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Neal A. Maxwell

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.

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Sometimes the best people. . . have the worst experiences. . . because they are ready to learn

Experiences, People, Ready, Sometimes, Worst

Our afflictions brothers and sisters often will not be extinguished, they will be dwarfed and swallowed up in the joy of Christ. That’s how we overcome, most of the time. It’s not their elimination, but the placing of them in that larger context.

Brother, Brothers, Christ, Joy, Overcoming, Placing

Men and Women of Christ magnify their callings without magnifying themselves.

Calling, Christ, Magnifying, Men, Women

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.

Actually, Adventure, Become, Believe, Future, Important

When at length we tire of putting people down, this self-inflicted fatigue can give way to the invigorating calisthenics of lifting people up.

Down, Giving, Invigorating, People, Self, Tire

If another person only had in his storehouse of deserved self-esteem what you had put there, what would he have to draw upon and to sustain him?

Self Esteem, Draws, Persons, Deserved, Storehouse, Draw

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

Ifs, Love, Love Is, Reciprocated, Wasted

A father who finds it difficult to express his love vocally for his children may need, at first, to be humbly obedient in holding family home evenings in order to help him to discover, or to increase, his appreciation for his children. Next can come to him the courage to say I love you to each one.

Appreciation, Children, Difficult, Humbly, Love, Vocally

Enthusiasm needs to be effective enthusiasm. We must distinguish between the contribution and enthusiasm of the cheerleader and the enthusiasm of the player. While cheerleaders serve an important purpose, the real contest involves players on the field or on the court of life. We must not go through life acting only as enthusiastic cheerleaders available for hire; we must be anxiously and personally engaged.

Real, Player, Important, Cheerleaders, Distinguish

Mother lode of learning.

Learning, Lode, Mother, Motherhood

Our inspired Constitution is wisely designed to protect from excesses of political power, but it can do little to protect us from the excesses of appetite or from individual indifference to great principles or institutions. Any significant unraveling of the moral fiber of the American people, therefore, finally imperils the Constitution.

Excesses, Institutions, Moral Fiber, People, Political, Protect

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

Individual, Maturity, Patient, Willingness

How can we truly understand who we are unless we know who we were and what we have the power to become?

Become, Know, Knows, Power, Understand, Who We Are

We are so busy constantly checking our own temperatures, we fail to notice the burning fevers of others.

Burning, Constantly, Fail, Fever, Temperature

I fear that, as conditions worsen, many will react to the failures of too much government by calling for even more government. Then there will be more and more lifeboats launched because fewer and fewer citizens know how to swim. Unlike some pendulums, political pendulums to not swing back automatically; they must be pushed. History is full of instances when people have waited in vain for pendulums to swing back.

Back, Failures, Government, People, Swings, Waited

For some Church members the Book of Mormon remains unread. Others use it occasionally as if it were merely a handy book of quotations. Still others accept and read it but do not really explore and ponder it. The book is to be feasted upon, not nibbled (see 2 Nephi 31:20).

Book, Church, Explore, Ponder, Remains, Use

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

Assessment, Kneel, Relationship, Stand, Tells

The cavity which suffering carves into our souls will one day also be the receptacle of joy.

Joy, Receptacle, Soul, Souls, Suffering

The gross size of our talent inventories is less important than the net use of our talents?

Gross, Important, Inventories, Inventory, Use

When our minds really catch hold of the significance of Jesus' atonement, the world's hold on us loosens.

Jesus, Loosens, Mind, Minds, World

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