Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
BOYD K. PACKERSome things that are true are not very useful.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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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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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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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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Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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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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A testimony of the hope of redemption is something which cannot be measured or counted. Jesus Christ is the source of that hope.
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In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families.
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The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.
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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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The end of all activity in the church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home, sealed for eternity.
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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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The spiritually starving hesitate to partake of the Spirit like a child’s reaction to new and strange food. They must be offered a tiny bite on a spoon.
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