Neal A. Maxwell
Neal A. Maxwell
Neal Ash Maxwellwas an apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsfrom 1981 until his death...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth6 July 1926
CountryUnited States of America
Neal A. Maxwell quotes about
imperfection needs release
The imperfections of others never release us from the need to work on our own shortcomings.
wise self goal
Without making a fetish of goal setting, and without letting "lists" of tasks we desire to do dominate us, some recording of goals is wise not only for the self-reminder these constitute, but also for the satisfaction of crossing things off.
appreciated sometimes braces
Sometimes, if you're like me, [God] will brace or reprove in a highly personal process not understood or appreciated by those outside the context.
world
Education brightens a darkened world.
failure done failing
We must not fail, individually, for if we fail, we fail twice - for ourselves and for those who could have been helped, if we had done our duty.
being-there lord careless
Even the good can become careless without the Lord's being there to chasten.
waiting good-woman charity
The charity of good women is such that their 'love makes no parade'; they are not glad 'when others go wrong'; they are too busy serving to sit statusfully about, waiting to be offended.
love-is ifs
Love is never wasted, even if it is not reciprocated.
christ draws
We cannot lead or draw others to Christ unless we stand closer to Him than they do.
crowds
Crowds cannot make right what God has declared to be wrong.
forgiveness journey needs
Our journey is demanding enough that the need for reassurance as well as reminders is constant.
courage chasms pure
Pure religion is having the courage to do what is right and let the consequence follow.
criteria celestial
Celestial criteria measures service, not status.
christmas stars children
Long ago when a child lay in a manger, a special star appeared. It didn't just show up that evening. It had to have been placed in its orbit centuries before in a trajectory that would make it appear at that special moment of time to announce the birth of a special child. Just as there is divine design in the universe, so each of us has been placed in our own orbits in this life to love, to serve, to help light the world.