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.
BOYD K. PACKERThe Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as prayer.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.
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I’ve learned the power of the dictum, “Early to bed, early to rise.” When I’m under pressure, you won’t find me burning the midnight oil. I’d much rather be in bed early and getting up in the wee hours of the morning.
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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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This shield of faith is best fabricated in a cottage industry. While the shield can be polished in classes in the Church and in activities, it is meant to be handcrafted in the home and fitted to each individual.
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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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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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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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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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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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There are many things about living the gospel of Jesus Christ that cannot be measured by that which is counted or charted in records of attendance.
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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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We could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeeds; only then does he discover that what they needed most, to be together as a family, has been neglected. And he reaps sorrow in place of contentment.
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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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