John Oswald Sanders Quotes

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

John Oswald Sanders
I have seen the face of Jesus, Tell me not of aught beside, I have heard the voice of Jesus, All my soul is satisfied. All around is earthly splendour Earthly scenes lie fair and bright. But mine eyes no longer see them, For the glory of that light. Light that knows no cloud, no waning, Light wherein I see His face, All His love's uncounted treasures, All the riches of His grace.

John Oswald Sanders
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.

John 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.

John Oswald Sanders
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.

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

John Oswald Sanders
Ambition that centers on the glory of God and welfare of the church is a mighty force for good.

John Oswald Sanders
Sacrifice is the ecstasy of giving the best we have to the One we love most.

John 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.

John Oswald Sanders
The frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution.

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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.

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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.

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Is it not true that the ability to apologize is one of the elements of true greatness? It is the small-souled man who will not stoop to apologize.

John Oswald Sanders
People of vision gauge decisions on the future; the story of the past cannot be rewritten.

John Oswald Sanders
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.

John Oswald Sanders
Vision involves optimism and hope. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. The pessimist tends to hold back people of vision from pushing ahead.

John Oswald Sanders
It is obvious that Paul did not regard prayer as supplemental, but as fundamental-not something to be added to his work but the very matrix out of which his work was born. He was a man of action because he was a man of prayer. It was probably his prayer even more than his preaching that produced the kind of leaders we meet in his letters.

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It is very possible to be proud of the spiritual gifts God has entrusted to us and to strut about ostentatiously, forgetting that we have nothing which we have not received, that grace is a gift, an undeserved favor. We can actually be filled with pride at the eloquence and brilliance of our sermon on humility.

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

John Oswald Sanders