No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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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There are few things more powerful than the faithful prayers of a righteous mother.
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The end of all activity in the church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home, sealed for eternity.
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Happily ever after never happens in the second act.
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If you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be.
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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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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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Some things that are true are not very useful.
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I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys. I could tell most of the secretaries in the church office building that they are ugly and fat. That would be the truth, but it would hurt and destroy them.
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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….Some needlessly carry a heavy burden of guilt which could be removed through confession and repentance.
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Largely because of television, instead of looking over into that spacious building, we are, in effect, living inside of it. That is your fate in this generation. You are living in that great and spacious building.
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We were given our agency. We must use it wisely and remain close to the Spirit; otherwise, we foolishly find ourselves yielding to the enticements of the adversary.
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The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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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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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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