Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
BOYD K. PACKERThis 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.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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Parents now are concerned about the moral and spiritual diseases. These can have terrible complications when standards and values are abandoned. We must all take protective measures.
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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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If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.
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If prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also.
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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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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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The ultimate effort of everything in the Church is to the end that a father and a mother and their children can be happy at home. If they are happy at home, they are spiritually prepared for whatever should be ahead of them in the world.
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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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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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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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How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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One thing is very clear: the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family. This has always been true; it will be true forever. We must keep that foremost in our minds.
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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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