Boyd K. Packer Quotes
No teaching is equal, more spiritually rewarding, or more exalting than that of a mother teaching her children.
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
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We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.
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Military brats have this toughness: they're almost like orphans or foster children; they develop little mechanisms. It sets you up to look at things a little differently.
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Around a third of parents still worry that they will look like a bad mother or father if their child has a mental health problem. Parenting is hard enough without letting prejudices stop us from asking for the help we need for ourselves and our children.
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
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We are all Adam's children - it's just the skin that makes all the difference.
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My children and my husband make me smile. My work makes me smile.
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You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
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Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
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Children are all foreigners.
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I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise. I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.
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Feel ashamed of my generation. We've let down our children and their children.
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We believe in honoring our mothers and fathers and keeping our smallest residents - our children - healthy. The politicians in charge of Texas now clearly don't. Perry has refused to even consider expanding health care coverage in Texas because he cares more about scoring political points than he does about our Texas families.
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Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
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People with children will know this: when the childcare is over, it's over on the dot. You immediately have to go into child mode; there's no down time.
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As the father of eight children, I'm quite convinced that each individual arrives here with their own unique personality. We are intended here from an invisible held of infinite potentiality. That which has no form, has no boundaries - it's the I that's in the ever-changing body.
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I think that the young people today feel a tremendous sense of responsibility to their brothers and sisters because of the sacrifices that most families make to send their children to college.
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Schools currently excel in encouraging children to express opinions, but are deficient in encouraging children to say, for example, 'Oh, that’s different from my perspective – tell me more.'
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It devolves upon the United States to help to motorize the world.
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I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor.
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Being prepared helps you feel more confident at the doctor's office. Think about what you want to ask and write those questions down.
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So you do shorter versions of the hits, or you take out a long guitar solo or things like that to make time for the hits and new music as well. But I don't think any of us ever get to do as much new music as we would like to.
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Suddenly, quietly, you realize that - from this moment forth - you will no longer walk through this life alone. Like a new sun this awareness arises within you, freeing you from fear, opening your life. It is the beginning of love, and the end of all that came before.
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No teaching is equal, more spiritually rewarding, or more exalting than that of a mother teaching her children.
