The spiritually starving hesitate to partake of the Spirit like a child’s reaction to new and strange food. They must be offered a tiny bite on a spoon.
BOYD K. PACKERIn or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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Happily ever after never happens in the second act.
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Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God!
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If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.
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I do not think it pleases the Lord when we worry because we think we never do enough or that what we do is never good enough.
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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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You have that same agency. Use it wisely to deny acting on any impure impulse or unholy temptation that may come into your mind. Just do not go there, and if you are already there, come back out of it. ‘Deny yourselves of all ungodliness’ (Moroni 10:32).
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When some unworthy thought pushes into your mind, replace it with your delete key. Worthy music is powerful and can help you control your thoughts.
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Some things that are true are not very useful.
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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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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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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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You 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.”
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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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