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It is not the years but the changes that make us grow.
Neal A. Maxwell
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Neal A. Maxwell
Age: 78 †
Born: 1926
Born: July 6
Died: 2004
Died: July 21
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Neal Ash Maxwell
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When one comes to know God and His Son Jesus Christ through the scriptures, the Spirit, and personal revelation, it is impossible to feel anything other than overwhelmed by the attributes so perfectly developed in them and so tentatively and superficially developed in oneself. Even so, we are told to strive to become like them.
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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.
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The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.
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The hardest work you and I will ever do is to put off our selfishness. It is heavy lifting!
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Meekness, the subtraction of self, reduces the multiplication of words.
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Most of our suffering comes from sin and stupidity it is, nevertheless, very real, and growth can occur with real repentance. But the highest source of suffering appears to be reserved for the innocent who undergo divine tutorial training.
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Satan delights to have us put ourselves down. Self-contempt is of Satan. There is no such thing in heaven.
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We can be walking witnesses and standing sermons to which objective onlookers can say a quiet amen.
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It is possible to know when, at least basically, we please God. In fact, Joseph Smith taught that one of the conditions of genuine faith is to have an actual knowledge that the course of life which [one] is pursuing is according to [God's] will.
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If we knew how often the obedience of others is affected by our own, and how often our stepping forth soon brings forth a whole platton of helpers, and how often our speaking forth soon creates a chorus - we would be even more ashamed of our slackess and our silence.
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The imperfections of others never release us from the need to work on our own shortcomings.
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It is so easy to be confrontive without being informative indignant without being intelligent impulsive without being insightful.
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Love is never wasted, even if it is not reciprocated.
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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?
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Conscience warns us not to sink our cleats too deeply in mortal turf, which is so dangerously artificial.
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Many of those engaged in a lemming-like march to the sea are proud of their individualism.
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Truly we work and live on a streetful of splendid people, whom we are to love and serve even if they are uninterested in us!
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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).
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Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements ... those of us who prevail today will have done no small thing.
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