343 Quotes by Neal A. Maxwell

A patient willingness to defer dividends is a hallmark of individual maturity.

The laughter of the world is merely loneliness pathetically trying to reassure itself.

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

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.

If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.

God's extraordinary work is most often done by ordinary people in the seeming obscurity of a home and family.

Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.

God does not begin by asking our ability, but more of our availability. When we prove our dependability, He will in crease our capability.

Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must not discount them now), those of us who prevail today will have done no small thing. The special spirits who have been reserved to live in this time of challenges and who overcome will one day be praised for their stamina by those who pulled handcarts.