"If you would rather pick a fight than……" — J. Oswald Sanders
"If you would rather pick a fight than solve a problem, do not consider leading the church"
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39 Quotes by J. Oswald Sanders
J. Oswald Sanders has 39 quotes on this site.
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If we are meticulously careful with the use of the days, the years will take care of themselves.
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There is no such thing as a self made spiritual leader. He is able to influence others spiritually only because…
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Faith enables the believing soul to treat the future as present and the invisible as seen.
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Most men are notable for one conspicuous virtue or grace - Moses for meekness, Job for patience, John for love.…
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To be a leader in the Church has always required strength and faith beyond the merely human.
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God is always at work, though we cannot see it, preparing people he has chosen for leadership. When the crisis…
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I have seen the face of Jesus, Tell me not of aught beside, I have heard the voice of Jesus,…
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Sacrifice is the ecstasy of giving the best we have to the One we love most.
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The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church.
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If a Christian is not willing to rise early and work late, to expend greater effort in diligent study and…
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Eyes that look are common; eyes that see are rare.
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When God lays a burden on our hearts and thus keeps us praying, He obviously intends to grant the answer.
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