Rick Warren
Rick Warren
Richard Duane "Rick" Warrenis an American evangelical Christian pastor and author. He is the founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church, an evangelical megachurch in Lake Forest, California, that is the eighth-largest church in the United States. He is also a bestselling author of many Christian books, including his guide to church ministry and evangelism, The Purpose Driven Church, which has spawned a series of conferences on Christian ministry and evangelism. He is perhaps best known for the subsequent book...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 January 1954
CitySan Jose, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.
Self worth and net worth are not the same.
Never confuse activity with productivity.
Every time you defeat a temptation, you become more like Jesus!
What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it.
There is nothing quite as potent as a focused life, one lived on purpose.
We're not completely happy here because we're not supposed to be!
Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.
Willpower can produce short-term change, but it creates constant internal stress because you haven't dealt with the root cause.
Fellowship is a place of grace, where mistakes aren't rubbed in but rubbed out. Fellowship happens when mercy wins over justice.
The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence." (Pr.31:8) It's not about you.
Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.
Resentment always hurts you more than the person you resent.
Leadership is neither showmanship nor dictatorship. Leadership is a stewardship and a partnership.