Rick Warren
American pastor and author, founder of Saddleback Church, born 1954
21 quotes.
Quotes by Rick Warren
- A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority.
- Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.
- Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.
- Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.
- If God only used perfect people, He would have no one to use.
- If you don't live by priorities, you'll live by pressures. Either you determine what's important in life or other people will determine it for you.
- If you prayed as much as you worry, you'd have nothing to worry about.
- Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them.
- Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose.
- Living by faith isn't living with certainty. It's trusting God in spite of unanswered questions and unresolved doubts.
- Maturity is when you live your life by your commitments, not by your feelings.
- Never let an impossible situation intimidate you. Let it motivate you - to pray more, trust more, expect more.
- Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go.
- The first step to becoming what God made you to be is to stop worrying about what others want you to be.
- The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.
- The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.
- The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.
- To begin loving people today, we must close the door on the past. And that cannot happen without forgiveness! Forgive those who have hurt you - for your sake, not because they deserve it.
- We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.
- 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
- The more you pray, the less you'll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You'll feel more patient and less pressured.