No teaching is equal, more spiritually rewarding, or more exalting than that of a mother teaching her children.
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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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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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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One thing is very clear: the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family. This has always been true; it will be true forever. We must keep that foremost in our minds.
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Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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The Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as prayer.
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Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.
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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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There are many things about living the gospel of Jesus Christ that cannot be measured by that which is counted or charted in records of attendance.
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There’s no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
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This great circle of sisters will be a protection for each of you and for your families. The Relief Society might be likened to a refuge- the place of safety and protection- the sanctuary of ancient times. You will be safe within it. It encircles each sister like a protecting wall.
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
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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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