Top 180 Neal A. Maxwell Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Faith in God includes Faith in God’s timing.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

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

— Neal A. Maxwell

3. “God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

4. “Perfect love is perfectly patient.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

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5. “When we are unduly impatient with an omniscient God’s timing, we really are suggesting that we know what’s best. Strange isn’t it-we who wear wrist watches seek to counsel Him who oversees cosmic clocks and calendars.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

6. “Don’t fear, just live right.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

7. “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’ are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

8. “Trials and tribulations tend to squeeze the artificiality out of us, leaving the essence of what we really are and clarifying what we really yearn for.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

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

— Neal A. Maxwell

10. “If the kingdom of God is not first, it doesn’t matter what’s second.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

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11. “Beware not to get caught up in the thick of thin things.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

12. “It is our job to lift others up, not to size them up.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

13. “Never give up what you want most for what you want today.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

14. “It is only by yielding to God that we can begin to realize His will for us. And if we truly trust God, why not yield to His loving omniscience? After all, He knows us and our possibilities much better than do we.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

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15. “On the straight and narrow path, there are simply no corners to be cut.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

Featured in: Path Quotes

16. “Education brightens a darkened world.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

17. “In a very real sense, all we need to know is that God knows all.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

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18. “True discipleship is for volunteers only. Only volunteers will trust the Guide sufficiently to follow Him in the dangerous ascent which only He can lead.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

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

— Neal A. Maxwell

20. “Do not let the future be held hostage by the past.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

21. “No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

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

— Neal A. Maxwell

23. “The great challenge is to refuse to let the bad things that happen to us do bad things to us. That is the crucial difference between adversity and tragedy.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

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24. “The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men’s candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of others.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

25. “It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed than to be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

26. “In Gospel grammar, death is not an exclamation point, merely a comma.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

27. “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.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

28. “The good life is the best preparation for bad times.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

29. “Our little pebble of poor performance helps to start, or to sustain, an avalanche.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

30. “The issue for us is trusting God enough to trust also His timing. If we can truly believe He has our welfare at heart, may we not let His plans unfold as He thinks best?”

— Neal A. Maxwell

31. “We can hold to the iron rod even if others slip away and a few end up mocking us from “the great and spacious building.””

— Neal A. Maxwell

32. “Consecration thus constitutes the only unconditional surrender which is also a total victory!”

— Neal A. Maxwell

33. “Coming unto the Lord is not a negotiation, but a surrender.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

34. “I know sanctification comes not with any particular calling, but with genuine acts of service, often for which there is no specific calling.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

35. “It’s service, not status, that counts.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

36. “We must endure the contempt of others without reciprocating that contempt.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

37. “In the economy of Heaven, God does not send thunder if a still, small voice is enough, or a prophet if a priest can do the job.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

38. “So often our sisters comfort others when their own needs are greater than those being comforted. That quality is like the generosity of Jesus on the cross. Empathy during agony is a portion of divinity!”

— Neal A. Maxwell

39. “If the Church were not true, our enemies would be bored rather than threatened, and acquiescent rather than anxious. Hell is moved only when things move heavenward.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

40. “We cannot improve the world if we are conformed to the world.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

41. “The dues of discipleship are high indeed, and how much we can take so often determines how much we can then give.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

42. “God is very serious about joy in the lives of His children.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

43. “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.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

44. “We cannot repent for someone else. But we can forgive someone else, refusing to hold hostage those whom the Lord seeks to set free!”

— Neal A. Maxwell

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

— Neal A. Maxwell

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46. “We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

47. “Ultimate hope constitutes the anchor of the soul.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

48. “The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

49. “Anger should never be an overnight guest.”

— Neal A. Maxwell

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50. “Empathy during agony is a portion of divinity.”

— Neal A. Maxwell