If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
BOYD K. PACKERHow grateful we are for you, our youth.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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No teaching is equal, more spiritually rewarding, or more exalting than that of a mother teaching her children.
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The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.
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This shield of faith is best fabricated in a cottage industry. While the shield can be polished in classes in the Church and in activities, it is meant to be handcrafted in the home and fitted to each individual.
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One of the adversary’s sharpest tools is to convince us that we are no longer worthy to pray. No matter who you are or what you may have done, you can always pray.
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Parents 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.
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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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There 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.
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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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Some things that are true are not very useful.
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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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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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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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Thoughts, like water, will stay on course if we make a place for them to go. As you learn to control your thoughts, you can gain courage, conquer fear and have a happy life.
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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