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.
BOYD K. PACKERIf you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
-
-
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.
BOYD K. PACKER -
The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
BOYD K. PACKER -
Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence … more than a speaker does.
BOYD K. PACKER -
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.
BOYD K. PACKER -
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.
BOYD K. PACKER -
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.
BOYD K. PACKER -
Seek worthy companions. Attend church faithfully. Never fail daily to seek for help through prayer. And I promise you that the way will be easier and you shall have a composure of mind and a confident attitude toward life and the future.
BOYD K. PACKER -
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.
BOYD K. PACKER -
Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family.
BOYD K. PACKER -
Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
BOYD K. PACKER -
If you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be.
BOYD K. PACKER -
Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.
BOYD K. PACKER -
In the eternal scheme of things – not always in mortality – righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
BOYD K. PACKER -
If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
BOYD K. PACKER -
We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems. . .
BOYD K. PACKER -
Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
BOYD K. PACKER -
In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.
BOYD K. PACKER -
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.
BOYD K. PACKER -
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.
BOYD K. PACKER -
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.
BOYD K. PACKER -
I know that God is our Father. He introduced His Son, Jesus Christ, to Joseph Smith. I declare to you that I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that He lives. He was born in the meridian of time.
BOYD K. PACKER -
Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
BOYD K. PACKER -
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.
BOYD K. PACKER -
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.”
BOYD K. PACKER -
No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort.
BOYD K. PACKER -
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.
BOYD K. PACKER