Adversity Quotes by Neal A. Maxwell

15 Adversity quotes by Neal A. Maxwell

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Maxwell’s 15 brief sayings blend spiritual insight with everyday practicality. Each line feels like a quick note from a trusted guide, pointing out how trials can sharpen character without overwhelming you.

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For the faithful, our finest hours are sometimes during or just following our darkest hours.

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All crosses are easier to carry when we keep moving.

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The enlarging of the soul requires not only some remodeling, but some excavating.

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Regarding trials, including of our faith and patience, there are no exemptions-only variations.

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The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men's candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of others.

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Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what…

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At the center of our agency is our freedom to form a healthy attitude toward whatever circumstances we are placed in!

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The great challenge is to refuse to let the bad things that happen to us do bad things to us. That is…

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Daily hope is vital, since the ‘Winter Quarters’ of our lives are not immediately adjacent to our promised land either. An arduous…

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A good friend, who knows whereof he speaks, has observed of trials, ‘If it’s fair, it is not a true trial!’ That…

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How can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, 'Lord, give me experience, but not…

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If one is devoid of hope and thanksgiving, he cannot for long remain sinless, for he will, in despair, have slackened his…

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The Lord has said, ‘I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.’ (Isaiah 48:10, 1 Nephi 20:10). He knows, being omniscient,…

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These really are our days, and we can prevail and overcome, even in the midst of trends that are very disturbing. If…

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During our mortal schooling in submissiveness, we will see the visible crosses that some carry, but other crosses will go unseen. A…

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The acceptance of the reality that we are in the Lord's loving hands is only a recognition that we have never really been anywhere…

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We can't dwell upon another's ingratitude without using up our time and talents unprofitably.

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The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men's candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of others.

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Power is most safe with those who are not in love with it!

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Ultimate hope constitutes the anchor of the soul.

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Frequently, we busily search for group service projects, which are surely needed and commendable, when quiet, personal service is also urgently needed. Sometimes the…

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The cumulative weight of all mortal sins--past, present, and future--pressed upon that perfect, sinless, and sensitive Soul! All our infirmities and sicknesses were somehow,…

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