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Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.

— Rick Warren The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (2002)

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

The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (2002)

Worry is really just a form of atheism. Every time you worry, you’re acting like an atheist. You’re saying, “It all depends on me.” That’s just not in the Bible.

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...

The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (2002)

It's all for him.
The ultimate goal of the universe is to show the glory of God. It is the reason for everything that exists, including you. God made it all for his glory. Without God's glory, there would be nothing.

The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (2002)

HALF of America pays NO taxes. Zero. So they’re happy for tax rates to be raised on the other half that DOES pay any taxes.

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Modesty is an unnatural attitude, and one which is only with difficulty taught to children.

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