Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.
BOYD K. PACKERHappily ever after never happens in the second act.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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There’s no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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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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Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.
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Hit the ‘delete’ button when you have unrighteous thoughts.
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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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Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
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The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses 3:17).
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Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family.
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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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Justice can seem to be so very demanding. But we must learn that when we put everything as right as we can put it right, it is Justice who invokes the Atonement, orders the adversary off our property, and posts the notice that his agents will make no more collections from us.
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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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Tolerance is a virtue, but like all virtues, when exaggerated, it transforms itself into a vice. We need to be careful of the “tolerance trap” so that we are not swallowed up in it.
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No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
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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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