Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
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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Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
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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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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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If you will turn away from sin, you will be able one day to know the peace that comes from following the pathway of complete repentance.
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Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
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At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can ‘see’ things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known.
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There’s no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
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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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The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
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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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Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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The atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.
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I know that God is our Father. He introduced His Son, Jesus Christ, to Joseph Smith. I declare to you that I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that He lives. He was born in the meridian of time.
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Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
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Everything that I have learned from the revelations and from life convinces me that there is time and to spare for you to carefully prepare for a long life.
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