It is possible to know when, at least basically, we please God. In fact, Joseph Smith taught that one of the conditions… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Those who believe for a while make only a brief tour in the kingdom, though thereafter they often feel qualified to inform… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
When we are unduly impatient with an omniscient God's timing, we really are suggesting that we know what's best. Strange isn't it-we… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
All of us must walk the same strait and narrow path, know the same kind of experiences as those we would seek… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
It is one of the great ironies of human history that some mortals with incorrect understanding of God and life's purposes sometimes… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
When one comes to know God and His Son Jesus Christ through the scriptures, the Spirit, and personal revelation, it is impossible… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
No "natural" resource is more precious and to be used more wisely than time. These mortal moments matter more than we know.… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The Lord has said, ‘I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.’ (Isaiah 48:10, 1 Nephi 20:10). He knows, being omniscient,… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I fear that, as conditions worsen, many will react to the failures of too much government by calling for even more government.… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I know sanctification comes not with any particular calling, but with genuine acts of service, often for which there is no specific… — 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
So it is that real, personal sacrifice never was placing an animal on the altar. Instead, it is a willingness to put… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
When, as President Joseph F. Smith said, we "catch a spark from the awakened memories of the immortal soul, "let us be… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
C. S. Lewis pointed out that some people are angry with God for His not existing, and others for His existing but… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
A good friend, who knows whereof he speaks, has observed of trials, ‘If it’s fair, it is not a true trial!’ That… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I know the celestial criteria measure service, not status; the use of our talents, not the relative size of our talent inventories.… — 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
