There’s no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
BOYD K. PACKERLargely because of television, instead of looking over into that spacious building, we are, in effect, living inside of it. That is your fate in this generation. You are living in that great and spacious building.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
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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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Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
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Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family.
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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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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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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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What a wonderful time to be young. You will see events in your lifetime that will test your courage and extend your faith. If you will face the sunlight of truth, the shadows of discouragement and sin and error will fall behind you. You must never give up!
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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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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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In the eternal scheme of things – not always in mortality – righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
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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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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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No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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