Top 87 J. Oswald Sanders Quotes

#1. Vision involves optimism and hope. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

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#2. Faith enables the believing soul to treat the future as present and the invisible as seen.

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#3. Leadership is the ability to recognize the special abilities and limitations of others, combined with the capacity to fit each one into the job where he will do his best.

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#4. If deacons are required to be full of the Spirit, should those who preach and teach the Word of God be any less? Spiritual goals can be achieved only by spiritual people who use spiritual methods.

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#5. Leaders must draw the best out of people, and friendship does that far better than prolonged argument or mere logic.

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#6. Before we can conquer the world, we must first conquer the self.

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#7. the best use of one's life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. Life's value is not its duration but its donation - not how long we live but how fully and how well.1

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#8. The spiritual leader should outpace the rest of the church, above all, in prayer.

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#9. We are not responsible for our endowments or natural abilities, but we are responsible for the strategic use of time.

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#10. Will the leader reflect the ugliness of egotism or the transfigured glory of Christ the Lord?

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#11. Ambition that centers on the glory of God and welfare of the church is a mighty force for good.

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#12. Often truly authoritative leadership falls on someone who years earlier dedicated themselves to practice the discipline of seeking first the kingdom of God. Then, as that person matures, God confers a leadership role, and the Spirit of God goes to work throuh him.

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#13. The real spiritual leader is focused on the service he and she can render to God and other people, not on the residuals and perks of high office or holy title. We must aim to put more into life than we take out.

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#14. If the world is to hear the church's voice today, leaders are needed who are authoritative, spiritual, and sacrificial. Sacrificial, because this trait follows the model of Jesus, who gave Himself for the whole world and who calls us to follow in His steps.

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#15. Jesus knew that the idea of leader as "loving servant of all" would not appeal to most people. Securing our own creature comforts is a much more common mission. But "servant" is His requirement for those who want to lead in His kingdom.

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#16. There is no such thing as a self made spiritual leader. He is able to influence others spiritually only because the Spirit is able to work in and through him to a greater degree than in those he leads.

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#17. God prepares leaders with a specific place and task in mind. Training methods are adapted to the mission, and natural and spiritual gifts are given with clear purpose.

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#18. Those who have most powerfully and permanently influenced their generation have been "seers"
people who have seen more and farther than others
persons of faith, for faith is vision.

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#19. God has His own training methods, and it is usually true that His way up first leads down, for the mountain is only as high as the valley is deep.

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#20. Spiritual leadership is the power to change the atmosphere by one's presence, the unconscious influence that makes Christ and spiritual things real to others.

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#21. When God lays a burden on our hearts and thus keeps us praying, He obviously intends to grant the answer.

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#22. Courageous leaders face unpleasant and even devastating situations with equanimity, then act firmly to bring good from trouble, even if their action is unpopular. Leadership always faces natural human inertia and opposition. But courage follows through with a task until it is done.

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#23. Jesus drank a cup of wrath without mercy, that we might drink a cup of mercy without wrath.

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#24. If a leader shows strong discipline, others will see it and cooperate with the expectations placed on them. At this point, leadership by example is crucial.

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#25. An exhausted man easily falls prey to the adversary.

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#26. The person who is impatient with weakness will be ineffective in his leadership. The evidence of our strength lies not in the distance that separates us from other runners but in our closure with them, our slower pace for their sakes, our helping them pick it up and cross the line.

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#27. The spiritual leader will choose the hidden path of sacrificial service and approval of the Lord over the flamboyant self-advertising of the world.

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#28. A visionary may see, but a leader must decide.

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#29. The deity of Christ is the key doctrine of the scriptures. Reject it, and the Bible becomes a jumble of words without any unifying theme. Accept it, and the Bible becomes an intelligible and ordered revelation of God in the person of Jesus Christ.

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#30. If a Christian is not willing to rise early and work late, to expend greater effort in diligent study and faithful work, that person will not change a generation. Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocrity is the result of never getting tired.

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#31. Leaders who want to show sensitivity should listen often and long and talk short and seldom. Many so-called leaders are too busy to listen. True leaders know that time spent listening is well invested.

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#32. Are you responsibly optimistic? Pessimism and leadership do not mix. Leaders are positively visionary.

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#33. Christ taught that the kingdom of God was a community where each member served the others. He defined His ultimate purpose using that term. But in most churches, a few people carry the load.

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#34. God is always at work, though we cannot see it, preparing people he has chosen for leadership. When the crisis comes, God fits His appointee into the place ordained for him.

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#35. A leader is a person who has learned to obey a discipline imposed from without, and has then taken on a more rigorous discipline from within. Those who rebel against authority and scorn self-discipline
who shirk the rigors and turn from the sacrifices
do not qualify to lead.

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#36. People of vision gauge decisions on the future; the story of the past cannot be rewritten.

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#37. No leader lives a day without criticism, and humility will never be more on trial than when criticism comes.

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#38. A leader must be able to see the end results of the policies and methods he or she advocates. Responsible leadership always looks ahead to see how policies will affect future generations.

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#39. Our consciences are not infallible, and they can become warped or weakened if not kept aligned by the infallible Word of God.

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#40. Disciples [deep people] are not manufactured wholesale. They are produced one by one, because someone has taken the pains to discipline, to instruct and enlighten, to nurture and train one that is younger.

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#41. Often the crowd does not recognize a leader until he has gone, and then they build a monument for him with the stones they threw at him in life.

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#42. The frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution.

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#43. When all the facts are in, swift and clear decision is another mark of a true leader. A visionary may see, but a leader must decide. An impulsive person may be quick to declare a preference; but a leader must weigh evidence and make his decision on sound premises.

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#44. To be a leader in the Church has always required strength and faith beyond the merely human.

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#45. One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them.

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#46. Eyes that look are common; eyes that see are rare.

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#47. God wants to show such people how strong He really is (2 Chronicles 16:9). But not all who aspire to leadership are willing to pay such a high personal price.

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#48. If those who hold influence over others fail to lead toward the spiritual uplands, then surely the path to the lowlands will be well worn.

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#49. There is no conceivable situation in which it is not safe to trust God.

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#50. Most men are notable for one conspicuous virtue or grace - Moses for meekness, Job for patience, John for love. But, in Jesus you find everything.

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#51. [The Apostle] Paul's prayer for the Christians at Colosse should always be on our lips: That "God fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding" (Colossians 1:9).

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#52. Our sense of humor is a gift from God which should be controlled as well as cultivated.

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#53. We can lead others only as far along the road as we ourselves have traveled. merely pointing the way is not enough. If we are not walking, then no one can be following, and ware not leading anyone.

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#54. The man of leadership caliber will work while others waste time, study while others sleep, pray while others play. There will be no place for loose or lazy habits in word or thought, deed or dress. He will observe a soldierly discipline, diet and deportment, so that he may wage a good warfare.

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#55. The kings of terrors, the last enemy, will never be able to breach the pearly gates and disturb the bliss of heaven! No more deathbed vigils or funerals. The hearse will have made its last journey.

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#56. We are at this moment as close to God as we really choose to be. True, there are times when we would like to know a deeper intimacy, but when it comes to the point, we are not prepared to pay the price involved.

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#57. Jesus was the meeting place of eternity and time, the blending of deity and humanity, the junction of heaven and earth.

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#58. The Christian leader who seeks an example to follow does well to turn to the life of Jesus Himself.

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#59. ...the leader must 1) avoid getting swamped in detail; 2) not be petty; 3) not be pompous; 4) know how to select people to fit the task; 5) trust others to do a job without the leader's meddling; 6) be capable of clear decisions; 7) inspire confidence.

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#60. Successful leaders have learned that no failure is final, whether his own failure or someone else's. No one is perfect, and we cannot be right all the time. Failures and even feelings of inadequacy can provoke humility and serve to remind a leader who is really in charge.

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#61. This book proves that a godly attitude lies at the heart of Christian leadership. It does not borrow principles of leadership from the world and apply them to the church, but rather derives principles of leadership directly from the Scriptures.

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#62. Serving and suffering are paired in the teaching and life of our Lord. One does not come without the other. And what servant is greater than The Lord?

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#63. Once the joy of intimacy with God has been experienced, life becomes unbearable without it.

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#64. Our problem is not too little time, but making better use of the time we have. Each of us has as much time as anyone else.

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#65. Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.

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#66. Time lost can never be retrieved. Time cannot be hoarded, only spent well.

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#67. Blunders are the inevitable price of training leaders. At

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#68. Pride takes many forms, but spiritual pride is the most grievous. To become proud of spiritual gifts or leadership position is to forget that all we have is from God, all the position we occupy is God's appointment.

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#69. Spirituality is not easy to define, but you can tell when it is present. It is the fragrance of the garden of the Lord, the power to change the atmosphere around you, the influence that makes Christ real to others.

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#70. True greatness, true leadership, is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you.

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#71. If a man is known by the company he keeps, so also his character is reflected in the books he reads.

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#72. Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocrity is the price of never getting tired.

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#73. True leaders must be willing to suffer for the sake of objectives great enough to demand their wholehearted obedience.

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#74. Not every man can carry a full cup. Sudden elevation frequently leads to pride and a fall. The most exacting test of all to survive is prosperity.

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#75. James and John wanted the glory, but not the cup of shame; the crown, but not the cross; the role of master, but not servant.

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#76. The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others.

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#77. As to behavior, the leader must be respectable. A well-ordered life is the fruit of a well-ordered mind. The life of the leader should reflect the beauty and orderliness of God.

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#78. Leaders require courage of the highest order -- always moral courage -- and often physical courage as well. Courage is that quality of mind that enables people to encounter danger or difficulty firmly, without fear or discouragement.

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#79. It is impossible for a believer, no matter what his experience, to keep right with God if he will not take the trouble to spend time with God. Spend plenty of time with him; let other things go, but don't neglect Him.

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#80. Sacrifice is the ecstasy of giving the best we have to the One we love most.

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#81. (Exodus 4:14). Let us not pass the buck of leadership because we think ourselves incapable.

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#82. Prayer is indeed the Christian's vital breath and native air.

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#83. The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church.

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#84. If you would rather pick a fight than solve a problem, do not consider leading the church

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#85. True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one's service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them.

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#86. Each of us is as full of the Spirit as we really want to be.

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#87. All Christians are called to develop God-given talents, to make the most of their lives, and to develop to the fullest their God-given gifts and capabilities. But Jesus taught that ambition that centers on the self is wrong.

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