Some people think a miracle is only a miracle if it happens instantaneously, but miracles can grow slowly and patience and faith can compel things to happen that otherwise never would have come to pass.
BOYD K. PACKERIf you will turn away from sin, you will be able one day to know the peace that comes from following the pathway of complete repentance.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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I’m not ashamed to say that I want to be good. And I’ve found in my life that it has been critically important to establish this intention between me and the Lord so that I knew that HE knew which way I committed my agency.
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A testimony of the hope of redemption is something which cannot be measured or counted. Jesus Christ is the source of that hope.
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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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If you stumble, rise up, go on.
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We are able to feel and learn very quickly through music, through art, through poetry some spiritual things that we would otherwise learn very slowly.
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In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.
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Keep the fire of your testimony of the restored gospel and your witness of our Redeemer burning so brightly that our children can warm their hands by the fire of your faith.
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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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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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Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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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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We could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeeds; only then does he discover that what they needed most, to be together as a family, has been neglected. And he reaps sorrow in place of contentment.
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