Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
BOYD K. PACKERFamily time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can ‘see’ things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known.
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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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Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God!
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Throughout your life there may be times when you have gone places you never should have gone and done things you never should have done.
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No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
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It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.
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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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The Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.
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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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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.
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No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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I know that God is our Father. He introduced His Son, Jesus Christ, to Joseph Smith. I declare to you that I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that He lives. He was born in the meridian of time.
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Our whole social order could self-destruct over the obsession with freedom disconnected from responsibility; where choice is imagined to be somehow independent of consequences.
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