The imperfections of others never release us from the need to work on our own shortcomings. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Our journey is demanding enough that the need for reassurance as well as reminders is constant. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are so busy being the hammer or the anvil, that we forget who really needs the shaping. — 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
We...live in a world that is too prone to the tasteless, and we need to provide an opportunity to cultivate a taste… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The overwhelming joy of conversion or a new calling is often followed by feelings of being overwhelmed with duties and doctrines. The… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
So often our sisters comfort others when their own needs are greater than those being comforted. That quality is like the generosity… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Just as doubt, despair, and desensitization go together, so do faith, hope, and charity. The latter, however, must be carefully and constantly… — 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
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
As parenting declines, the need for policing increases. There will always be a shortage of police if there is a shortage 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
Frequently, we busily search for group service projects, which are surely needed and commendable, when quiet, personal service is also urgently needed.… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
In a 'wheat and tares' world, how unusually blessed faithful members are to have the precious and constant gift of the Holy… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Promptings for us to do good come from the Holy Ghost. These promptings nudge us further along the straight and narrow path… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
As you submit your wills to God, you are giving Him the only thing you can actually give Him that is really… — 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
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
We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share
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
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
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
We can't dwell upon another's ingratitude without using up our time and talents unprofitably. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share
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
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
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
“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
How myopic it is to view His ministry as all crucifixion and no resurrection! — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share
Patience stoutly resists pulling up the daisies to see how the roots are doing! — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share
Our little pebble of poor performance helps to start, or to sustain, an avalanche. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share
