Quotes from Rick Warren

We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.

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.

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.

To discover you purpose in life you must turn to God's Word, not the world's wisdom. You must build your life on eternal truths, not pop psychology, success-motivation, or inspirational stories.

Jesus specialized in menial tasks that everyone else tried to avoid: washing feet, helping children, fixing breakfast, and serving lepers. Nothing was beneath him, because he came to serve. It wasn't in spite of his greatness that he did these things, but because of it, and he expects us to follow his example.

The easiest way to discover the purpose of an invention is to ask the creator of it. The same is true for discovering your life's purpose: Ask God.

Gossip is passing on information when you are neither part of the problem nor part of the solution.

Gratitude asks, "Why me? Why do I get all that I have?

IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU. The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It's far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions. If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.

Repetition is the mother of character and skill.

God has never made a person he didn't love. Everybody matters to him.

Most men lead lives of aimless distraction.