Why would God provide heaven on earth when he's planned the real thing for you in eternity?

— Rick Warren

Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.

— Rick Warren

Work becomes worship when you dedicate it to God and perform it with an awareness of his presence.

— Rick Warren

You also know you’re surrendered when you don’t react to criticism and rush to defend yourself. Surrendered hearts show up best in relationships. You don’t edge others out, you don’t demand your rights, and you aren’t self-serving when you’re surrendered.

— Rick Warren

You cannot arrive at your life’s purpose by starting with a focus on yourself. You must begin with God, your Creator. Furthermore, you exist only because God wills that you exist. Furthermore, you were made by God and for God – and until you understand that, life will never make sense. It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.

— Rick Warren

You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.

— Rick Warren

You cannot fulfil God's purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans.

— Rick Warren

You didn’t create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for! If I handed you an invention you had never seen before, you wouldn’t know its purpose, and the invention itself wouldn’t be able to tell you either. Only the creator or the owner’s manual could reveal its purpose.

— Rick Warren

You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

— Rick Warren

You drift through life and let things happen to you, or go by design and say, 'This is what I'm intended to do.'

— Rick Warren