Some things that are true are not very useful.
BOYD K. PACKERSome things that are true are not very useful.
BOYD K. PACKERDevotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
BOYD K. PACKERUse it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
BOYD K. PACKERIn 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.
BOYD K. PACKERYou ought to know that the Lord loves you. He will make that known to you, and it will be a very private and individual experience, something you cannot explain to anyone else.
BOYD K. PACKERLatter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient. They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and have decided, as an expression of their own individual agency, to obey the commandments of God. . . .
BOYD K. PACKERIf prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also.
BOYD K. PACKERThe house of the Lord, bathed in light, standing out in the darkness, becomes symbolic of the power and the inspiration of the gospel of Jesus Christ standing as a beacon in a world that sinks ever further into spiritual darkness.
BOYD K. PACKERParents now are concerned about the moral and spiritual diseases. These can have terrible complications when standards and values are abandoned. We must all take protective measures.
BOYD K. PACKERIf you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.
BOYD K. PACKERLife moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.
BOYD K. PACKERWe are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
BOYD K. PACKERThere is also an age-old excuse: “The devil made me do it.” Not so! He can deceive you and mislead you, but he does not have the power to force you or anyone else to transgress or to keep you in transgression.
BOYD K. PACKERYou 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.”
BOYD K. PACKERI’ve learned the power of the dictum, “Early to bed, early to rise.” When I’m under pressure, you won’t find me burning the midnight oil. I’d much rather be in bed early and getting up in the wee hours of the morning.
BOYD K. PACKERThroughout your life there may be times when you have gone places you never should have gone and done things you never should have done.
BOYD K. PACKER