Humility

The gospel requires us to yield our minds as well as bend our knees. Minds are often more arthritic than knees. (That Ye May Believe, p. 101.)

Isn't it marvelous how Jesus deflected credit from himself? Even after his excruciating atonement, he meekly said, "Glory be to the Father"! ("Out of the Best Faculty," p. 48.)

The enthusiasm of "I'll baptize a thousand on my mission!" is best tempered by "I'll go where you want me to go, dear Lord … I'll do what you want me to do," letting "God give the increase" (Hymns, no. 270; 1 Cor. 3:6). (Men and Women of Christ, p. 25.)

Humility is not the disavowal of our worth; rather, it is the sober realization of how much we are valued by God. Nor does true humility call for the denigration of what truth we already know; rather, it is the catching of one's breath, as he realizes how very little that which we mortals presently know really is! (All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience, p. 127.)

We have no evidence of Jesus' ever reflecting upon or discoursing immodestly upon His masterful performances, such as in the miracle of the loaves and fishes, in the raising of Lazarus, or in thehealing of the ten lepers. He let his deeds speak for themselves, and He always attributed His power to the Father. Dare we do less as regards the much less we have achieved? ("Not My Will, But Thine", pp. 93-94.)

[Jesus] rejoices in our genuine goodness and achievement, but any assessment of where we stand in relation to Him tells us that we do not stand at all! We kneel! (Ensign, November 1981, p. 8.)


(Cory H. Maxwell, ed., The Neal A. Maxwell Quote Book [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1997], 166.)