Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must not discount them now), those of us who prevail today will have done no small thing. The special spirits who have been reserved to live in this time of challenges and who overcome will one day be praised for their stamina by those who pulled handcarts. Neal A. Maxwell
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  3. No one is without troubles, without personal hardships and genuine challenges.  That fact may not be obvious because most people don't advertise their woes and heartaches.  But nobody, not even the purest heart, escapes life without suffering battle scars. - Richelle E. Goodrich
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More Quotes By Neal A. Maxwell
  1. Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus!
  2. God's extraordinary work is most often done by ordinary people in the seeming obscurity of a home and family.
  3. The laughter of the world is merely loneliness pathetically trying to reassure itself.
  4. I testify that He is utterly incomparable in what He is, what He knows, what He has accomplished and what He has experienced. Yet, movingly, He calls us His Friends
  5. 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.
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