“Why should it surprise us, by the way, that life’s most demanding tests as well as the most significant opportunities for growth in life usually occur within marriage and the family? How can revolving door relationships, by contrast, be as real a test of our capacity to love? Is being courteous, one time, to the stranger on the bus as difficult as being courteous to a family member who is competing for the bathroom morning after morning? Does fleeting disappointment with a fellow office worker compare to the betrayal of a spouse? Does a raise in pay even approach the lift we receive from rich family life? ~ Neal A. Maxwell (” ‘Thanks Be to God.’ “) The Neal A. Maxwell Quote Book, p.117
Society should focus anew on the headwaters—the family—where values can be taught, lived, experienced, and perpetuated. Otherwise. . . we will witness even more widespread flooding downstream, featuring even more corruption and violence (see Genesis 6:11-12, Matthew 24:37) ~ by Neal A. Maxwell, The Neal A. Maxwell Quote Book, p.117
Also see… ‘Take Especial Care of Your Family’ ~ by Neal A. Maxwell (Ensign, May 1994)
