I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys. I could tell most of the secretaries in the church office building that they are ugly and fat. That would be the truth, but it would hurt and destroy them.
BOYD K. PACKERThere are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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There is a falsehood that some are born with an attraction to their own kind, with nothing they can do about it. They are just ‘that way’ and can only yield to those desires. That is a malicious and destructive lie. While it is a convincing idea to some, it is of the devil.
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Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness. If everything has to be known, if everything has to be explained, if everything has to be certified, then there is no need for faith. Indeed, there is no room for it.
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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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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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No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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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 are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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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 atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.
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Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God!
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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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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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Our lives are made up of thousands of everyday choices. Over the years these little choices will be bundled together and show clearly what we value.
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Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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Happily ever after never happens in the second act.
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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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It is in the ordinances of the temple that we are placed under covenant to Him….[If] we will enter into our covenants without reservation or apology, the Lord will protect us. We will receive inspiration sufficient for the challenges of life.
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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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If the word is tolerance, grab that one, too, saying, “I expect you to be tolerant of my lifestyle-obedience, integrity, abstinence, repentance.” If the word is choice, tell them you choose good, old-fashioned morality.
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Everything that I have learned from the revelations and from life convinces me that there is time and to spare for you to carefully prepare for a long life.
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Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
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Faith is a real power, not just an expression of belief.
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