We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
BOYD K. PACKERTake hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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Keep 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.
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Young men speak about the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future.
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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This shield of faith is best fabricated in a cottage industry. While the shield can be polished in classes in the Church and in activities, it is meant to be handcrafted in the home and fitted to each individual.
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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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Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
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Some things that are true are not very useful.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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Tolerance is a virtue, but like all virtues, when exaggerated, it transforms itself into a vice. We need to be careful of the “tolerance trap” so that we are not swallowed up in it.
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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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Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.
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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families.
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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.
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