You always hold the key of repentance to unlock the prison door. If they throw the word diversity at you, grab hold of it and say, “I am already diverse, and I intend to stay diverse.”
BOYD K. PACKEROften, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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We are able to feel and learn very quickly through music, through art, through poetry some spiritual things that we would otherwise learn very slowly.
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The Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as prayer.
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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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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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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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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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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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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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Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
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If prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also.
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The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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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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The atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.
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If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
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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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We were given our agency. We must use it wisely and remain close to the Spirit; otherwise, we foolishly find ourselves yielding to the enticements of the adversary.
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You ought to know that the Lord loves you. He will make that known to you, and it will be a very private and individual experience, something you cannot explain to anyone else.
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Some worry endlessly over missions that were missed, or marriages that did not turn out, or babies that did not arrive, or children that seem lost, or dreams unfulfilled, or because age limits what they can do.
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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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Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient. They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and have decided, as an expression of their own individual agency, to obey the commandments of God. . . .
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Some things that are true are not very useful.
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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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If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.
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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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Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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