“God will not cooperate with prayers of mere self-interest, or prayers that come from impure motives.” — J Oswald Sanders Prayer Copy Share Image
“Lazy and disorganized people never rise to true leadership. Many who aspire to leadership fail because they have never learned to follow.” — J Oswald Sanders Leadership Copy Share Image
“The young man of leadership caliber will work while others waste time, study while others snooze, pray while others daydream. Slothful habits… — J Oswald Sanders Habits Copy Share Image
“To be filled with the Spirit is to be controlled by the Spirit. The Christian leader’s mind, emotions, will, and physical strength… — J Oswald Sanders Leadership Copy Share Image
“A good test of the appropriateness of a joke is whether the humor controls us or we control it.” — J Oswald Sanders Humor Copy Share Image
“He moved through life with measured steps, never hurried, though always surrounded by demands and crowds.” — J Oswald Sanders Life Copy Share Image
“The person who is impatient with weakness will be ineffective in his leadership.” — J Oswald Sanders Leadership Copy Share Image
“Indeed, if we read merely to stock our head with ideas, to feel superior to others, or to appear learned, then our… — J Oswald Sanders Books Copy Share Image
“tact is the ability to deal with people sensitively, to avoid giving offense, to have a “feel” for the proper words or… — J Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
“When we lead by persuasion rather than command, patience is essential. Leaders rightly cultivate the art of persuasion that allows maximum individual… — J Oswald Sanders Decision making Copy Share Image
“The quality of a person’s leadership will be in part measured by time: its use and its passage.” — J Oswald Sanders Excellence Copy Share Image
“Paul admitted to knowing fear, but it never stopped him. “I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling,”… — J Oswald Sanders Fear Copy Share Image
“Paul spoke of his failures and successes with an openness few of us are prepared to copy.” — J Oswald Sanders Failure Copy Share Image
“Diplomacy is the ability to manage delicate situations, especially involving people from different cultures, and certainly from differing opinions. Leaders need to… — J Oswald Sanders Different cultures Copy Share Image
“Conscious of time, Jesus spent His time doing things that mattered. No time was wasted on things not vital.” — J Oswald Sanders Doing things Copy Share Image
“Time is precious, but we squander it thoughtlessly” — J Oswald Sanders Time is precious Copy Share Image
“Suppose that we allot ourselves a generous eight hours a day for sleep (and few need more than that), three hours for… — J Oswald Sanders Communication Copy Share Image
“Not every Christian is called to major leadership in the church, but every Christian is a leader, for we all influence others.… — J Oswald Sanders Christian Copy Share Image
“Martin Luther claimed that he “never did anything well until his wrath was excited, and then he could do anything well.” — 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.” — J Oswald Sanders Adversity Copy Share Image
“The filling of the Spirit is essential for spiritual leadership. And each believer has as much of the Spirit’s presence as he… — J Oswald Sanders Leadership Copy Share Image
“I have never met leadership without a sense of humor; this ability to stand outside oneself and one’s circumstances, to see things… — J Oswald Sanders Humor Copy Share Image
“Our example in this is the ultimate Servant Jesus, who came to serve but graciously accepted the service of others—people like His… — J Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
“Our problem is not too little time but making better use of the time we have.” — J Oswald Sanders Little time Copy Share Image
“Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men: Wisdom,… — J Oswald Sanders Knowledge Copy Share Image
