Rick Warren Quotes

Life always take on the character of its motive.

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

I've never been here to simply compete.

We need both to aspire and accomplish. Without a vision for your life, without a sense of purpose, you will begin to die a slow death.

Character is the one thing we make in this world and take with us into the next.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

All these people who say success changes people; well, no, it just magnifies what's there.

My old coach used to say that if you were in it for the match, if you were in it for the trophies, you were in it for the wrong reasons.

Money motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. It can move the body and influence the mind, but it cannot touch the heart or move the spirit; that is reserved for belief, principle, and morality.

All action is for the sake of some end; and rules of action, it seems natural to suppose, must take their whole character and color from the end to which they are subservient.

Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture.

Spirituality lies in what you do and how you do it and not what result you get.

I'm a spiritual person.

It's not about the money with me.

Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing - where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger; which he knows he was meant and made to do.

I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.

My driving force is spirituality.

There is nothing specific we have to believe in order to have moral and spiritual lives.

Believe in something larger than yourself.

Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night

I'm here now because of my faith. That's what got me singing and what has kept me singing. That is what I have: what has kept me doing right and has provided me with the chances and the attitude and the skills to do this.

People don't want to just make stuff. They want to make stuff with purpose.

If I lose touch with that... the reason why I act... then I'll leave it all. I don't do it for fame or money.

I do have a sense of spirituality.

Be motivated by something beyond simply money or glory.