True greatness,true leadership,is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you. True service… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
If the world is to hear the church's voice today, leaders are needed who are authoritative, spiritual, and sacrificial. Sacrificial, because this… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
It is obvious that Paul did not regard prayer as supplemental, but as fundamental-not something to be added to his work but… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Often the crowd does not recognize a leader until he has gone, and then they build a monument for him with the… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
True leaders must be willing to suffer for the sake of objectives great enough to demand their wholehearted obedience. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Leaders who want to show sensitivity should listen often and long and talk short and seldom. Many so-called leaders are too busy… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
A leader is only able to lead others because he disciplines himself. The person who does not know how to bow to… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
To be a leader in the Church has always required strength and faith beyond the merely human. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
A leader is a person who has learned to obey a discipline imposed from without, and has then taken on a more… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Are you responsibly optimistic? Pessimism and leadership do not mix. Leaders are positively visionary. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
The spiritual leader will choose the hidden path of sacrificial service and approval of the Lord over the flamboyant self-advertising of the… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Will the leader reflect the ugliness of egotism or the transfigured glory of Christ the Lord? — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a self made spiritual leader. He is able to influence others spiritually only because the Spirit… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
God prepares leaders with a specific place and task in mind. Training methods are adapted to the mission, and natural and spiritual… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
The spiritual leader should outpace the rest of the church, above all, in prayer. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
The final estimate of men shows that history cares not an iota for the rank or title a man has borne, or the office… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
It is conceivable that God might have ordained to preach the Gospel directly to man through dreams, visions and revelations. But as a matter… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Jesus drank a cup of wrath without mercy, that we might drink a cup of mercy without wrath. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
True greatness,true leadership,is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you. True service is never… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Vision involves optimism and hope. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. The pessimist tends to hold… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
God is always at work, though we cannot see it, preparing people he has chosen for leadership. When the crisis comes, God fits His… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
If you would rather pick a fight than solve a problem, do not consider leading the church — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Ambition that centers on the glory of God and welfare of the church is a mighty force for good. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
“When we measure ourselves by the life of Jesus, who humbled Himself on the cross, we are overwhelmed with the shabbiness, even the vileness,… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Sacrifice is the ecstasy of giving the best we have to the One we love most. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
