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. PACKERHappiness will depend on what each of us does with what each has, what we learn from what we do, and what we do thereafter.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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There’s no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
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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….Some needlessly carry a heavy burden of guilt which could be removed through confession and repentance.
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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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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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Temple. One other word is equal in importance to a Latter-day Saint. Home. Put the words holy temple and home together, and you have described the house of the Lord!
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Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient. They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and have decided, as an expression of their own individual agency, to obey the commandments of God. . . .
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Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family.
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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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This great circle of sisters will be a protection for each of you and for your families. The Relief Society might be likened to a refuge- the place of safety and protection- the sanctuary of ancient times. You will be safe within it. It encircles each sister like a protecting wall.
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The Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as prayer.
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Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
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Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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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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