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
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.… — 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
It is one of the ironies of religious history that many mortals err in their understanding of the nature of God and… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
. . . just as God cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance, as we become more like Him,… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Our goals should stretch us bit by bit. So often when we think we have encountered a ceiling, it is really a… — 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 doctrine of foreordination is not a doctrine of repose; instead, it is a doctrine for second- and third-milers, and it will… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Even if work were not an economic necessity, it is a spiritual necessity. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Personal, spiritual symmetry emerges only from the shaping of prolonged obedience. Twigs are bent, not snapped into shape. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Real hope is much more than wishful musing. It stiffens, not slackens, the spiritual spine. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Meanwhile, spiritual submissiveness brings about the wiser use of our time, talents, and gifts as compared with our laboring diligently but conditionally… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Those of little faith mistake local cloud cover for general darkness. Keeping spiritually intact results in our keeping precious perspective by seeing… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Pure religion is having the courage to do what is right and let the consequence follow. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
There will be many fine and wonderful men and women of all races and creeds-and of no religious creeds at all-who will… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Walking and overcoming by faith is not easy. For one thing, the dimension of time constantly constrains our perspective. Likewise, the world… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Work is always a spiritual necessity even if, for some, work is not an economic necessity.” — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
These really are our days, and we can prevail and overcome, even in the midst of trends that are very disturbing. If… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“As societies trivialize traditional values, we witness a flow of immense suffering. We anguish, for instance, over what happens to the unborn,… — 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
