The ultimate effort of everything in the Church is to the end that a father and a mother and their children can be happy at home. If they are happy at home, they are spiritually prepared for whatever should be ahead of them in the world.
BOYD K. PACKERIn 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.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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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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If 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.
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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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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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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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Parents now are concerned about the moral and spiritual diseases. These can have terrible complications when standards and values are abandoned. We must all take protective measures.
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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If prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also.
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Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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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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When temptation comes, you can invent a delete key in your mind- perhaps the words from a favorite hymn. Your mind is in charge; your body is the instrument of your mind.
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