"You and I all know individuals who do much quiet good by following the scriptural injunction about lifting up the hands that hang down  (see Hebrews 12:12, D&C 81:5).  Some of those hands that hang down once grasped the iron rod and then let go, having simply given up.  Hence, those hands need to be reached for because they will not be proffered by such discouraged individuals."

Neal A. Maxwell  -  Fireside - January 4, 1998

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        "This work of reactivation is done a soul at a time, quietly and with dignity...and if some bristle a bit, then let us learn how to pat a porcupine."