Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
BOYD K. PACKERThe permissiveness afforded by the weakening of the laws of the land to tolerate legalized acts of immorality does not reduce the serious spiritual consequence that is the result of the violation of God’s law of chastity.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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What a wonderful time to be young. You will see events in your lifetime that will test your courage and extend your faith. If you will face the sunlight of truth, the shadows of discouragement and sin and error will fall behind you. You must never give up!
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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There is little to be gained by seeking after the mysteries, for there is hardly time in a lifetime to master the plain and precious things.
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Repentance is the key with which we can unlock the prison from inside. We hold that key within our hands, and agency is ours to use it.
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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.
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Keep the fire of your testimony of the restored gospel and your witness of our Redeemer burning so brightly that our children can warm their hands by the fire of your faith.
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The end of all activity in the church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home, sealed for eternity.
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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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Happily ever after never happens in the second act.
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Happiness will depend on what each of us does with what each has, what we learn from what we do, and what we do thereafter.
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Somewhere there is a message in the protest of the man who said, “You can’t tell me that worry doesn’t help. The things I worry about never happen.”
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I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys. I could tell most of the secretaries in the church office building that they are ugly and fat. That would be the truth, but it would hurt and destroy them.
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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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Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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