Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
BOYD K. PACKERKeep the fire of your testimony of the restored gospel and your witness of our Redeemer burning so brightly that our children can warm their hands by the fire of your faith.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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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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Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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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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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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The house of the Lord, bathed in light, standing out in the darkness, becomes symbolic of the power and the inspiration of the gospel of Jesus Christ standing as a beacon in a world that sinks ever further into spiritual darkness.
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In 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.
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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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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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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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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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Do you realize how marvelous it is that you can call upon the Atonement? The Lord effected the Atonement for our sakes. And there isn’t anything that you can’t repent from and that you can’t be rescued from if you will repent and be determined to make the decision.
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You ought to know that the Lord loves you. He will make that known to you, and it will be a very private and individual experience, something you cannot explain to anyone else.
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Somewhere there is a message in the protest of the man who said, “You can’t tell me that worry doesn’t help. The things I worry about never happen.”
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