The prompting that goes unresponded to may not be repeated. Writing down what we have been prompted with is vital. A special… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
We must not fail, individually, for if we fail, we fail twice - for ourselves and for those who could have been… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I assume, gladly, that in the allocation to America of remarkable leaders like Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln, the Lord… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If the Church were not true, our enemies would be bored rather than threatened, and acquiescent rather than anxious. Hell is moved… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If another person only had in his storehouse of deserved self-esteem what you had put there, what would he have to draw… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If we are not serving Jesus, and if he is not in our thoughts and hearts, then the things of the world… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Listen to these wounds of pain put in the form of questions to me by a young woman who had had two… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
A vague goal is no goal at all. The Ten Commandments wouldn't be very impressive, for instance, if they weren't specific, but… — 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
We are vulnerable if we can be taken by a wave of emotion, invaded by an invidious impulse, roughed up by resentment,… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Thus it is that our faith and trust in our Heavenly Father, so far as this mortal experience is concerned, consists not… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The issue for us is trusting God enough to trust also His timing. If we can truly believe He has our welfare… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
For some Church members the Book of Mormon remains unread. Others use it occasionally as if it were merely a handy book… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
How can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, 'Lord, give me experience, but not… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
While most of our suffering is self- inflicted, some is caused by or permitted by God. This sobering reality calls for deep… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
If the nearly one-and-a-half million babies aborted in America each year could, somehow, vote, chameleon candidates would find fresh reason to be… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
We tend to think of consecration only as yielding up, when divinely directed, our material possessions. But ultimate consecration is the yielding… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
It is understandable how some people could give way to this kind of pervasive pessimism, but we speak of a gospel which… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
During our mortal schooling in submissiveness, we will see the visible crosses that some carry, but other crosses will go unseen. A… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
It is only by yielding to God that we can begin to realize His will for us. And if we truly trust… — 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
Sometimes, if you're like me, [God] will brace or reprove in a highly personal process not understood or appreciated by those outside… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Man can learn self-discipline without becoming ascetic; he can be wise without waiting to be old; he can be influential without waiting… — 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
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
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