The gospel stands as true for those who reject it as for those who accept it – both will be judged by it.
BOYD K. PACKERWhen temptation comes, you can invent a delete key in your mind- perhaps the words from a favorite hymn. Your mind is in charge; your body is the instrument of your mind.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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I’ve learned the power of the dictum, “Early to bed, early to rise.” When I’m under pressure, you won’t find me burning the midnight oil. I’d much rather be in bed early and getting up in the wee hours of the morning.
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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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No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
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No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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In the eternal scheme of things – not always in mortality – righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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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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Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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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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Our whole social order could self-destruct over the obsession with freedom disconnected from responsibility; where choice is imagined to be somehow independent of consequences.
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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 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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Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God!
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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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