Neal A. Maxwell

Let the scriptures refresh you.

— Neal A. Maxwell

Listening is one of the forms of love.

— Neal A. Maxwell

Faith in God includes Faith in God's timing.

— Neal A. Maxwell

Perfect love is perfectly patient.

— Neal A. Maxwell

There is no democracy of facts.

— Neal A. Maxwell

Blessed is he who will not be offended

— Neal A. Maxwell

Mother lode of learning.

— Neal A. Maxwell

One day the faithful will have it all!

— Neal A. Maxwell

Men and Women of Christ magnify their callings without magnifying themselves.

— Neal A. Maxwell

The cavity which suffering carves into our souls will one day also be the receptacle of joy.

— Neal A. Maxwell

The flame of family can warm us and at the same time be a perpetual pilot light to rekindle us.

— Neal A. Maxwell

The Savior knows what it's like to die of cancer.

— Neal A. Maxwell

God's anger is kindled not because we have harmed him but because we have harmed ourselves.

— Neal A. Maxwell

The imperfections of others never release us from the need to work on our own shortcomings.

— Neal A. Maxwell

If we entertain temptations, soon they begin entertaining us!

— Neal A. Maxwell

Pray for me to learn quickly what I need to learn.

— Neal A. Maxwell

We are vulnerable if we can be taken by a wave of emotion, invaded by an invidious impulse, roughed up by resentment,…

— Neal A. Maxwell

Those who do too much for their children will soon find they can do nothing with their children. So many children have…

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We must not fail, individually, for if we fail, we fail twice - for ourselves and for those who could have been…

— Neal A. Maxwell

Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements ... those of us who prevail today will have done no…

— Neal A. Maxwell

We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.

— Neal A. Maxwell

Thus worshiping, serving, studying, praying, each in its own way squeezes selfishness out of us; pushes aside our preoccupations with the things…

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We can hold to the iron rod even if others slip away and a few end up mocking us from "the great…

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In one degree or another we all struggle with selfishness. Since it is so common, why worry about selfishness anyway? Because selfishness…

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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

God, as a loving Father, will stretch our souls at times. The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only…

— Neal A. Maxwell

“It is left to each of us to balance contentment regarding what God has allotted to us in life with some divine…

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We can tell much by what we have already willing discarded along the pathway of discipleship. It is the only pathway where…

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Time is clearly not our natural dimension. Thus it is that we are never really at home in time. Alternately, we find…

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We...live in a world that is too prone to the tasteless, and we need to provide an opportunity to cultivate a taste…

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A basic cause of murmuring is that too many of us seem to expect that life will flow ever smoothly, featuring an…

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“To be cheerful when others are in despair, to keep the faith when others falter, to be true even when we feel…

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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

Just as meekness is in all our virtues, so is pride in all our sins. Whatever its momentary and alluring guise, pride…

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Naive optimism and pervasive pessimism are both to be avoided, therefore. It's not an easy balance to maintain, to be asked to…

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In conclusion, the submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The…

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Enthusiasm needs to be effective enthusiasm. We must distinguish between the contribution and enthusiasm of the cheerleader and the enthusiasm of the…

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We tend to think of consecration only as yielding up, when divinely directed, our material possessions. But ultimate consecration is the yielding…

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“Real faith, however, is required to endure this necessary but painful developmental process. As things unfold, sometimes in full view, let us…

— Neal A. Maxwell

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