While it is wise to learn from experience, it is wiser to learn from the experiences of others.
RICK WARRENPeople are interested by talent. God is impressed by character
More Rick Warren Quotes
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Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It’s a journey of discovery – there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair.
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If you prayed as much as you worry, you’d have nothing to worry about.
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Telling others how they can have eternal life is the greatest thing you can do for them.
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Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits.
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People may refuse our love or reject our message, but they are defenseless against our prayers.
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God doesn’t intend for you to handle all the pain and stress in your life by yourself. We were wired for each other. We need each other.
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The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.
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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.
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A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right and evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority.
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Surrender is not the best way to live; it is the only way to live. Nothing else works.
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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.
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Little people belittle people. Great people make people feel great.
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In God’s garden of grace, even broken trees bear fruit…
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If you try to serve people, it impresses them. If you try to impress people it irritates them.
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God is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.
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Remember how far you’ve come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.
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Forgiveness is a gift we give ourselves that allows us to get on with our lives instead of being trapped in the past by resentment.
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Not everything in this life has a happy ending, but this life is not the end of the story.
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In deep pain, people don’t need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up.
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Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.
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Since God intends to make you like Jesus, he will take you through the same experiences Jesus went through. That includes loneliness, temptation, stress, criticism, rejection, and many other problems.
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Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.
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Never let an impossible situation intimidate you. Let it motivate you – to pray more, trust more, expect more.
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Prayer is the greatest use of my words.
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Most of the time, it’s your thinking, not your talent, that holds you back.
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Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.
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