People of vision gauge decisions on the future; the story of the past cannot be rewritten. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocrity is the price of never getting tired. — 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
God is always at work, though we cannot see it, preparing people he has chosen for leadership. When the crisis comes, God… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of… — 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
To be a leader in the Church has always required strength and faith beyond the merely human. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
If those who hold influence over others fail to lead toward the spiritual uplands, then surely the path to the lowlands will… — 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
Are you responsibly optimistic? Pessimism and leadership do not mix. Leaders are positively visionary. — 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
Vision involves optimism and hope. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. The pessimist tends… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Pride takes many forms, but spiritual pride is the most grievous. To become proud of spiritual gifts or leadership position is to… — 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
The man of leadership caliber will work while others waste time, study while others sleep, pray while others play. There will be… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
“Despite his success as a missionary and leader, Paul was never without a wholesome, watchful fear that he himself might be disqualified… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Often truly authoritative leadership falls on someone who years earlier dedicated themselves to practice the discipline of seeking first the kingdom of… — 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
We can lead others only as far along the road as we ourselves have traveled. merely pointing the way is not enough.… — 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
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 done "as God wants.' then leadership will surely include intercessory prayer. The saintly Bishop Azariah of India once remarked to Bishop… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
We are not responsible for our endowments or natural abilities, but we are responsible for the strategic use of time. — 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
True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you. — 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
Our problem is not too little time, but making better use of the time we have. Each of us has as much… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Spiritual leadership is the power to change the atmosphere by one's presence, the unconscious influence that makes Christ and spiritual things real… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Leadership is the ability to recognize the special abilities and limitations of others, combined with the capacity to fit each one into… — 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… — 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
Desiring to excel is not a sin. It is motivation that determines ambition's character. Our Lord never taught against the urge to… — 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
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
