We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
BOYD K. PACKERMoral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and then to their children.
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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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Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God!
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It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.
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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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If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
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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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Joseph’s vision of the Father and the Son opened this dispensation. Then came the Restoration of the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ with the same organization that existed in the primitive Church, built upon the foundation of apostles and prophets.
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The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness. If everything has to be known, if everything has to be explained, if everything has to be certified, then there is no need for faith. Indeed, there is no room for it.
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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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We could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeeds; only then does he discover that what they needed most, to be together as a family, has been neglected. And he reaps sorrow in place of contentment.
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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.
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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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