black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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. Packer

How grateful we are for you, our youth.
BOYD K. PACKER

Grateful Sucess Young Youth
The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses 3:17).
BOYD K. PACKER

Agency Choose Eve Mind Received Temptation
Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
BOYD K. PACKER

Freedom Protected Self
The permissiveness afforded by the weakening of the laws of the land to tolerate legalized acts of immorality does not reduce the serious spiritual consequence that is the result of the violation of God’s law of chastity.
BOYD K. PACKER

Immorality Permissiveness Violation Weakening
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!
BOYD K. PACKER

Fix Represent Truth Written
Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
BOYD K. PACKER

Arm Broken Dream Heart Hurt
Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
BOYD K. PACKER

Offended Punish Sins
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.
BOYD K. PACKER

Delete Hymns Keys Powerful Words
One thing is very clear: the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family. This has always been true; it will be true forever. We must keep that foremost in our minds.
BOYD K. PACKER

Class Home Keep Mind Spiritual
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.
BOYD K. PACKER

Cal Children Husband Wives Released
We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems. . .
BOYD K. PACKER

Disappointment Philosophy Stress
Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
BOYD K. PACKER

Behavior Clean Decent
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.
BOYD K. PACKER

Burden heavy Needlessly Please
Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
BOYD K. PACKER

Lord Remember Repented Sin
Every soul confined in a prison of sin, guilt, or perversion has a key to the gate. The key is labeled “repentance.” If you know how to use this key, the adversary cannot hold you.
BOYD K. PACKER

Guilt Keys Prison Repentance Soul
In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.
BOYD K. PACKER

Abortion Individual Choice Involve

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Boyd K. Packer Quotes