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Boyd K. Packer

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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Conquer Laos Strong
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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Able Distraction Dust Fog Temple
Just as chalk can be removed from a chalkboard, with sincere repentance, the effects of our transgression can be erased through the atonement of Jesus Christ.
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Atonement Christ Jesus
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Closest Ministry Target
We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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Blind Obedient See
It is in the ordinances of the temple that we are placed under covenant to Him….[If] we will enter into our covenants without reservation or apology, the Lord will protect us. We will receive inspiration sufficient for the challenges of life.
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Apology Challenges Inspiration
Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
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Essentials Prelude Revelations
The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
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Answers Kind Temptation
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.
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Delete Hymns Keys Powerful Words
Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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Hold Life Order Valiant
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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Disappointment Philosophy Stress
It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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Beats Meetings
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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Doors Integrity Keys
A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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Repeated Should Testimony
Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence … more than a speaker does.
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Accompany May Reverance Spirit
The gift of the Holy Ghost operates equally with men, women, and even little children. It is within this wondrous gift and power that the spiritual remedy to any problem can be found.
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Children Men Spiritual
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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Decision Determined Marvelous Realized Sake
Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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Behavior Clean Decent
If prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also.
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Prayer Ridicule School
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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Fix Represent Truth Written
Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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Tolerance Vices Virtue
Teach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.
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Good Member Purpose Straighten Struggle
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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Father Prayer Son
There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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Happy Law Physical Spiritual
Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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Historians Inspire Truth
In the eternal scheme of things – not always in mortality – righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
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Longing Mortality Schemes
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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Day One Pathways Place Throughout Time

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