Quotes from Rick Warren

Great leaders genuinely care for and love the people they lead more than they love leading itself.

The Bible teaches that we are to love people and use money, but we often get that reversed and you start loving money and using people to get more money. Money is simply a tool to be used for good.

We always get into trouble when we doubt God's love, because when we don't trust him, we don't obey him.

The only reason you can love God or anybody else is because God first loved you. And he showed that love by sending Jesus Christ to Earth to die for you.

As a Christian, you can enjoy life because your conscience is clear. You can enjoy life because you are secure within God's love.

I'm not getting to heaven on my integrity. I'm not getting to heaven on my goodness.

I just think the Internet has made us ruder.

Jesus said, "I am the way to heaven." I'm betting that he's not a liar. I'm betting that he told the truth.

Ever feel like God is a million miles away? The truth is, he's not. Whatever struggle you're going through, you can rest assured you're not alone. You have God in your corner.

The truth is, almost everything we do is done poorly when we first start doing it – that's how we learn.

I believe that - love is a choice. I believe that we love, that if I'm forced to love you then I don't know that I've really loved you.

Every temptation is an offer to doubt God's love and wisdom.

When the Bible speaks of God's love for us and the kind of love we are to have for him and for other people, the word is always apage, signifying a commitment to act.

You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.

The first step to becoming what God made you to be is to stop worrying about what others want you to be.

Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.

Delays are as much a part of God plan as answered prayers. God wants you to trust him.

The actual number of atheists is quite small outside of Europe and Manhattan.

You are loved by the One who knows you best. God's love will never disappoint you and never give up on you.

Don't worry about what you don't have if you do have faith!

God wanted us to choose to love him.

Lust is raw selfishness. It's all about my wants, my needs, my pleasure. Most love songs are actually lust songs.

The fact is, you can say you love God and sing that you trust God and put him first, but your checkbook is where you can show just how much God's grace means to you.

Every church is flawed. Still, you'd better learn to love it since it's the only group Jesus said he's taking to Heaven.