Naive optimism and pervasive pessimism are both to be avoided, therefore. It's not an easy balance to maintain, to be asked to… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Our little pebble of poor performance helps to start, or to sustain, an avalanche. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Long ago when a child lay in a manger, a special star appeared. It didn't just show up that evening. It had… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Our God is a God of love. He waits with open arms, and the unfolding of His merciful plan of salvation is… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Some mothers in today's world feel "cumbered" by home duties and are thus attracted by other more "romantic" challenges. Such women could… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Looking for honest ways to lift one another would . . . be more beneficial to our own self-esteem, for we would… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
A father who finds it difficult to express his love vocally for his children may need, at first, to be humbly obedient… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If we spent as much time lifting our children as we do criticizing them, how effectively we could help them to see… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If one is devoid of hope and thanksgiving, he cannot for long remain sinless, for he will, in despair, have slackened his… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Patience helps us to view imperfections in others more generously to the end that we may learn to be more wise than… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Clearly, when we baptize, our eyes should gaze beyond the baptismal font to the holy temple. The great garner into which the sheaves should… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Naive optimism and pervasive pessimism are both to be avoided, therefore. It's not an easy balance to maintain, to be asked to work away… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Occasionally some individuals let the seeming ordinariness of life dampen their spirits. Though actually coping and growning, others lack the quiet, inner-soul satisfaction that… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
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… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
We can't dwell upon another's ingratitude without using up our time and talents unprofitably. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men's candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of others. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Frequently, we busily search for group service projects, which are surely needed and commendable, when quiet, personal service is also urgently needed. Sometimes the… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
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,… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“When we feel so alone, we cannot presume to teach him who, at the apogee of his agony, trod “the winepress alone” anything about… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
