One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
BOYD K. PACKERYou 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).
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world.
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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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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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No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
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He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty” – Lao-tsu One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
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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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The Restoration began with the prayer of a 14-year-old boy and a vision of the Father and the Son. The dispensation of the fulness of times was ushered in.
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Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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The scriptures speak of ‘the shield of faith wherewith,’ the Lord said, ‘ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked’ (D&C 27:17).
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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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Joseph’s vision of the Father and the Son opened this dispensation. Then came the Restoration of the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ with the same organization that existed in the primitive Church, built upon the foundation of apostles and prophets.
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