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Even the early droplets of selfish decisions suggest a direction. Then the little inflecting rivulet...

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God's extraordinary work is most often done by ordinary people in the seeming obscurity of a home an...

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God does not begin by asking our ability, only our availability, and if we prove our dependability, ...

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Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.

It is extremely important for you to believe in yourselves not only for what you are now but for wha...

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If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.

Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatien...

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There is also a dimension of patience which links it to a special reverence for life. Patience is a ...

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What we insistently desire, over time, is what we become.

Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus!

Perfect love is perfectly patient.

All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience

Within what is allotted to us, we can have spiritual contentment.

The Complete Works of Neal A. Maxwell

Just as meekness is in all our virtues, so is pride in all our sins. -Oct 1986

A patient willingness to defer dividends is a hallmark of individual maturity.

Faith in God includes Faith in God's timing.

Time is clearly not our natural dimension. Thus it is that we are never really at home in time. Alte...

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I testify that He is utterly incomparable in what He is, what He knows, what He has accomplished and...

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We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must...

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There are certain mortal moments and minutes that matter. Certain hingepoints in the history of each...

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Sir Thomas More was a victim of injustice and irony. Generously and meekly, just as he was about to ...

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The laughter of the world is merely loneliness pathetically trying to reassure itself.

The Neal A. Maxwell Quote Book

Elder Maxwell on Wintry DoctrinesElder Maxwell said that “if we are serious about our discipleship J...

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Be careful, fathers, when you inordinately desire things to be better for your children than they we...

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Neal A. Maxwell

Born: 1926-07-06

Died: 2004-07-21

Neal Ash Maxwell (1926-07-06 – 2004-07-21) Elder Neal A. Maxwell served as a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from July 23, 1981 to July 21, 2004. He served as a member of the Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy from 1976 to 1981, and as an Assistant to the Twelve from 1974 to 1976.More