Neal A. Maxwell Quotes

Mother was a great force in her area of evangelism.

I did not have a personal relationship with Jesus until I met my nanny, who helped me through a failing marriage and raising my two boys in a New York City apartment. She showed me by example what it was like to be able to talk to Jesus and bring all my cares and worries to Him. That was in 1990.

I put Christ first and everything else fell into place.

I gave my heart to Jesus when I was five-years-old and since then it's been a special relationship. To me it's not a religion; it's just talking to God, reading his word, and doing my best to honor him in everything I do.

Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.

You really can't justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.

Learn to keep close to Jesus, to listen to His voice, and follow Him.

Discipleship never consists in this or that specific action: it is always a decision, either for or against Jesus Christ.

Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.

Faith is not a distant view, but a warm embrace of Christ.

Discipleship is based solely on devotion to Jesus Christ, not on following after a particular belief or doctrine.

I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from the angels and the saints. I work them in always, in some way.

The truths that are found in the Bible are universal truths. And it shapes who you are and guides you throughout your life.

'You better do a lot of praying' is good counsel for all of the Lord's servants, new or seasoned. It is what His wise servants do. They pray. The disciples of Jesus Christ when He lived on the earth noticed that about Him.

Spiritual direction is an interpersonal relationship in which we learn how to grow, live, and love in the spiritual life.

I have sympathy for anyone who finds consolation anywhere we can. And many people do find it in religious tradition as it has been. I mean, I love much of that tradition. But somehow, that just didn't speak to me in the way that it does to some.

For me, prayer is not so much me setting out a shopping list of requests for God to consider as it is a way of 'keeping company with God.'

I put myself in the hands of Christ, who is the true leader of the church.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.

The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.

Relief Society can help us turn away from the world, for its express purpose is to help sisters and their families come unto Christ.

In the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.

I think that when you follow Christ, one of the things that happens when you start listening to His voice is that you really are alone.

My grandparents knew it was important that I understood Christianity and the Bible. But they never took me to church; they sent me to church.

I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in prayer every single day about all of those things - being tenacious about it.