There is also an age-old excuse: “The devil made me do it.” Not so! He can deceive you and mislead you, but he does not have the power to force you or anyone else to transgress or to keep you in transgression.
BOYD K. PACKERIf the word is tolerance, grab that one, too, saying, “I expect you to be tolerant of my lifestyle-obedience, integrity, abstinence, repentance.” If the word is choice, tell them you choose good, old-fashioned morality.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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One of the adversary’s sharpest tools is to convince us that we are no longer worthy to pray. No matter who you are or what you may have done, you can always pray.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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Some people think a miracle is only a miracle if it happens instantaneously, but miracles can grow slowly and patience and faith can compel things to happen that otherwise never would have come to pass.
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What a wonderful time to be young. You will see events in your lifetime that will test your courage and extend your faith. If you will face the sunlight of truth, the shadows of discouragement and sin and error will fall behind you. You must never give up!
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When some unworthy thought pushes into your mind, replace it with your delete key. Worthy music is powerful and can help you control your thoughts.
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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 purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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Throughout your life there may be times when you have gone places you never should have gone and done things you never should have done.
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.
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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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Happiness will depend on what each of us does with what each has, what we learn from what we do, and what we do thereafter.
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