The most essential quality for leadership is not perfection but credibility. People must be able to trust you. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Love leaves legacy. How you treated other people, not your wealth or accomplishments, is the most enduring impact you can leave on… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
If you try to serve people, it impresses them. If you try to impress people it irritates them. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
People are always more encouraged when we share how God's grace helped us in weakness than when we brag about our strengths. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
God is at work in the world, and He wants you to join Him…You are the only Christian some people will ever… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
We're a nation of laws, but the good thing about America, is that laws reside in the people and people can change… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you're available. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
I know that I am floating on the benefit of other people. I do not deserve the blessings that I've gotten. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
If you want God to bless you and use you greatly, you must be willing to walk with a limp the rest… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Most people don't realize, I really have no faith in politics. I'm not a politician. If I thought you could change human… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
The Bible teaches that we are to love people and use money, but we often get that reversed and you start loving… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
And you know, when you've experienced grace and you feel like you've been forgiven, you're a lot more forgiving of other people.… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
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… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
The heart of the issue is an issue of the heart. And that's why I'm a pastor, not a politician. Because I… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Three enemies that will weaken your ministry over time: Self-indulgence, bitterness, and carelessness. Strong people discipline their desires, restrain their reactions, and… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
You must match your music to the kind of people God wants your church to reach… The music you use 'positions' your… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
There are many different kinds of doubt. When we doubt the future, we call it worry. When doubt other people we call… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
I think vision is highly overrated today. I think what really blesses a ministry is, if you want the power of God… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
There aren't enough professionals to solve the world's problems. There will never be enough doctors to solve the health problems of the… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
I do not believe God is responsible for my sins, some people may. But I believe that my own weaknesses are father-filtered… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
God has given us a gift in Jesus Christ. And people don't understand: it's for our benefit. One of the things that… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
If you're losing the battle against a persistent bad habit, an addiction, or a temptation, and you're stuck in a repeating cycle… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
I do believe in what I call the stewardship of influence as well as the stewardship of affluence. And that is you… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
I have done political things, I couldn't care less about politics. I have zero interest in politics, really. They don't allure me.… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Great leaders genuinely care for and love the people they lead more than they love leading itself. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Building friendships with people from dissimilar backgrounds and diverse perspectives will make you wiser and more creative. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
He (God) usually prefers to work through people rather than perform miracles, so that we will depend on each other for fellowship. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Christians ought to have a reputation for being the most dependable people at work. They are always aware of who their true… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
The goal of 'The Purpose Driven Life' is to help people develop a heart for the world. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Many people are reluctant to show mercy because they don't understand the difference between trust and forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Great people are just ordinary people with an extraordinary amount of determination. They simply don't know how to quit. They just keep… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Biblical convictions are essential for spiritual growth and maturity. What is ironic today is that people often have strong convictions about weak… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
God hates loneliness, and community is God's answer to loneliness. When we walk alongside other people, we find a community where we… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
It is impossible to do everything people want you to do. You have just enough time to do God’s will. If you… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
I spend most of my time speaking to people who totally disagree with me. I speak to gays, I speak to atheists,… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
He created the church to meet your five deepest needs: a purpose to live for, people to live with, principles to live… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
The world is always changed by people who don't listen to conventional wisdom. I think we often set our goals too small… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Many people, especially men, feel it is an admission of weakness to ask for help or to express a need. But there… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
God uses his Word, people and circumstances to mold us. All three are indispensable for character development. God's word provides the truth… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Change always starts in your mind. The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel influences the way you… — Rick Warren Copy Share
If Jesus is king in heaven then the Kingdom of God is in heaven. If Jesus is king, reign on earth then the Kingdom… — Rick Warren Copy Share
“The Bible says, “You must make allowance for each other’s faults and forgive the person who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so… — Rick Warren Copy Share
If it grows on a plant, it's healthy. If it's made in a plant, don't eat it. — Rick Warren Copy Share
When you jump across a canyon, cautious small steps and vacillation won't work. Sometimes you just have to go for it. — Rick Warren Copy Share
We often miss hearing God's voice simply because we aren't paying attention. — Rick Warren Copy Share
Law is downstream from culture. By the time you make a law about something, you're reacting, not acting. I'd rather shape the culture. — Rick Warren Copy Share
“If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you’ll be… — Rick Warren Copy Share
It is mind-boggling to me that the Almighty power created everything I see; the Bible says that God created the entire universe just so… — Rick Warren Copy Share
The role of the church and the government are fundamentally different. The church must always show compassion - always. — Rick Warren Copy Share
“but it does mean God is able to redeem any and all situations and use them for his own good.” — Rick Warren Copy Share
Well actually I don't think it's a bunch of bad things that send us to hell. I think it is rejection of God's grace. — Rick Warren Copy Share
