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.
BOYD K. PACKERThere are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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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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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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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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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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The Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.
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If you stumble, rise up, go on.
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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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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
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Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
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The ultimate effort of everything in the Church is to the end that a father and a mother and their children can be happy at home. If they are happy at home, they are spiritually prepared for whatever should be ahead of them in the world.
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Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence … more than a speaker does.
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The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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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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Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
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