Not My Will, but Thine Quotes

“True discipleship is for volunteers only. Only volunteers will trust the Guide sufficiently to follow Him in the dangerous ascent which only He can lead.”
― Neal A. Maxwell, Not My Will, but Thine

“While we must always begin from where we are, we need not stay where we are.”
― Neal A. Maxwell, Not My Will, but Thine

“We were never promised precision in this life... With the gift of agency to mankind, life cannot possibly present a perfectly tidy picture. The ambiguities of circumstances are partly, if not largely, the cumulative result of our varied use of our moral agency, but also of the structure of life itself.”
― Neal A. Maxwell, Not My Will, but Thine

“As George MacDonald wisely wrote, "The one principle of hell is, I am my own!" 4 Fierce pride usually protects this wrong perception.”
― Neal A. Maxwell, Not My Will, but Thine

“It takes faith, too, and obedience, to conquer selfishness, that unsubmissive characteristic which, if unchecked, produces profound personal melancholy and solitariness. Selfishness is a form of self-worship, and we have been told, "Thou shalt have no other Gods before me" (Exodus 20:3).”
― Neal A. Maxwell, Not My Will, but Thine

“And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them. (Ether 12:27.)”
― Neal A. Maxwell, Not My Will, but Thine

“Passing beyond breaking points without breaking takes the form of endurance.”
― Neal A. Maxwell, Not My Will, but Thine

“Our emphasis, therefore, should be on “doing” and “becoming,” not just on surviving; on serving others, not just serving time.”
― Neal A. Maxwell, Not My Will, but Thine

“Some of us nevertheless feel as though we own ourselves, our time, our talents, and our possessions; these are signs of our self-sufficiency. Actually, God lends us breath and sustains us from moment to moment (Mosiah 2:21). Even our talents are gifts from Him. Whatever our possessions, these are merely on loan to us as accountable stewards. Possessions are not portable anyway. The submissive realize this.”
― Neal A. Maxwell, Not My Will, but Thine