J. Oswald Sanders quotes

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. (J. Oswald Sanders)
The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church. View quote
J. Oswald Sanders
Jesus drank a cup of wrath without mercy, that we might drink a cup of mercy without wrath. View quote
J. Oswald Sanders
When God lays a burden on our hearts and thus keeps us praying, He obviously intends to grant the answer. View quote
J. Oswald Sanders
Once the joy of intimacy with God has been experienced, life becomes unbearable without it. View quote
J. Oswald Sanders
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. View quote
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Faith enables the believing soul to treat the future as present and the invisible as seen. View quote
J. Oswald Sanders
True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you. View quote
J. Oswald Sanders
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. View quote
J. Oswald Sanders
There is no conceivable situation in which it is not safe to trust God. View quote
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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. (J. Oswald Sanders)
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. View quote
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Before we can conquer the world, we must first conquer the self. View quote
J. Oswald Sanders
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. View quote
J. Oswald Sanders
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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The spiritual leader should outpace the rest of the church, above all, in prayer. View quote
J. Oswald Sanders
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. View quote
J. Oswald Sanders
The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others. View quote
J. Oswald Sanders
If you would rather pick a fight than solve a problem, do not consider leading the church. View quote
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Ambition that centers on the glory of God and welfare of the church is a mighty force for good. (J. Oswald Sanders)
Each of us is as full of the Spirit as we really want to be. View quote
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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. View quote
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A great deal more failure is the result of an excess of caution than of bold experimentation with new ideas. The frontiers of the Kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution. View quote
J. Oswald Sanders
Sacrifice is the ecstasy of giving the best we have to the One we love most. View quote
J. Oswald Sanders