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In life, we have to be careful to monitor our personal attitude. Are we positive, loyal, and trustworthy in all that we do? Don't be negative. Strengthen and lift those around you. Do not let them ...
~Neal A. Maxwell
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Now we are entering times wherein there will be for all of us as Church members, in my judgment, some special challenges which will require of us that we follow the Brethren. All the easy things t...
~Neal A. Maxwell
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The doctrine of foreordination is not a doctrine of repose; instead, it is a doctrine for second- and third-milers, and it will draw out of them the last full measure of devotion. It is a doctrine ...
~Neal A. Maxwell
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When in situations of stress we wonder if there is any more in us to give, we can be comforted to know that God, who knows our capacity perfectly, placed us here to succeed. No one was foreordained...
~Neal A. Maxwell
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The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men's candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of [others].
~Neal A. Maxwell
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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 betwee...
~Neal A. Maxwell
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Submissiveness involves an invitation to come to grips with reality—to come into harmony with "things as they really are." Only then, proceeding from where one now is, can genuine s...
~Neal A. Maxwell
from Even As I Am (1982), 43-44 -
We need to give much more attention than we now do to those individual differences which produce what Harry Emerson Fosdick called the second form of hypocrisy, the situation in which we let oursel...
~Neal A. Maxwell
from A More Excellent Way -
When in situations of stress we wonder if there is any more in us to give, we can be comforted to know that God, who knows our capacity perfectly, placed us here to succeed. No one was foreordained...
~Neal A. Maxwell
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There is another clue to maintaining our steadfastness: We should judge the warnings given to us by their accuracy and relevancy, not by the finesse or the diplomacy by which the warnings are given...
~Neal A. Maxwell
from Wherefore Ye Must Press Forward -
Satan is very apt at using any momentum he has in order to make it look as though he has already prevailed. No wonder obvious exceptions irritate him so! Though he postures as a nonconformist, my, ...
~Neal A. Maxwell
from Things As They Really Are