Neal Ash Maxwell (July 6, 1926 – July 21, 2004) was an American scholar, educator, and religious leader who served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1981 until his death.
Some of Neal A. Maxwell’s books
1- All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience
2- Not My Will, but Thine
3- If Thou Endure It Well
4 -The Promise of Discipleship
5- Notwithstanding my Weakness
25 inspiring Quotes from Neal A. Maxwell
“We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.”
“The laughter of the world is merely loneliness pathetically trying to reassure itself.”
“Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is best—better than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting that our timetable is better than His. We can grow in faith only if we are willing to wait patiently for God’s purposes and patterns to unfold in our lives, on His timetable.”
“God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.”
“Faith in God includes Faith in God’s timing.”
“The submission of one’s will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God’s altar. The many other things we ‘give’ are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.”
“Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus!”
“If we are serious about our discipleship, Jesus will eventually request each of us to do those very things which are most difficult for us to do.”
“When the real history of mankind is fully disclosed, will it feature the echoes of gunfire or the shaping sound of lullabies? The great armistices made by military men or the peacemaking of women in homes and in neighborhoods? Will what happened in cradles and kitchens prove to be more controlling than what happened in congresses? When the surf of the centuries has made the great pyramids so much sand, the everlasting family will still be standing, because it is a celestial institution, formed outside telestial time.”
“If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.”
“No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity. ”
“God’s extraordinary work is most often done by ordinary people in the seeming obscurity of a home and family.”
“Never give up what you want most for what you want today.”
“Let us have integrity and not write checks with our tongues which our conduct cannot cash.”
“We cannot improve the world if we are conformed to the world.”
“Empathy during agony is a portion of divinity.”
“Coming unto the Lord is not a negotiation, but a surrender.”
“Perfect love is perfectly patient.”
“If the kingdom of God is not first, it doesn’t matter what’s second.”
“I testify that He is utterly incomparable in what He is, what He knows, what He has accomplished and what He has experienced. Yet, movingly, He calls us His Friends”
“When we rejoice in beautiful scenery, great art, and great music, it is but the flexing of instincts acquired in another place and another time.”
“Even if work were not an economic necessity, it is a spiritual necessity.”
“It is extremely important for you to believe in yourselves not only for what you are now but for what you have the power to become. Trust in the Lord as He leads you along. He has things for you to do that you won’t know about now but that will unfold later. If you stay close to Him, You will have some great adventures. You will live in a time where instead of sometimes being fulfilled, many of them will actually be fulfilled. The Lord will unfold your future bit by bit.”
“In the economy of Heaven, God does not send thunder if a still, small voice is enough, or a prophet if a priest can do the job.”
“The acceptance of the reality that we are in the Lord’s loving hands is only a recognition that we have never really been anywhere else.”
