Inspirational Quotes by Neal A. Maxwell (American Mormon Religious Leader)

Inspirational Quotations by Neal A. Maxwell (American Mormon Religious Leader)

Neal Ash Maxwell (1926–2004) was an apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1981 until his death.

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Patience permits us to cling to our faith in the Lord when we are tossed about by suffering as if by surf. When the undertow grasps us we will realize that we are somehow being carried forward even as we tumble. We are actually being -helped even as we cry for help.
—Neal A. Maxwell
Topics: Patience

We are in bondage to that which overcomes us.
—Neal A. Maxwell

At the center of our agency is our freedom to form a healthy attitude toward whatever circumstances we are placed in.
—Neal A. Maxwell
Topics: Attitude

Stubbornness is rebellion against God.
—Neal A. Maxwell

Man can learn self-discipline without becoming ascetic; he can be wise without waiting to be old; he can be influential without waiting for status. Man can sharpen his ability to distinguish between matters of principle and matters of preference, but only if we have a wise interplay between time and truth, between minutes and morality.
—Neal A. Maxwell
Topics: Discipline

And when mistakes occur, let them become instructive, not destructive.
—Neal A. Maxwell

Anger should never be an overnight guest.
—Neal A. Maxwell
Topics: Anger

Yes, you and I should count our blessings, but we should also make them count.
—Neal A. Maxwell
Topics: Blessings

God’s extraordinary work is most often done by ordinary people in the seeming obscurity of a home and family.
—Neal A. Maxwell

All crosses are easier to carry when we keep moving.
—Neal A. Maxwell

Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.
—Neal A. Maxwell
Topics: Absence, Courage

Selfishness leads to terrible perceptual and
behavioural blunders. It makes a pot of pottage look like
a banquet, and thirty pieces of silver look like a treasure.
—Neal A. Maxwell

Act now, so that a thousand years from now, when you look back at this moment, you can say this was a moment that mattered-this was a day of determination.
—Neal A. Maxwell

Those who do too much for their children, will soon discover they can do nothing with their children.
—Neal A. Maxwell

Do not let the future be held hostage by the past.
—Neal A. Maxwell
Topics: Goals

Don’t fear, just live right.
—Neal A. Maxwell
Topics: Fear, Right, Live