Neal A. Maxwell quotes - page 2

God's extraordinary work is most often done by ordinary people in the seeming obscurity of a home and family. (Neal A. Maxwell)
Let us have integrity and not write checks with our tongues which our conduct cannot cash. View quote
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Never give up what you want most for what you want today. View quote
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We cannot improve the world if we are conformed to the world. View quote
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Coming unto the Lord is not a negotiation, but a surrender. View quote
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Perfect love is perfectly patient. View quote
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When we rejoice in beautiful scenery, great art, and great music, it is but the flexing of instincts acquired in another place and another time. View quote
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I testify that He is utterly incomparable in what He is, what He knows, what He has accomplished and what He has experienced. Yet, movingly, He calls us His Friends. View quote
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Even if work were not an economic necessity, it is a spiritual necessity. View quote
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The acceptance of the reality that we are in the Lord's loving hands is only a recognition that we have never really been anywhere else. View quote
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God, as a loving Father, will stretch our souls at times. The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched. . . . God will tutor us by trying us because He loves us, not because of indifference! (Neal A. Maxwell)
If the kingdom of God is not first, it doesn't matter what's second. View quote
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Patience is...clearly not fatalistic, shoulder-shrugging resignation. It is the acceptance of a divine rhythm to life; it is obedience prolonged. Patience stoutly resists pulling up the daisies to see how the roots are doing. View quote
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