It’s not about you. The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It's far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions. If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.

— Rick Warren

Knowledge increases responsibility.

— Rick Warren

Living to create an earthly legacy is a short-sighted goal.

— Rick Warren

Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving for the ideal is complacency. Maturity is living with the tension.

— Rick Warren

Many of your relationship problems are not really relationship problems. They're personal problems that spill over into relationships.

— Rick Warren

Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye...

— Rick Warren

Most people don't realize, I really have no faith in politics. I'm not a politician. If I thought you could change human hearts by laws, I would, but I don't.

— Rick Warren

Now the only way you can serve God on earth is by serving others.

— Rick Warren

Only secure people can serve. Insecure people are always worrying about how they appear to others. They fear exposure of their weaknesses and hide beneath layers of protective pride and pretensions. The more insecure you are, the more you will want people to serve you, and the more you will need their approval.

— Rick Warren

Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy.

— Rick Warren