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. PACKEREverything that I have learned from the revelations and from life convinces me that there is time and to spare for you to carefully prepare for a long life.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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One of the adversary’s sharpest tools is to convince us that we are no longer worthy to pray. No matter who you are or what you may have done, you can always pray.
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The gospel stands as true for those who reject it as for those who accept it – both will be judged by it.
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Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.
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If you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be.
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We are able to feel and learn very quickly through music, through art, through poetry some spiritual things that we would otherwise learn very slowly.
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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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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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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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There is little to be gained by seeking after the mysteries, for there is hardly time in a lifetime to master the plain and precious things.
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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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He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty” – Lao-tsu One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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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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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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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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