Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
BOYD K. PACKERTeach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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 gift of the Holy Ghost operates equally with men, women, and even little children. It is within this wondrous gift and power that the spiritual remedy to any problem can be found.
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Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.
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Our whole social order could self-destruct over the obsession with freedom disconnected from responsibility; where choice is imagined to be somehow independent of consequences.
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If you will turn away from sin, you will be able one day to know the peace that comes from following the pathway of complete repentance.
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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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If the word is tolerance, grab that one, too, saying, “I expect you to be tolerant of my lifestyle-obedience, integrity, abstinence, repentance.” If the word is choice, tell them you choose good, old-fashioned morality.
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Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds.
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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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The Restoration began with the prayer of a 14-year-old boy and a vision of the Father and the Son. The dispensation of the fulness of times was ushered in.
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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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Our lives are made up of thousands of everyday choices. Over the years these little choices will be bundled together and show clearly what we value.
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Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
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The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
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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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