Teach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.
BOYD K. PACKERTeach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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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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Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and then to their children.
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The atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.
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The ultimate effort of everything in the Church is to the end that a father and a mother and their children can be happy at home. If they are happy at home, they are spiritually prepared for whatever should be ahead of them in the world.
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Temple. One other word is equal in importance to a Latter-day Saint. Home. Put the words holy temple and home together, and you have described the house of the Lord!
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Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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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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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses 3:17).
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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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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.
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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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