Trying to observe the slow shift from self-centeredness to empathy is like trying to watch grass grow. Neal A. Maxwell More Quotes by Neal A. Maxwell More Quotes From Neal A. Maxwell When we don't like to face up to hard facts, we use soft words. We do not speak about killing a baby within the womb, but about "termination of potential life." Words are often multiplied to try to cover dark deeds. Neal A. Maxwell dark baby life Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must not discount them now), those of us who prevail today will have done no small thing. The special spirits who have been reserved to live in this time of challenges and who overcome will one day be praised for their stamina by those who pulled handcarts. Neal A. Maxwell achievement spiritual challenges As we come closer to Him, we not only "stand all amazed"-we even kneel all amazed! Neal A. Maxwell amazed prayer Crowds cannot make right what God has declared to be wrong. Neal A. Maxwell crowds Patience stoutly resists pulling up the daisies to see how the roots are doing! Neal A. Maxwell pulling daisies roots The dues of discipleship are high indeed, and how much we can take so often determines how much we can then give. Neal A. Maxwell discipleship determine giving One day the faithful will have it all! Neal A. Maxwell faithful one-day faith Meanwhile, spiritual submissiveness brings about the wiser use of our time, talents, and gifts as compared with our laboring diligently but conditionally to establish our own righteousness instead of the Lord's (D&C 1:16). After all, Lucifer was willing to work very hard, but conditionally in his own way and for his own purposes. Neal A. Maxwell spiritual work time As you submit your wills to God, you are giving Him the only thing you can actually give Him that is really yours to give. Don't wait too long to find the altar or to begin to place the gift of your wills upon it! No need to wait for a receipt; the Lord has His own special ways of acknowledging. Neal A. Maxwell waiting giving long Don't fear, just live right. Neal A. Maxwell fear justice inspirational Our God is a God of love. He waits with open arms, and the unfolding of His merciful plan of salvation is not only therefore the mark of divine power but also the mark of God's relentless, redeeming love. It is a point well worth pondering because, among other reasons, it will help us to understand better why God, through the prophets, denounces sin and corruption in such scalding terms. He loves all of us, His spirit sons and daughters, but hates our vices. His denunciation of those vices may, if we are not careful, seem to obscure the enormous and perfect love He has for us. Neal A. Maxwell daughter hate love Brigham Young observed, "Man's machinery makes things alike" (JD 9:370), while God gives to seemingly like individuals pleasing differences. Secularism is no friend of righteous individuality. Neal A. Maxwell differences friendship men When our minds really catch hold of the significance of Jesus' atonement, the world's hold on us loosens. Neal A. Maxwell mind world jesus In a very real sense, all we need to know is that God knows all. Neal A. Maxwell god-knows real needs It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed than to be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally. Neal A. Maxwell trust forever sometimes Obviously, family values mirror our personal priorities. Given the gravity of current conditions, would parents be willing to give up just one outside thing, giving that time and talent instead to the family. Neal A. Maxwell priorities giving-up mirrors Walking and overcoming by faith is not easy. For one thing, the dimension of time constantly constrains our perspective. Likewise, the world steadily tempts us. No wonder we are given instructive words from Jesus about the narrowness and the straightness of the only path available to return home: “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). And then he said, “No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Jesus laid down strict conditions. Neal A. Maxwell home father jesus For the faithful, our finest hours are sometimes during or just Neal A. Maxwell faithful adversity time To one degree or another we all struggle with selfishness. Since it is so common, why worry about selfishness anyway? Because selfishness is really self-destruction in slow motion. No wonder the Prophet Joseph Smith urged, "Let every selfish feeling be not only buried, but annihilated" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 178). Hence annihilation - not moderation - is the destination! . . . Meekness is the real cure, for it does not merely mask selfishness but dissolves it! Neal A. Maxwell selfish real struggle We are vulnerable if we can be taken by a wave of emotion, invaded by an invidious impulse, roughed up by resentment, or engulfed by a surge of selfishness. Neal A. Maxwell resentment selfish taken
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