Neal A. Maxwell Quotes

The greatest word of Jesus to His disciples is abandon

It will cost you everything to follow the Lord. And it will cost you even more to be His man for this hour.

Discipleship, following Jesus Christ is the toughest thing that you're going do in your whole life. You're not going to find anything tougher.

I don't think about numbers. I think more about what I can give back to the club for the faith they have invested in me.

Obedience to the call of Christ nearly always costs everything to two people- the one who is called, and the one who loves that one.

Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.

How can you have confidence in a woman who will not risk entrusting her whole life to you, day and night?

Jesus says if you want to have me, you must give up that other thing that has you.

I am not called to be successful, I am called to be faithful.

Jesus' call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.

Christ asked for everything he got.

Never be afraid to meet to the hilt the demand of either work, or friendship - two of life's major assets.

Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

I am only a simple woman who lives to serve Peron and my people.

My owner is life and that's what I fight for.

When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall vividly how the spirit of missionary work came into my life. I was about thirteen years of age when my father received a call to go on a mission.

There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.

Conversion is an offering of self, of love, and of loyalty we give to God in gratitude for the gift of testimony.

The people have given me their support; they have given me their trust and confidence. My colleagues have suffered a lot in order to give me support. I do not look upon my life as a sacrifice at all.

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within. We, the total person, co-operate. This means that co-operation equals committment.

If every call to Christ and His righteousness is a call to suffering, the converse is equally - every call to suffering is a call to Christ, a promotion, an invitation to come up higher.

Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.

Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.