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
Occasionally some individuals let the seeming ordinariness of life dampen their spirits. Though actually coping and growning, others lack the quiet, inner-soul… — 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
“There is also a dimension of patience which links it to a special reverence for life. Patience is a willingness, in a… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
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 were never promised precision in this life... With the gift of agency to mankind, life cannot possibly present a perfectly tidy… — 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
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
The mortal experience . . . is not like a college course which we can passively audit. Instead, we are taking life's… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
It is extremely important for you to believe in yourselves, not only for what you are now, but for what you have… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
When we don't like to face up to hard facts, we use soft words. We do not speak about killing a baby… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Elder Maxwell on Wintry Doctrines Elder Maxwell said that “if we are serious about our discipleship Jesus will eventually request each of… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
There is also the very real possibility that, in the justice of God, one of the reasons He uses the weak and… — 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
By seeing life's experiences on through to the end, on our small scale we can finally say, as Jesus did on the… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“It is left to each of us to balance contentment regarding what God has allotted to us in life with some divine… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Comparatively, we are so much quicker to return favors and to pay our debts to mortals - and we should be responsive… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“In some precious and personal moments there are brief, sudden surges of recognition of an immortal insight, a doctrinal deja vu. These… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
By seeing life's experiences through to the end, on our small scale, we can finally say, as Jesus did on the cross,… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
There are also flat periods in life which may well be the periods during which-before new lessons come- the past lessons of… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm needs to be effective enthusiasm. We must distinguish between the contribution and enthusiasm of the cheerleader and the enthusiasm of the… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I have on my office wall a wise and useful reminder by Anne Morrow Lindbergh concerning one of the realities of life.… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
A basic cause of murmuring is that too many of us seem to expect that life will flow ever smoothly, featuring an… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Patience is...clearly not fatalistic, shoulder-shrugging resignation. It is the acceptance of a divine rhythm to life; it is obedience prolonged. Patience stoutly… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
How good you and I get at repenting will determine how good life is. — 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
