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. PACKERJoseph’s vision of the Father and the Son opened this dispensation. Then came the Restoration of the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ with the same organization that existed in the primitive Church, built upon the foundation of apostles and prophets.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Justice can seem to be so very demanding. But we must learn that when we put everything as right as we can put it right, it is Justice who invokes the Atonement, orders the adversary off our property, and posts the notice that his agents will make no more collections from us.
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Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.
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Young men speak about the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future.
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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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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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If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.
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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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Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
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The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world.
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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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It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.
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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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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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