Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What On Earth Am I Here For? Quotes
Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.
We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.
Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.
Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy.
Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record.
You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.
Your wisest moments will be those when you say yes to God.
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.
You cannot fulfil God's purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans.
As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven's list.
Those who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment.
Living to create an earthly legacy is a short-sighted goal.
Fellowship is a place of grace, where mistakes aren't rubbed in but rubbed out. Fellowship happens when mercy wins over justice.
The key to friendship with God, he said, is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude toward what you do.
In Eden, worship was not an event to attend, but a perpetual attitude.
Self-worth and net worth are not the same.
Why would God provide heaven on earth when he's planned the real thing for you in eternity?
While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow. God views our lives from and for eternity, so he is never in a hurry.
To make the most of your life, you must keep the vision of eternity continually in your mind and the value of it in your heart.
The cliché is true: People don't care what we know until they know we care.
What may appear as audacity God views as authenticity.
Real security can only be found in that which can never be taken from you--your relationship with God.
Gossip is passing on information when you are neither part of the problem nor part of the solution.
Surrendering to God is not passive resignation, fatalism, or an excuse for laziness.
You exist only because God wills that you exist.
Impression without expression causes depression. Study without service leads to spiritual stagnation.
Don't indulge your ego at the expense of your soul.
It is not always convenient or comfortable, and sometimes worship is a sheer act of the will--a willing sacrifice.
We can worship God imperfectly, but we cannot worship him insincerely.
Work becomes worship when you dedicate it to God and perform it with an awareness of his presence.
Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye...
Repetition is the mother of character and skill.
You must make a counter-culture decision to focus on becoming more like Jesus. Otherwise, other forces like peers, parents, coworkers, and culture will try to mold you into their image.
Every time you try to block a thought out of your mind, you drive it deeper into your memory. By resisting it, you actually reinforce it.
Knowledge increases responsibility.