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. PACKERTemple. 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!
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
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The idea that life began with mortal birth is preposterous. There is no way to explain life if you believe that.
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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. . .
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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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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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The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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The gift of the Holy Ghost operates equally with men, women, and even little children. It is within this wondrous gift and power that the spiritual remedy to any problem can be found.
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In a sense, speaking figuratively, to take one’s agency, that precious gift which the scriptures make plain is essential to life itself, and say, “I will do as you direct,” is afterward to learn that in so doing you possess it all the more.
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Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
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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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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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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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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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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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