Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
BOYD K. PACKERI know that God is our Father. He introduced His Son, Jesus Christ, to Joseph Smith. I declare to you that I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that He lives. He was born in the meridian of time.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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….Some needlessly carry a heavy burden of guilt which could be removed through confession and repentance.
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I’m not ashamed to say that I want to be good. And I’ve found in my life that it has been critically important to establish this intention between me and the Lord so that I knew that HE knew which way I committed my agency.
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Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.
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The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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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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In a sense, speaking figuratively, to take one’s agency, that precious gift which the scriptures make plain is essential to life itself, and say, “I will do as you direct,” is afterward to learn that in so doing you possess it all the more.
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The idea that life began with mortal birth is preposterous. There is no way to explain life if you believe that.
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Parents now are concerned about the moral and spiritual diseases. These can have terrible complications when standards and values are abandoned. We must all take protective measures.
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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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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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The atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.
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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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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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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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