A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life. Rick Warren More Quotes by Rick Warren More Quotes From Rick Warren Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test... You will be tested by major changes, delayed promises, impossible problems, unanswered prayers, undeserved criticism, and even senseless tragedies. Rick Warren prayercharacterpromise Life minus love equals zero. Rick Warren purpose-driven-lifeminuszero You don't bring glory or pleasure to God by hiding your abilities or by trying to be someone else. You only bring him enjoyment by being you. Rick Warren christiantryingreligion If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego. You were designed to worship God and if you fail to worship Him, you will create other things (idols) to give your life to. You are free to choose, what you surrender to but you are not free from the consequence of that choice. Rick Warren prideidolsgiving Start today by practicing constant conversation with God and continual mediation on his Word. Prayer lets you speak to God; mediation lets God speak to you. Rick Warren prayerchristianletting-go I invite you to bow your head and quietly whisper the prayer that will change your eternity: Jesus I believe in you and I receive you. Rick Warren prayerbelievejesus God teaches us to love by putting some unlovely people around us. Rick Warren one-linechristianpeople Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God. Rick Warren servant-of-godcareersreality Little people belittle people. Great people make people feel great. Rick Warren belittlelittlespeople To make the best use of your life, you must never forget two truths: First, compared with eternity, life is extremely brief. Second, earth is only a temporary residence. You won't be here long, so don't get too attached. Rick Warren usetwolong If you want your life to have impact, focus it! Stop dabbling. Stop trying to do it all. Do less. Prune away even good activities and do only that which matters most. Never confuse activity with productivity. You can be busy without a purpose, but what's the point? Rick Warren impactfocustrying Failure isn't a character quality. It's just an event. How you respond to failure is your character. Rick Warren qualityeventscharacter Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever. Rick Warren time-on-eartheyeforever Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose. Rick Warren purposeuseletting-go 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. Rick Warren painhelping-othersuse The more you care about the powerless, the more power you have. The more you serve those with no influence, the more influence God gives you. The more you humble yourself, the more you're honored by others. Rick Warren carehumblegiving You are not an accident. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He wanted you alive and created you for a purpose. Focusing on yourself will never reveal your real purpose. You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense. Only in God do we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance and our destiny. Rick Warren destinyparentreal Without the grace of Jesus: a hopeless end. With the grace of Jesus: an endless hope. Rick Warren hopelessgracejesus Wearing a mask wears you out. Faking it is fatiguing. The most exhausting activity is pretending to be what you know you aren't. Rick Warren wearing-a-maskcoachingpositivity The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose. Rick Warren purpose-driven-lifetragedypurpose
