Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Maturity Set of 3 Sanders books Quotes

“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”
― J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership / Spiritual Discipleship / Spiritual Maturity

“Eyes that look are common; eyes that see are rare. The”
― J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership / Spiritual Discipleship / Spiritual Maturity

“(Exodus 4:14). Let us not pass the buck of leadership because we think ourselves incapable.”
― J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership / Spiritual Discipleship / Spiritual Maturity

“To neglect receiving kindness and help is to isolate oneself, to rob others of opportunity, and to deprive oneself of sustenance. Our example in this is the ultimate Servant Jesus, who came to serve but graciously accepted the service of others—people like His hosts Mary and Martha, the use of the colt He rode into Jerusalem, and others.”
― J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Maturity Set of 3 Sanders books

“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.”
― J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership / Spiritual Discipleship / Spiritual Maturity

“The historian James Anthony Froude wrote: “The worth of a man must be measured by his life, not by his failure under a singular and peculiar trial. Peter the apostle, though forewarned, three times denied his Master on the first alarm of danger; yet that Master, who knew his nature in its strength and in its weakness, chose him.”
― J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership / Spiritual Discipleship / Spiritual Maturity

“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. Caution has its role to play. We all live in a real world of limitation and inertia. Cautious Christians draw valuable lessons from history and tradition, but are in danger of being chained to the past. The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others.”
― J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership / Spiritual Discipleship / Spiritual Maturity

“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.”
― J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership / Spiritual Discipleship / Spiritual Maturity