The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses 3:17).
BOYD K. PACKERWe are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.
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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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In the eternal scheme of things – not always in mortality – righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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There are many things about living the gospel of Jesus Christ that cannot be measured by that which is counted or charted in records of attendance.
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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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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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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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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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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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In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families.
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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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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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If you stumble, rise up, go on.
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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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