Neal A. Maxwell Quotes

United States, Educator
July 6, 1926 – July, 21, 2004.

Neal Ash Maxwell was an American scholar, educator, and religious leader who served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1981 until his death.

Also known as Clergyman

God does not begin by asking our ability, only our availability, and if we prove our dependability, He will increase our capability.

Neal A. Maxwell
- God
I have on my office wall a wise and useful reminder by Anne Morrow Lindbergh concerning one of the realities of life. She wrote, 'My life cannot implement in action the demands of all the people to whom my heart responds.' That's good counsel for us all, not as an excuse to forgo duty, but as a sage point about pace and the need for quality in relationships.

Neal A. Maxwell
- People
- Life
- Good

The good life is the best preparation for bad times.

Neal A. Maxwell
- Life
- Good
- Bad
Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage.

Neal A. Maxwell
- Courage
A few little flowers will spring up briefly in the dry gulley through which torrents of water pass occasionally. But it is steady streams that bring thick and needed crops. In the agriculture of the soul that has to do with nurturing attributes, flash floods are no substitute for regular irrigation.'

Neal A. Maxwell
- Up
- Soul
- Water