thoughts on leadership

Because the leader must always be ahead of his followers, he lives with loneliness.


Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocirty is the result of never getting tired.


It does not matter what happens to us, but our reaction to what happens to us is of vital importance.


With such a (humble) response, criticism is turned from a curse into a blessing...


He (the true leader) shows sympathy for the problems of others, but his sympathy fortifies and stimulates; it does not soften and make weak. A spiritual leader will always direct the confidence of others to the Lord.


God delights to lead people, and then, in response to their trust, to show them power that matches every impossible situation.


No one is perfect, and we cannot be right all the time.



--- "Spiritual Leadership" by J Oswald Sanders ---



have you come to the Red sea place in yout life,
where in spite of all you can do,
there is no wya out, there is no way back.
there is no other way but through?
then wait on the Lord with a trust serene
till the night of your fear is gone;
He will send the winds, He will send the floods,
when He says to your soul, "Go on."

in the morning watch, 'neath the lifted cloud,
you shall see but the Lord alone,
when He leads you on from the place of the sea
to a land that you have not known;
and your fears shall pass and your foes have passed,
you shall no more be afraid;
you shall sing His praise in a better place,
a place that His hand has made.

- Annie Johnson Flint