More from Rick Warren
While it is wise to learn from experience, it is wiser to learn from the experiences of others.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Living by faith isn’t living with certainty. It’s trusting God in spite of unanswered questions and unresolved doubts.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Not everything in this life has a happy ending, but this life is not the end of the story.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Without implementation, all of our Bible studies are worthless.
Rick WarrenRick Warren God doesn’t owe us an explanation for everything and actually what I’ve found is that explanations don’t comfort. What comforts is the presence of God, not the explanation of God.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Happy moments, PRAISE GOD Difficult moments, SEEK GOD Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD Painful moments, TRUST GOD Every moment, THANK GOD
Rick WarrenRick Warren Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.
Rick WarrenRick Warren I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that.
Rick WarrenRick Warren The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Never let an impossible situation intimidate you. Let it motivate you – to pray more, trust more, expect more.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Receiving, reading, researching, remembering, and reflecting on the Word of God are all useless if we fail to put what we learn into practice.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Racism is stupid. It’s an insult to God, arrogantly implying that God goofed-up when he chose to make us all different.
Rick WarrenRick Warren God accepts us unconditionally, and in his view we are all precious and priceless. Focus on this and you will not waste any time and effort trying to be someone you’re not.
Rick WarrenRick Warren We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Prayer is the greatest use of my words.
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I am the universe, and every possibility belongs to me.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell The only thing that changed about you is me.
Elaine HaysElaine Hays He is my heaven and my hell. Serving passion and poison with the same spoon, and i am a sucker for a taste.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney My mistakes tell me I am quite human, but my brief flashes of brilliance tell me I am divine, too.
Rachel WolchinRachel Wolchin She now finds solace in vanilla-scented daydreams, as her soul sings away in a musical symphony of humid breaths and well-favored smiles.
Megan LaoMegan Lao Some things won’t change-some things can’t.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry My blood is fifty percent alcohol the other half was you.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Darling, you don’t fear love, you fear of loving wrong.
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God is the Seed; The Universe is the Tree, Impulses and passions are the branches, Intelligence is the flower, Pure Consciousness is the fruit, Love is the sweetness in the fruit.
Sathya Sai BabaSathya Sai Baba The highest Hindu intellectual training was based on the practice of yoga, and produced, as its fruit, those marvellous philosophical systems, the six Darshanas and the Brahma Sutras, which are still the delight of scholars and the inspiration of occultists and mystics.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Time traveling through roots to birth healing fruit.
Melanie MartinezMelanie Martinez Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of Tawheed and reaping the fruits of righteous actions.
Ibn TaymiyyahIbn Taymiyyah He who lives upon the fruit of his own labor, escapes the contempt of haughty benefactors.
SaadiSaadi Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.
Sojourner TruthSojourner Truth There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow.
Martin LutherMartin Luther