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.
BOYD K. PACKERAt 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.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty” – Lao-tsu One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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When 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.
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The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses 3:17).
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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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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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The spiritually starving hesitate to partake of the Spirit like a child’s reaction to new and strange food. They must be offered a tiny bite on a spoon.
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Faith is a real power, not just an expression of belief.
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Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
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Christ’s mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.
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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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The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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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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If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.
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