Neal A. Maxwell

Quotes

• “Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting...”
• “Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must not discount them n...”
• “Time is clearly not our natural dimension. Thus it is that we are never really at home in time. Alternately, we find our...”
• “Be careful, fathers, when you inordinately desire things to be better for your children than they were for you. Do not, ...”
• “Even the early droplets of selfish decisions suggest a direction. Then the little inflecting rivulets come, merging into...”
• “God does not begin by asking our ability, only our availability, and if we prove our dependability, He will increase our...”
• “We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.”
• “A patient willingness to defer dividends is a hallmark of individual maturity.”
• “Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.”
• “Within what is allotted to us, we can have spiritual contentment.”
• “What we insistently desire, over time, is what we become.”
• “Perfect love is perfectly patient.”