There’s no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
BOYD K. PACKERThoughts, like water, will stay on course if we make a place for them to go. As you learn to control your thoughts, you can gain courage, conquer fear and have a happy life.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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Tolerance 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.
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Happiness will depend on what each of us does with what each has, what we learn from what we do, and what we do thereafter.
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In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families.
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I’m not ashamed to say that I want to be good. And I’ve found in my life that it has been critically important to establish this intention between me and the Lord so that I knew that HE knew which way I committed my agency.
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Every soul confined in a prison of sin, guilt, or perversion has a key to the gate. The key is labeled “repentance.” If you know how to use this key, the adversary cannot hold you.
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When some unworthy thought pushes into your mind, replace it with your delete key. Worthy music is powerful and can help you control your thoughts.
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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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The idea that life began with mortal birth is preposterous. There is no way to explain life if you believe that.
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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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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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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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This great circle of sisters will be a protection for each of you and for your families. The Relief Society might be likened to a refuge- the place of safety and protection- the sanctuary of ancient times. You will be safe within it. It encircles each sister like a protecting wall.
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At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can ‘see’ things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known.
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Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
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