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J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “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.”

51. “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

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “A natural leader by any measure, Paul became a great spiritual leader when his heart and mind were captured by Jesus Christ.”

52. “A natural leader by any measure, Paul became a great spiritual leader when his heart and mind were captured by Jesus Christ.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “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.”

53. “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

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “Are you responsibly optimistic? Pessimism and leadership do not mix. Leaders are positively visionary.”

54. “Are you responsibly optimistic? Pessimism and leadership do not mix. Leaders are positively visionary.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church.”

55. “The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “Our sense of humor is a gift from God which should be controlled as well as cultivated.”

56. “Our sense of humor is a gift from God which should be controlled as well as cultivated.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “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 through him.”

57. “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 through him.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “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.”

58. “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.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “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.”

59. “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.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others.”

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

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “With respect to relationships within the church, the leader is to be above reproach. Detractors should not have a rung to stand on. If a charge is preferred against him, it fails because his life affords no grounds for reproach or indictment of wrongdoing. His adversary finds no opening for a smear campaign, rumor mongering, or gossip.”

61. “With respect to relationships within the church, the leader is to be above reproach. Detractors should not have a rung to stand on. If a charge is preferred against him, it fails because his life affords no grounds for reproach or indictment of wrongdoing. His adversary finds no opening for a smear campaign, rumor mongering, or gossip.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “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.”

62. “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.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “People of vision gauge decisions on the future; the story of the past cannot be rewritten.”

63. “People of vision gauge decisions on the future; the story of the past cannot be rewritten.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “The spiritual leader will not procrastinate when faced with a decision, nor vacillate after making it. A sincere but faulty decision is better than weak-willed “trial balloons” or indecisive overtures. To postpone decision is really to decide for the status quo. In most decisions the key element is not so much knowing what to do but in living with the results.”

64. “The spiritual leader will not procrastinate when faced with a decision, nor vacillate after making it. A sincere but faulty decision is better than weak-willed “trial balloons” or indecisive overtures. To postpone decision is really to decide for the status quo. In most decisions the key element is not so much knowing what to do but in living with the results.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “If done “as God wants.′ then leadership will surely include intercessory prayer. The saintly Bishop Azariah of India once remarked to Bishop Stephen Neill that he found time to pray daily, by name, for every leader in his extensive diocese. Little wonder that during his thirty years of eldering there, the diocese tripled its membership and greatly increase in spiritual effectiveness.”

65. “If done “as God wants.′ then leadership will surely include intercessory prayer. The saintly Bishop Azariah of India once remarked to Bishop Stephen Neill that he found time to pray daily, by name, for every leader in his extensive diocese. Little wonder that during his thirty years of eldering there, the diocese tripled its membership and greatly increase in spiritual effectiveness.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “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.”

66. “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

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “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.”

67. “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.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “True leaders know that time spent listening is well invested.”

68. “True leaders know that time spent listening is well invested.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “Leaders must draw the best out of people, and friendship does that far better than prolonged argument or mere logic.”

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

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “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.”

70. “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.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “To be a leader in the Church has always required strength and faith beyond the merely human.”

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

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “Our sense of humor is a gift from God that should be controlled as well as cultivated. Clean, wholesome humor will relax tension and relieve difficult situations. Leaders can use it to displace tension with a sense of normal.”

72. “Our sense of humor is a gift from God that should be controlled as well as cultivated. Clean, wholesome humor will relax tension and relieve difficult situations. Leaders can use it to displace tension with a sense of normal.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “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.”

73. “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.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “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.”

74. “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.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “Surely Paul’s moral and spiritual greatness is all the more evident the more he is studied and analyzed. It is sheer irony and miracle that God would select one of the most aggressive opponents of the early Christian movement and make him into its most outstanding leader.”

75. “Surely Paul’s moral and spiritual greatness is all the more evident the more he is studied and analyzed. It is sheer irony and miracle that God would select one of the most aggressive opponents of the early Christian movement and make him into its most outstanding leader.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “Will the leader reflect the ugliness of egotism or the transfigured glory of Christ the Lord?”

76. “Will the leader reflect the ugliness of egotism or the transfigured glory of Christ the Lord?”

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J. Oswald Sanders Quote: “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.”

77. “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.”

— J. Oswald Sanders

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