In the eternal scheme of things – not always in mortality – righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
BOYD K. PACKERAddiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
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How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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Young men speak about the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future.
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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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Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds.
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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.
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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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Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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Some worry endlessly over missions that were missed, or marriages that did not turn out, or babies that did not arrive, or children that seem lost, or dreams unfulfilled, or because age limits what they can do.
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Throughout your life there may be times when you have gone places you never should have gone and done things you never should have done.
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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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You 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.
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When temptation comes, you can invent a delete key in your mind- perhaps the words from a favorite hymn. Your mind is in charge; your body is the instrument of your mind.
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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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