Quotes from Rick Warren

Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy.

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 ministry. Never focus on temporary crowns.

Surrender . . .sacrificing my life or suffering in order to change what needs to be changed

As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven's list.

Familiarity breeds complacency.

God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.

The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.

Then Jesus changed the situation. When he paid for our sins on the cross, the veil in the temple that symbolized our separation from God was split from top to bottom, indicating that direct access to God was once again available.

You are as close to God as you choose to be.

If God only used perfect people, nohting would get done. God will use anybody if you're available.

You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.

At first opposites attract. Then opposites attack.

The key to friendship with God, he said, is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude toward what you do.

When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time.

While it is wise to learn from experience, it is wiser to learn from the experiences of others.

We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve, not to sit around and wait for heaven.

Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.

When God wants to make a mushroom, he does it overnight, but when He wants to make a giant oak, He takes a hundred years. Great souls are grown through struggles and storms and seasons of suffering. Be patient with the process.

You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

God never does anything accidentally...

Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make.

The deepest level of worship is praising God inspite of pain, trusting Him during a trial, surrendering while suffering, and loving Him when He seems distant.

You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.

Maturity is produced through relationships and community.