Some things that are true are not very useful.
BOYD K. PACKERThere’s no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Do you realize how marvelous it is that you can call upon the Atonement? The Lord effected the Atonement for our sakes. And there isn’t anything that you can’t repent from and that you can’t be rescued from if you will repent and be determined to make the decision.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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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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Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and then to their 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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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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Everything that I have learned from the revelations and from life convinces me that there is time and to spare for you to carefully prepare for a long life.
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Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds.
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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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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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If you understand the great plan of happiness and follow it, what goes on in the world will not determine your happiness.
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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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