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A visionary may see, but a leader must decide.
Eyes that look are common; eyes that see are rare.
An exhausted man easily falls prey to the adversary.
Each of us is as full of the Spirit as we really want to be.
Before we can conquer the world, we must first conquer the self.
There is no conceivable situation in which it is not safe to trust God.
Time lost can never be retrieved. Time cannot be hoarded, only spent well.
Sacrifice is the ecstasy of giving the best we have to the One we love most.
The spiritual leader should outpace the rest of the church, above all, in prayer.
Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocrity is the price of never getting tired.
The frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution.
Our sense of humor is a gift from God which should be controlled as well as cultivated.
If you would rather pick a fight than solve a problem, do not consider leading the church
Faith enables the believing soul to treat the future as present and the invisible as seen.
People of vision gauge decisions on the future; the story of the past cannot be rewritten.
Jesus drank a cup of wrath without mercy, that we might drink a cup of mercy without wrath.
Once the joy of intimacy with God has been experienced, life becomes unbearable without it.
To be a leader in the Church has always required strength and faith beyond the merely human.
Will the leader reflect the ugliness of egotism or the transfigured glory of Christ the Lord?
Ambition that centers on the glory of God and welfare of the church is a mighty force for good.
If we are meticulously careful with the use of the days, the years will take care of themselves.
If a man is known by the company he keeps, so also his character is reflected in the books he reads.
Are you responsibly optimistic? Pessimism and leadership do not mix. Leaders are positively visionary.
When God lays a burden on our hearts and thus keeps us praying, He obviously intends to grant the answer.
The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church.
True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you.
We are not responsible for our endowments or natural abilities, but we are responsible for the strategic use of time.
True leaders must be willing to suffer for the sake of objectives great enough to demand their wholehearted obedience.
Faith never knows where it is being led, or it would not be faith. True faith is content to travel under sealed orders.
Jesus was the meeting place of eternity and time, the blending of deity and humanity, the junction of heaven and earth.
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.
The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others.
Our consciences are not infallible, and they can become warped or weakened if not kept aligned by the infallible Word of God.
True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one's service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them.
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.
Often the crowd does not recognize a leader until he has gone, and then they build a monument for him with the stones they threw at him in life.
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.
The spiritual leader will choose the hidden path of sacrificial service and approval of the Lord over the flamboyant self-advertising of the world.
One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them.
Spiritual leadership is the power to change the atmosphere by one's presence, the unconscious influence that makes Christ and spiritual things real to others.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Desiring to excel is not a sin. It is motivation that determines ambition's character. Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.
We can lead others only as far along the road as we ourselves have traveled. merely pointing the way is not enough. If we are not walking, then no one can be following, and ware not leading anyone.
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.
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.
Leaders who want to show sensitivity should listen often and long and talk short and seldom. Many so-called leaders are too busy to listen. True leaders know that time spent listening is well invested.
The final estimate of men shows that history cares not an iota for the rank or title a man has borne, or the office he has held, but only the quality of his deeds and the character of his mind and heart.