Tolerance is a virtue, but like all virtues, when exaggerated, it transforms itself into a vice. We need to be careful of the “tolerance trap” so that we are not swallowed up in it.
BOYD K. PACKERThe flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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The Restoration began with the prayer of a 14-year-old boy and a vision of the Father and the Son. The dispensation of the fulness of times was ushered in.
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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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Happily ever after never happens in the second act.
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You always hold the key of repentance to unlock the prison door. If they throw the word diversity at you, grab hold of it and say, “I am already diverse, and I intend to stay diverse.”
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No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort.
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If you need a transfusion of spiritual strength then just ask for it. We call that Prayer. Prayer is powerful spiritual medicine.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
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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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Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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Do you realize how marvelous it is that you can call upon the Atonement? The Lord effected the Atonement for our sakes. And there isn’t anything that you can’t repent from and that you can’t be rescued from if you will repent and be determined to make the decision.
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Seek worthy companions. Attend church faithfully. Never fail daily to seek for help through prayer. And I promise you that the way will be easier and you shall have a composure of mind and a confident attitude toward life and the future.
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Happiness will depend on what each of us does with what each has, what we learn from what we do, and what we do thereafter.
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