If you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be.
BOYD K. PACKERIf prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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Largely because of television, instead of looking over into that spacious building, we are, in effect, living inside of it. That is your fate in this generation. You are living in that great and spacious building.
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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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The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.
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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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Justice can seem to be so very demanding. But we must learn that when we put everything as right as we can put it right, it is Justice who invokes the Atonement, orders the adversary off our property, and posts the notice that his agents will make no more collections from us.
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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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There’s no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
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If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.
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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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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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The house of the Lord, bathed in light, standing out in the darkness, becomes symbolic of the power and the inspiration of the gospel of Jesus Christ standing as a beacon in a world that sinks ever further into spiritual darkness.
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The scriptures speak of ‘the shield of faith wherewith,’ the Lord said, ‘ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked’ (D&C 27:17).
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Young men speak about the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future.
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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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