Elder Neal A. Maxwell

01 · The timeline

Every conference, April 2000 to October 2026

Each dot is a conference where Elder Maxwell spoke. Hover for the talk; click to open its sketch note.

03 · The measuring stick

How these talks compare with every talk since 2000

The bar is this speaker. The line marks the average across all 1,946 talks.

05 · Signature phrases

Words that sound like Elder Maxwell

Phrases that appear in these talks far more often than in other speakers' talks. Bigger type means a bigger difference. The number is how many of these talks use the phrase.

07 · Who quotes them

How later talks build on these talks

Most-cited talkThe Tugs and Pulls of the WorldOctober 2000 · cited by 2 later talks

Speakers who cite these talks most

Mark A. Bragg

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Marlin K. Jensen

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Dieter F. Uchtdorf

1

L. Todd Budge

1

Gérald Caussé

1

Neil L. Andersen

1

Named in the footnotes of 81 talks by other speakers since 2000. See the citation network →

The sketch notes

53 talks, one page each

Hand-drawn sketch notes from Weak Things. Each page links to the full talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

Remember How Merciful the Lord Hath BeenApril 2004 How Choice a Seer!October 2003 Care for the Life of the SoulApril 2003 Encircled in the Arms of His LoveOctober 2002 Consecrate Thy PerformanceApril 2002 The Seventh Commandment: A ShieldOctober 2001 “Plow in Hope”April 2001 The Tugs and Pulls of the WorldOctober 2000 Content with the Things Allotted unto UsApril 2000 Lessons from Laman and LemuelOctober 1999 “Repent of [Our] Selfishness” (D&C 56:8)April 1999 Hope through the Atonement of Jesus ChristOctober 1998 “Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel”April 1998 “Apply the Atoning Blood of Christ”October 1997 “From Whom All Blessings Flow”April 1997 “According to the Desire of [Our] Hearts”October 1996 “Becometh As a Child”April 1996 “Swallowed Up in the Will of the Father”October 1995 “Deny Yourselves of All Ungodliness”April 1995 “Brightness of Hope”October 1994 “Take Especial Care of Your Family”April 1994 “From the Beginning”October 1993 “Behold, the Enemy Is Combined” (D&C 38:12)April 1993 “Settle This in Your Hearts”October 1992 “My Servant Joseph”April 1992 RepentanceOctober 1991 “Lest Ye Be Wearied and Faint in Your Minds”April 1991 Put Off the Natural Man, and Come Off ConquerorOctober 1990 “Endure It Well”April 1990 “Murmur Not”October 1989 Irony: The Crust on the Bread of AdversityApril 1989 “Answer Me”October 1988 “For I Will Lead You Along”April 1988 “Yet Thou Art There”October 1987 “Overcome … Even As I Also Overcame”April 1987 “God Will Yet Reveal”October 1986 “Called and Prepared from the Foundation of the World”April 1986 Premortality, a Glorious RealityOctober 1985 “Willing to Submit”April 1985 “Out of Obscurity”October 1984 The Great Plan of the Eternal GodApril 1984 Joseph, the SeerOctober 1983 “Shine As Lights in the World”April 1983 “Be of Good Cheer”October 1982 “A Brother Offended”April 1982 “O, Divine Redeemer”October 1981 The Net Gathers of Every KindOctober 1980 The Women of GodApril 1978 Notwithstanding My WeaknessOctober 1976 “Jesus of Nazareth, Savior and King”April 1976 The Man of ChristApril 1975 Why Not Now?October 1974 Response to a CallApril 1974

Sources and method

Where these numbers come from

• Talk text, footnotes and callings come from the official General Conference pages on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Every talk above links to its source.
• Coverage is April 2000 through October 2026: 1,946 talks by 381 speakers. Sustainings, audit and statistical reports, and videos are left out.
• Verse counts use scripture links in footnotes and talk text, counted once per talk. "Cited by" counts later talks whose footnotes link to one of these talks.
• Main topics are estimates assigned by a language model from each talk's opening and closing. Signature phrases compare how many of these talks use a phrase with how many other talks do.
• Leaders quoted are found by name in footnotes. Outside authors are found by name in the text and footnotes. Sketch notes are Weak Things study aids, not official Church materials.