Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
BOYD K. PACKERThere 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.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Hit the ‘delete’ button when you have unrighteous thoughts.
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There is a falsehood that some are born with an attraction to their own kind, with nothing they can do about it. They are just ‘that way’ and can only yield to those desires. That is a malicious and destructive lie. While it is a convincing idea to some, it is of the devil.
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Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence … more than a speaker does.
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In the eternal scheme of things – not always in mortality – righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
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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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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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I’ve learned the power of the dictum, “Early to bed, early to rise.” When I’m under pressure, you won’t find me burning the midnight oil. I’d much rather be in bed early and getting up in the wee hours of the morning.
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I do not think it pleases the Lord when we worry because we think we never do enough or that what we do is never good enough….Some needlessly carry a heavy burden of guilt which could be removed through confession and repentance.
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If you understand the great plan of happiness and follow it, what goes on in the world will not determine your happiness.
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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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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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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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No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort.
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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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The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world.
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