343 Quotes by Neal A. Maxwell

Any assessment of where we stand in relationship to Him tells us that we do not stand at all. We kneel.

Crowds cannot make right what God has declared to be wrong.

The Book of Mormon is to be feasted upon, not nibbled.

In conclusion, 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,' brothers and sisters, are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us. However, when you and I finally submit ourselves, by letting our individual wills be swallowed up in God's will, then we are really giving something to Him! It is the only possession which is truly ours to give!

We cannot lead or draw others to Christ unless we stand closer to Him than they do.

Conscience warns us not to sink our cleats too deeply in mortal turf, which is so dangerously artificial.

Like Jesus, we can decide, daily or instantly, to give no heed to temptation (see D&C 20:22). We can respond to irritation with a smile instead of scowl, or by giving warm praise instead of icy indifference. By our being understanding instead of abrupt, others, in turn, may decide to hold on a little longer rather than to give way. Love, patience, and meekness can be just as contagious as rudeness and crudeness.

Love is never wasted, even if it is not reciprocated.

I thank the Father that His Only Begotten Son did not say in defiant protest at Calvary, "My body is my own!" I stand in admiration of women today who resist the "fashion of abortion, by refusing to make the sacred womb a tomb!"