There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
BOYD K. PACKERWe 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.
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Thoughts, like water, will stay on course if we make a place for them to go. As you learn to control your thoughts, you can gain courage, conquer fear and have a happy life.
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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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Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
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No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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The Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as prayer.
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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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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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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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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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The Restoration began with the prayer of a 14-year-old boy and a vision of the Father and the Son. The dispensation of the fulness of times was ushered in.
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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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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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There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.
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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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