If you would rather pick a fight than solve a problem, do not consider leading the church.

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

If the world is to hear the church's voice today, leaders are needed who are authoritative, spiritual, and sacrificial. Sacrificial, because this tra….

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

The spiritual leader will choose the hidden path of sacrificial service and approval of the Lord over the flamboyant self-advertising of the world..

Often truly authoritative leadership falls on someone who years earlier dedicated themselves to practice the discipline of seeking first the kingdom ….

If we are meticulously careful with the use of the days, the years will take care of themselves..

True leaders must be willing to suffer for the sake of objectives great enough to demand their wholehearted obedience..

One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them..

Vision involves optimism and hope. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. The pessimi….

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….

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 funer….

True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one's service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them..

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….

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

Disciples [deep people] are not manufactured wholesale. They are produced one by one, because someone has taken the pains to discipline, to instruct ….

Spiritual leadership is the power to change the atmosphere by one's presence, the unconscious influence that makes Christ and spiritual things real t….

It 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 a….

A visionary may see, but a leader must decide..

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 ….

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….