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.
BOYD K. PACKERThe atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems. . .
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If you will turn away from sin, you will be able one day to know the peace that comes from following the pathway of complete repentance.
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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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Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds.
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Repentance is the key with which we can unlock the prison from inside. We hold that key within our hands, and agency is ours to use it.
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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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Faith is a real power, not just an expression of belief.
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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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The gift of the Holy Ghost operates equally with men, women, and even little children. It is within this wondrous gift and power that the spiritual remedy to any problem can be found.
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In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.
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There is little to be gained by seeking after the mysteries, for there is hardly time in a lifetime to master the plain and precious things.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
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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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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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In the eternal scheme of things – not always in mortality – righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
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Throughout your life there may be times when you have gone places you never should have gone and done things you never should have done.
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You have that same agency. Use it wisely to deny acting on any impure impulse or unholy temptation that may come into your mind. Just do not go there, and if you are already there, come back out of it. ‘Deny yourselves of all ungodliness’ (Moroni 10:32).
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Do you realize how marvelous it is that you can call upon the Atonement? The Lord effected the Atonement for our sakes. And there isn’t anything that you can’t repent from and that you can’t be rescued from if you will repent and be determined to make the decision.
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The gospel stands as true for those who reject it as for those who accept it – both will be judged by it.
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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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The permissiveness afforded by the weakening of the laws of the land to tolerate legalized acts of immorality does not reduce the serious spiritual consequence that is the result of the violation of God’s law of chastity.
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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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