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“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' are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.”

Neal A. Maxwell
God , Personality

“We, more than others, should carry jumper and tow cables not only in our cars, but also in our hearts, by which means we can send the needed boost or charge of encouragement or the added momentum to mortal neighbors.”

Neal A. Maxwell

Source: All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience

Cars , Heart

“There are certain mortal moments and minutes that matter. Certain hingepoints in the history of each human. Some seconds are so decisive they shrink the soul, while others are spent, so as to stretch the soul.”

Neal A. Maxwell
Soul , History , Decision

“Being popular can become narcotic. We can come to crave it and to need the frequent ""fixes"" brought by the world’s praise and caresses of recognition. A turned head bows much less easily.
Popularity is dangerous especially because it focuses us on ourselves rather than keeping us attentive to the needs of others. We become preoccupied with self and with being noticed, letting those in real need ""pass by"" us, and we ""notice them not"".”

Neal A. Maxwell

Popularity and Principle, Ensign, Mar. 1995, p. 12 Ensign http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=73933ff73058b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1
( Morm. 8:39 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/morm/8#39). It is a sad fact, therefore, that popularity gets in the way of our keeping both of the two great commandments!"" (See Matt. 22:36–40 http://scriptures.lds.org/en/matt/22#36.)

World