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 SandersThe secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church.
J. Oswald SandersJesus drank a cup of wrath without mercy, that we might drink a cup of mercy without wrath.
J. Oswald SandersThe person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others.
J. Oswald SandersIt 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