Everything 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.
BOYD K. PACKERLike most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Teach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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Happily ever after never happens in the second act.
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How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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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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Faith is a real power, not just an expression of belief.
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Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds.
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I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys. I could tell most of the secretaries in the church office building that they are ugly and fat. That would be the truth, but it would hurt and destroy them.
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Hit the ‘delete’ button when you have unrighteous thoughts.
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Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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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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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. . .
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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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