This great circle of sisters will be a protection for each of you and for your families. The Relief Society might be likened to a refuge- the place of safety and protection- the sanctuary of ancient times. You will be safe within it. It encircles each sister like a protecting wall.
BOYD K. PACKEROne thing is very clear: the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family. This has always been true; it will be true forever. We must keep that foremost in our minds.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Hit the ‘delete’ button when you have unrighteous thoughts.
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Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
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Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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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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Happily ever after never happens in the second act.
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Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds.
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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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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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Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
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Some things that are true are not very useful.
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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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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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Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
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Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence … more than a speaker does.
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