Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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An unusual thing happened after that great first vision. The Prophet Joseph received no additional communication for three years. However, he did not wonder, he did not question, he did not doubt the Lord. The Prophet Joseph patiently waited. The Prophet Joseph taught us the principle of patience-by example.
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The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world.
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You must know that baptism for someone who is dead is quite as essential as baptism for some one who is living.
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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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Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
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The Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as prayer.
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The power of procreation is not an incidental part of the plan; it is the plan of happiness.
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There is a falsehood that some are born with an attraction to their own kind, with nothing they can do about it. They are just 'that way' and can only yield to those desires. That is a malicious and destructive lie. While it is a convincing idea to some, it is of the devil. No one is locked into that kind of life. From our premoral life we were directed into a physical body. There is no mismatching of bodies and spirits. Boys are to become men-masculine, manly men-ultimately to become husbands and fathers. No one is predestined to a perverted use of these powers.
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Every soul confined in a prison of sin, guilt, or perversion has a key to the gate. The key is labeled “repentance.” If you know how to use this key, the adversary cannot hold you.
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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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We accept the responsibility to preach the gospel to every person on earth. And if the question is asked, you mean you are out to convert the entire world? The answer is, 'yes'. We will try to reach every living soul.
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The gospel stands as true for those who reject it as for those who accept it - both will be judged by it.
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A testimony of the hope of redemption is something which cannot be measured or counted. Jesus Christ is the source of that hope.
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Our competition in life is solely with our old self.
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If you have stumbled or even been lost for a time, you can move forward with faith and not wander to and fro in the world any longer.
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Our whole social order could self-destruct over the obsession with freedom disconnected from responsibility; where choice is imagined to be somehow independent of consequences.
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Teaching some things that are true, prematurely or at the wrong time, can invite sorrow and heartbreak instead of the joy intended to accompany learning.... The scriptures teach emphatically that we must give milk before meat. The Lord made it very clear that some things are to be taught selectively and some things are to be given only to those who are worthy.
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The Word of Wisdom does not promise you perfect health, but it teaches how to keep the body you were born with in the best condition and your mind alert to delicate spiritual promptings.
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Reverence invites Revelation.
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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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You always hold the key of repentance to unlock the prison door. If they throw the word diversity at you, grab hold of it and say, "I am already diverse, and I intend to stay diverse." If the word is tolerance, grab that one, too, saying, "I expect you to be tolerant of my lifestyle-obedience, integrity, abstinence, repentance." If the word is choice, tell them you choose good, old-fashioned morality.
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It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal. Teach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.
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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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The atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.