Quotes from Rick Warren

If you would like to increase the amount of happiness you experience in life, here is one of the secrets: learn to enjoy the successes and joys of others.

What do you have that God hasn't given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you have accomplished something on your own?

Every parent knows that delayed obedience is really disobedience.

Remember, you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.

You cannot keep yourself from talking about what you care about most. Jesus said, "A man's heart determines his speech.

The most difficult area to surrender for many people is their money.

Point to Ponder: If there were no God, and everything was a result of random chance, there would be no purpose to your life. It all starts with God.

It seems we are often guilty of being more interested in defending God's Word than in studying it.

POINT TO PONDER: I'm as close to God as I choose to be.

here is the good news, the truth that will set you free: You don't need their approval to be happy! So let it go! Stop wasting emotional energy on something that is never going to happen and something that isn't necessary for you to be happy. They are miserable, but you don't have to be. There is no sane reason for both of you to be miserable!

This is the paradox: victory comes through surrender. Surrender doesn't weaken you; it strengthens you. Surrendered to God, you don't have to fear or surrender to anything else.

You cannot make God stop loving you, because his love is based on who he is, not what you do. It is based on his character, not your conduct.