Some worry endlessly over missions that were missed, or marriages that did not turn out, or babies that did not arrive, or children that seem lost, or dreams unfulfilled, or because age limits what they can do.
BOYD K. PACKERIt is in the ordinances of the temple that we are placed under covenant to Him….[If] we will enter into our covenants without reservation or apology, the Lord will protect us. We will receive inspiration sufficient for the challenges of life.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
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Every soul confined in a prison of sin, guilt, or perversion has a key to the gate. The key is labeled “repentance.” If you know how to use this key, the adversary cannot hold you.
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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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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Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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If you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.
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Largely because of television, instead of looking over into that spacious building, we are, in effect, living inside of it. That is your fate in this generation. You are living in that great and spacious building.
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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
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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.
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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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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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