. Lewis observed, "The more we let God take us over, the more truly ourselves we become — because he made us. He invented all the different people that you and I were intended to be…. It is when I turn to Christ, when I give up myself to His personality, that I first begin to have a real personality of my own.

Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time.

We never really own anything during our brief stay on earth. God just loans the earth to us while we're here. It was God's property before you arrived, and God will loan it to someone else after you die. You just get to enjoy it for a while.

So don't be troubled by trouble. Circumstances cannot change the character of God. God's grace is still in full force; he is still for you, even when you don't feel it. In

Knowing your purpose simplifies your life. It defines what you do and what you don't do. Your purpose becomes the standard you use to evaluate which activities are essential and which aren't. You simply ask, "Does this activity help me fulfill one of God's purposes for my life?

God's power is the key to any transformational change in our lives, including our health.

Use your whole body as a tool to do what is right for the glory of God.

Henri Nouwen said, "In order to be of service to others we have to die to them; that is, we have to give up measuring our meaning and value with the yardstick of others…. thus we become free to be compassionate." When you base your worth and identity on your relationship to Christ, you are freed from the expectations of others, and that allows you to really serve them best.

Las personas son más importantes que el dinero.

Living to create an earthly legacy is a shortsighted goal. A wiser use of time is to build an eternal legacy. You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.

Jesus said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:26).

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.

serving is the highest use of life

You have to trust God even when you don't get what you want.

It is a fatal mistake to assume that God's goal for your life is material prosperity or popular success, as the world defines it. The abundant life has nothing to do with material abundance, and faithfulness to God does not guarantee success in a career or even in ministry. Never focus on temporary crowns.13

The single best and easiest thing you can do for your health is to recalibrate your taste buds and learn to enjoy pure clean water.

Most people think of "vision" as the ability to see the future. But in today's rapidly changing world, vision is also the ability to accurately assess current changes and take advantage of them. Vision is being alert to opportunities.

Time is your most precious gift because you only have a set amount of it. You can make more money, but you can't make more time. When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back

The secret of effectiveness is to know what really counts, then do what really counts, and not worry about all the rest.

El mundo se va a ganar cuando el pueblo de Dios sea uno.

It doesn't matter what your age is, God will use you if you will begin to act and think like a servant.

Focus on their feelings, not the facts. Begin with sympathy, not solutions.