998 Quotes by Rick Warren

Only in hindsight do we understand how God intended a problem for good.

There is nothing quite as potent as a focused life, one lived on purpose.

When a human body is out of balance we call that disease.... Likewise, when the body of Christ becomes unbalanced, disease occurs.... Health will occur only when everything is brought back into balance. The task of church leadership is to discover and remove growth-restricting diseases and barriers so that natural, normal growth can occur.

Help us, oh God, to remember that we are Americans. United not by race or religion or by blood, but to our commitment to freedom and justice for all. When we focus on ourselves, when we fight each other, when we forget you, forgive us.

I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that.

We are not saved by good works; we are saved for good works. The Christian lifestyle is to be a lifestyle of goodness.

Humility is not denying your strengths, humility is being honest about your weaknesses.

Great people are just ordinary people with an extraordinary amount of determination. They simply don't know how to quit. They just keep on 'keepin' on'.

If an organ is somehow severed from its body, it will shrivel and die. It cannot exist on its own, and neither can you. Disconnected and cut off from the lifeblood of a local body, your spiritual life will wither and eventually cease to exist.