The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses 3:17).
BOYD K. PACKERI 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.
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Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.
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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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If you stumble, rise up, go on.
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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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Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence … more than a speaker does.
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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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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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Young men speak about the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future.
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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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Throughout your life there may be times when you have gone places you never should have gone and done things you never should have done.
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Faith is a real power, not just an expression of belief.
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There is a falsehood that some are born with an attraction to their own kind, with nothing they can do about it. They are just ‘that way’ and can only yield to those desires. That is a malicious and destructive lie. While it is a convincing idea to some, it is of the devil.
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How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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