Neal A. Maxwell Needs Quotations

Sometimes we are so busy being the hammer or the anvil, that we forget who really needs the shaping.

The imperfections of others never release us from the need to work on our own shortcomings.

Pray for me to learn quickly what I need to learn.

The Lord has said, ‘I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.’ (Isaiah 48:10, 1 Nephi 20:10). He knows, being omniscient, how we will cope with affliction beforehand. But we do not know this. We need, therefore, the refining that God gives to us, though we do not seek or crave such tribulation.

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

Our journey is demanding enough that the need for reassurance as well as reminders is constant.