Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
BOYD K. PACKERTolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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Our whole social order could self-destruct over the obsession with freedom disconnected from responsibility; where choice is imagined to be somehow independent of consequences.
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Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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I do not think it pleases the Lord when we worry because we think we never do enough or that what we do is never good enough.
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He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty” – Lao-tsu One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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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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We are able to feel and learn very quickly through music, through art, through poetry some spiritual things that we would otherwise learn very slowly.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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The Restoration began with the prayer of a 14-year-old boy and a vision of the Father and the Son. The dispensation of the fulness of times was ushered in.
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What a wonderful time to be young. You will see events in your lifetime that will test your courage and extend your faith. If you will face the sunlight of truth, the shadows of discouragement and sin and error will fall behind you. You must never give up!
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Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family.
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Somewhere there is a message in the protest of the man who said, “You can’t tell me that worry doesn’t help. The things I worry about never happen.”
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The Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.
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Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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