More Quotes by Neal A. Maxwell
In conclusion, 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,' brothers and sisters, are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us. However, when you and I finally submit ourselves, by letting our individual wills be swallowed up in God's will, then we are really giving something to Him! It is the only possession which is truly ours to give!
Satan delights to have us put ourselves down. Self-contempt is of Satan. There is no such thing in heaven.
How can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, 'Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then, let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!'
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.
Faith in God includes Faith in God's timing.
The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men's candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of others.
The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others.
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.
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.
No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.
