Rick Warren Purpose Quotations

Your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.

You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.

If you want to find your purpose in life, find your wound.

You drift through life and let things happen to you, or go by design and say, 'This is what I'm intended to do.' The Bible is very clear that God has a purpose. But even if I know that purpose, I can't fulfill it if I'm out of shape.

The purpose of your life fits into a much larger, cosmic purpose that God has designed for eternity.

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

God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.

You must begin with God.

Knowing your purpose gives meaning to your life.

The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.

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

Never confuse activity with productivity.

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

Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.

The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence." (Pr.31:8) It's not about you.

A disciple is one who thinks, feels and acts like Jesus Christ. It is being conformed to the image of Christ as Romans 8:28-29 states-that God's No.1 purpose in our lives is to make us like Jesus.

We are created for community, fashioned for fellowship, and formed for a family, and none of us can fulfill God's purposes by ourselves.

Absolutely nothing will revitalize a discouraged church faster than rediscovering it's purpose.

Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason.

Life minus love equals zero.

The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.

After learning to love God (worship), learning to love others is the second purpose of your life.

If you want to know why you were jplaced on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.

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

Real life begins by committing yourself completely to Jesus Christ.

If you have felt hopeless, hold on! Wonderful changes are going to happen in your life as you begin to live it on purpose.

In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal.

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 only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve.

Life is a gift... Life is a test... Life is temporary assignment....

You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.

If you're alive, there's a purpose for your life.

Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose.

The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.

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.

When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back.Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time

Jesus modeled a purpose-driven life, and he taught others how to live it, too. That was the 'work' that brought glory to God.

I believe that the purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence. And fame is not for our own benefit, or notoriety is not for our own benefit, it's for leverage to do good.

There is an entire generation who was too young to read 'The Purpose Driven Life' 10 years ago but are now asking the critical question, 'What on earth am I here for?'

God's purpose is greater than our problems, our pain and even our sin.

Will we fulfill God's purpose, or will we shrink back and live a comfortable, self-centered life?

Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose.

We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.

The Bible is clear that God considers 40 days a spiritually significant time period. Whenever God wanted to prepare someone for his purposes, he took 40 days...

Time is your most precious gift, because you only have a set amount of it.