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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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, 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
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
![“It is possible to know when, at least basically, we please God. In fact, Joseph Smith taught that one of the conditions of genuine faith is to have "an actual knowledge that the course of life which [one] is pursuing is according to [God's] will."” quote by Neal A. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2a5/neal-a-maxwell-925_conditions_it-is-possible-to-know-when-at-least-bas_172758.jpg)
