Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family.
BOYD K. PACKERHusbands 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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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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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 choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.
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Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.
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Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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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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If you need a transfusion of spiritual strength then just ask for it. We call that Prayer. Prayer is powerful spiritual medicine.
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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
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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.”
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Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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Happiness will depend on what each of us does with what each has, what we learn from what we do, and what we do thereafter.
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Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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You 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).
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