No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.
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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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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The permissiveness afforded by the weakening of the laws of the land to tolerate legalized acts of immorality does not reduce the serious spiritual consequence that is the result of the violation of God’s law of chastity.
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The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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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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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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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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The atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.
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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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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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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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This shield of faith is best fabricated in a cottage industry. While the shield can be polished in classes in the Church and in activities, it is meant to be handcrafted in the home and fitted to each individual.
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I 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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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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