We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
BOYD K. PACKERDo not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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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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Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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Everything that I have learned from the revelations and from life convinces me that there is time and to spare for you to carefully prepare for a long life.
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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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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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We could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeeds; only then does he discover that what they needed most, to be together as a family, has been neglected. And he reaps sorrow in place of contentment.
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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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I’m not ashamed to say that I want to be good. And I’ve found in my life that it has been critically important to establish this intention between me and the Lord so that I knew that HE knew which way I committed my agency.
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At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can ‘see’ things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known.
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Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient. They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and have decided, as an expression of their own individual agency, to obey the commandments of God. . . .
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If you understand the great plan of happiness and follow it, what goes on in the world will not determine your happiness.
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