Great Inspirational Quotes from The Author of "The Purpose Driven Life" Rick Warren
Change always starts in your mind. The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel influences the way you act.
God is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.
Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test.
Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits.
Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.
What happens outwardly in your life is not as important as what happens inside you. Your circumstances are temporary, but your character will last forever.
God is far more interested in what you are than who you are.
What happens outwardly in your life is not as important as what happens inside you. Your circumstances are temporary, but your character will last forever.
A non-serving Christian is a contradiction in terms.
Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.
Fear is a self imposed prison that will keep you from becoming what God intends for you to be. You must move against it with the weapons of faith and love.
Self worth and net worth are not the same.
God never does anything accidentally, and he never makes mistakes.
God's purpose is greater than our problems, our pain and even our sin.
God never wastes anything.
God specializes in giving people a fresh start.
Possessions only provide temporary happiness.
Jesus did not die on the cross just so we could live comfortable, well adjusted lives. His purpose is far deeper: He wants to make us like himself before he takes us to heaven. This is our greatest privilege, our immediate responsibility, and our ultimate destiny.
God does not want you to become a Go; he wants you to become godly - taking on his values, attitudes, and character.
The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.
Many of our trouble occur because we base our choices on unreliable authorities; culture ("everyone is doing it"), tradition ("we've always done it"), reason ("it seems logical"), or emotion ("it just felt right").
Integrity is built by defeating the temptation to be dishonest; humility grows when we refuse to be prideful; and endurance develops every time you reject the temptation to give up.
Life on earth is a temporary assignment.
Just as the nine months you spent in your mother's womb were not an end in themselves but preparation for life, so this life is preparation for the next.
Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose.
Never forget that life is not about you! You exist for God's purposes, not vise versa.
The smile of God is the goal of your life.
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.
The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.
Time is your most precious gift, because you only have a set amount of it.
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.
Because God is love, the most important lesson he wants you to learn on earth is how to love
For instance, God teaches us to love by putting some unlovely people around us. It takes no character to love people who are lovely and loving to you.
Don't waste your pain; use it to help others.
Your greatest ministry will most likely come out of your greatest hurt.
It is never to late to start growing.
Becoming like Christ is a long, slow process of growth.
The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short-term thinking.
Pride builds walls between people, humility builds bridges.
Don't ever try to argue with the Devil.
The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.
God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: 'Use me.'
Never confuse activity with productivity.
Since God intends to make you like Jesus, he will take you through the same experiences Jesus went through. That includes loneliness, temptation, stress, criticism, rejection, and many other problems.
There is no growth without change, no change without fear or loss and no loss without pain.
Every time Satan suggested a temptation, Jesus countered by quoting Scripture.
Every time you defeat a temptation, you become more like Jesus!
Temptation always starts in your mind, not in circumstances.
While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow.
Your most profound and intimate experiences of worship will likely be in your darkest days - when your heart is broken, when you feel abandoned, when your out of options, when the pain is great - and you turn to God alone.
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