Repentance is the key with which we can unlock the prison from inside. We hold that key within our hands, and agency is ours to use it.
BOYD K. PACKERUse it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.
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The permissiveness afforded by the weakening of the laws of the land to tolerate legalized acts of immorality does not reduce the serious spiritual consequence that is the result of the violation of God’s law of chastity.
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The spiritually starving hesitate to partake of the Spirit like a child’s reaction to new and strange food. They must be offered a tiny bite on a spoon.
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Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and then to their children.
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When some unworthy thought pushes into your mind, replace it with your delete key. Worthy music is powerful and can help you control your thoughts.
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If prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also.
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If you stumble, rise up, go on.
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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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Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
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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.
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Some worry endlessly over missions that were missed, or marriages that did not turn out, or babies that did not arrive, or children that seem lost, or dreams unfulfilled, or because age limits what they can do.
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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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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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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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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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