The spiritually starving hesitate to partake of the Spirit like a child’s reaction to new and strange food. They must be offered a tiny bite on a spoon.
BOYD K. PACKERTake hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort.
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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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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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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.
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Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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There are many things about living the gospel of Jesus Christ that cannot be measured by that which is counted or charted in records of attendance.
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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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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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If the word is tolerance, grab that one, too, saying, “I expect you to be tolerant of my lifestyle-obedience, integrity, abstinence, repentance.” If the word is choice, tell them you choose good, old-fashioned morality.
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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.
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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The scriptures speak of ‘the shield of faith wherewith,’ the Lord said, ‘ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked’ (D&C 27:17).
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The Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.
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There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.
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If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
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