J. Oswald Sanders Quotes - Page 2

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• 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.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Leadership, Christian, Way

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• A leader is only able to lead others because he disciplines himself. The person who does not know how to bow to discipline imposed from without, who does not know how to obey, will not make a good leader-nor will the one who has not learned to impose discipline within his own life. Those who scorn scripturally or legally constituted authority, or rebel against it, rarely qualify for high leadership positions.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Discipline, Leader, Rebel

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

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Leadership, Christian, Book

  J. Oswald Sanders (2008). “Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Maturity Set of 3 Sanders books”, p.104, Moody Publishers

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

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Lost, Wells

  J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer”, p.95, Moody Publishers

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

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Leadership, Christian, Spiritual

  J. Oswald Sanders (2008). “Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Maturity Set of 3 Sanders books”, p.66, Moody Publishers

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

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Greatness, Men, Giving

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

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Fighting, Church, Problem

  J. Oswald Sanders (2008). “Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Maturity Set of 3 Sanders books”, p.46, Moody Publishers

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• We should always aim to read something different=not only the writers with whom we agree, but those with whom we are ready to do battle. Their point of view challenges us to examine the truth and to test their views...and let us not comment on nor criticize writers of whom we have heard only second-hand, or third-hand without troubling to read their works for ourselves...Don't be afraid of new ideas.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Views, Hands, Ideas

  J. Oswald Sanders (2017). “Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Maturity Set of 3 Sanders books”, p.106, Moody Publishers

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• Desiring to excel is not a sin. It is motivation that determines ambition's character. Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Leadership, Motivation, Ambition

  J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer”, p.13, Moody Publishers

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• If we are meticulously careful with the use of the days, the years will take care of themselves.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Inspiration, Years, Use

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

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Want, Spirit

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• 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.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Leadership, People, Fit

  J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer”, p.144, Moody Publishers

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

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Sacrifice, Giving, Ecstasy

  J. Oswald Sanders (2010). “Dynamic Spiritual Leadership: Leading Like Paul”, p.124, Discovery House

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• 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.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Leadership, Christian, Spiritual

  J. Oswald Sanders (2008). “Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Maturity Set of 3 Sanders books”, p.21, Moody Publishers

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• 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.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Spiritual, Self, Leader

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

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Leadership, Christian, Spiritual

  J. Oswald Sanders (2008). “Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Maturity Set of 3 Sanders books”, p.85, Moody Publishers

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• 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.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Spiritual, Jesus, Voice

  J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer”, p.18, Moody Publishers

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• It is to be kept in mind that the generations of men do not wait for the convenience of the church in respect to their evangelization. Men are born and die whether or not Christians are ready to give them the Gospel. And hence, if the church of any generation does not evangelize the heathen of that generation, those heathen will never be evangelized at all. It is always true in the work of evangelization that the present can never anticipate the future, and that the future can never replace the past. What is to be done in soul saving must be done by that generation.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Christian, Past, Men

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• 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.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Motivational, Jobs, Special

  J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer”, p.137, Moody Publishers

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• The final estimate of men shows that history cares not an iota for the rank or title a man has borne, or the office he has held, but only the quality of his deeds and the character of his mind and heart.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Leadership, Christian, Heart

  J. Oswald Sanders (2007). “Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence For Every Believer”, p.14, Moody Publishers

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• 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.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Jesus, Keys, Doctrine

  St. Augustine, Dr. Howard Taylor, Mrs. Howard Taylor, Apostolic Fathers, J. Oswald Sanders (2010). “Moody Classics Complete Set”, p.763, Moody Publishers

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

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  Leader, Suffering, Demand

  J. Oswald Sanders (2008). “Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Maturity Set of 3 Sanders books”, p.20, Moody Publishers

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• 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.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Spiritual, Real, Atmosphere

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• Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocrity is the price of never getting tired.

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Tired, Mediocrity, Spiritual Leadership

  J. Oswald Sanders (2008). “Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Maturity Set of 3 Sanders books”, p.119, Moody Publishers

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

  J. Oswald Sanders

  Leadership, Church, Strength And Faith

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