Book Quotations I Love

A vision without a task makes a visionary.
A task without a vision is drudgery.
A vision with a task makes a missionary.
-Dunning
As quoted in "Spiritual Leadership" by J. Oswald Sanders


Through prayer you can accmpany any missionary to remote parts of the earth. Through prayer you can walk through crowded bazaars, minister in steaming jungles, feed millions of starving men, women and children, hungry for bread for their bodies and for the Bread of Life.
-Wesley Duewel
"Touch the World Through Prayer"


The person accepting the Lord's call into the ministry is agreeing to live in a world of unfinished tasks. You are literally being sentenced to live beyond yourself. It is by its very nature impossible to live this life and do this work in your own strength. You will develop a strong prayer life or you will not survive. It's as simple as that.
-Joe McKeever
As quoted in "Prayer: The Timeless Secret of High-Impact Leaders" by Dave Earley


All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake to find it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, that they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it possible.
-T.E. Lawrence
As quoted in "The Leadership Genius of Jesus" by William Bausay III


I wonder why it is that everywhere the apostle Paul went they had revolution, and everywhere I go they serve a cup of tea.
-some Anglican bishop
As quoted in "The Winning Attitude" by John Maxwell


(In the context of speeding up a learning process...)
When God wants to make an oak tree, He takes a hundred years. When He wants to make a squash, He requires only two months.
-James Garfield
As quoted by Maxwell


Let's discipline ourselves so that words are few and full.
-Richard Foster
"Celebration of Discipline"


Parents hold steady through the teen years, knowing that their children will emerge at the other end human once again!
-Richard Foster
same book...this one makes me laugh every time