We were given our agency. We must use it wisely and remain close to the Spirit; otherwise, we foolishly find ourselves yielding to the enticements of the adversary.
BOYD K. PACKERMoral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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If you need a transfusion of spiritual strength then just ask for it. We call that Prayer. Prayer is powerful spiritual medicine.
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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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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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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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This shield of faith is best fabricated in a cottage industry. While the shield can be polished in classes in the Church and in activities, it is meant to be handcrafted in the home and fitted to each individual.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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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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There’s no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
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You have that same agency. Use it wisely to deny acting on any impure impulse or unholy temptation that may come into your mind. Just do not go there, and if you are already there, come back out of it. ‘Deny yourselves of all ungodliness’ (Moroni 10:32).
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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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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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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Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family.
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