We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
BOYD K. PACKERTolerance is a virtue, but like all virtues, when exaggerated, it transforms itself into a vice. We need to be careful of the “tolerance trap” so that we are not swallowed up in it.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
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When temptation comes, you can invent a delete key in your mind- perhaps the words from a favorite hymn. Your mind is in charge; your body is the instrument of your mind.
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How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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One thing is very clear: the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family. This has always been true; it will be true forever. We must keep that foremost in our minds.
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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.
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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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If you need a transfusion of spiritual strength then just ask for it. We call that Prayer. Prayer is powerful spiritual medicine.
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You always hold the key of repentance to unlock the prison door. If they throw the word diversity at you, grab hold of it and say, “I am already diverse, and I intend to stay diverse.”
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Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence … more than a speaker does.
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Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and then to their children.
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The end of all activity in the church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home, sealed for eternity.
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I know that God is our Father. He introduced His Son, Jesus Christ, to Joseph Smith. I declare to you that I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that He lives. He was born in the meridian of time.
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A testimony of the hope of redemption is something which cannot be measured or counted. Jesus Christ is the source of that hope.
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