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
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
Like Jesus, we can decide, daily or instantly, to give no heed to temptation (see D&C 20:22). We can respond to irritation… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Ironically, as some people become harder, they use softer words to describe dark deeds. This, too, is part of being sedated by… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
A narcissist society, in which each person is busy looking out for number one, can build neither brotherhood nor community. Aren't we… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Looking for honest ways to lift one another would . . . be more beneficial to our own self-esteem, for we would… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Ironically, brothers and sisters, the natural man who is so very selfish in so many ordinary ways is strangely unselfish in that… — 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
The unwillingness of most leaders to set standards, to administer feedback when standards are not met, to praise clearly when standards are… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
We can be of so much service to others in many thou-shalt ways. Of course, the problem is that rendering such service… — 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
Thus worshiping, serving, studying, praying, each in its own way squeezes selfishness out of us; pushes aside our preoccupations with the things… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
It is understandable how some people could give way to this kind of pervasive pessimism, but we speak of a gospel which… — 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
I find that goal setting, when done this way, leads to goal achieving. The chronic failure to achieve goals lowers self-esteem. Show… — 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
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
In contrast to the path of selfishness, there is no room for road rage on the straight and narrow way. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
When at length we tire of putting people down, this self-inflicted fatigue can give way to the invigorating calisthenics of lifting people… — 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
