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
people sometimes worst
Sometimes the best people... have the worst experiences... because they are ready to learn
perspective temptation world
So much depends, therefore, upon our maintaining gospel perspective in the midst of ordinariness, the pressures of temptation, tribulation, deprivation, and the cares of the world.
imperfection needs release
The imperfections of others never release us from the need to work on our own shortcomings.
silence would-be obedience
If we knew how often the obedience of others is affected by our own, and how often our stepping forth soon brings forth a whole platton of helpers, and how often our speaking forth soon creates a chorus - we would be even more ashamed of our slackess and our silence.
It's service, not status, that counts.
moral-fiber people political
Our inspired Constitution is wisely designed to protect from excesses of political power, but it can do little to protect us from the excesses of appetite or from individual indifference to great principles or institutions. Any significant unraveling of the moral fiber of the American people, therefore, finally imperils the Constitution.
crowds
Crowds cannot make right what God has declared to be wrong.
christ draws
We cannot lead or draw others to Christ unless we stand closer to Him than they do.
love-is ifs
Love is never wasted, even if it is not reciprocated.
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.
needs praying pray-for-me
Pray for me to learn quickly what I need to learn.
cancer savior dies
The Savior knows what it's like to die of cancer.
boring exciting relevant
Why is it that for many persons changing others is so exciting and so relevant, while changing oneself is so boring and irrelevant?