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.
BOYD K. PACKERYou 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).
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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This great circle of sisters will be a protection for each of you and for your families. The Relief Society might be likened to a refuge- the place of safety and protection- the sanctuary of ancient times. You will be safe within it. It encircles each sister like a protecting wall.
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The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
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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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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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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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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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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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A testimony of the hope of redemption is something which cannot be measured or counted. Jesus Christ is the source of that hope.
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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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Somewhere there is a message in the protest of the man who said, “You can’t tell me that worry doesn’t help. The things I worry about never happen.”
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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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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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In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.
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