Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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Perhaps no other book has been denounced so vigorously by those who have never read it as has the Book of Mormon.
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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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The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
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Peace can be settled in the heart of each who turns to the scriptures and unlocks the promises of protection and redemption that are taught therein.
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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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No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort.
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Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
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Somewhere there is a message in the protest of the man who said, "You can't tell me that worry doesn't help. The things I worry about never happen."
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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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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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In the eternal scheme of things - not always in mortality - righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
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The voice of the Spirit is described in the scriptures as being neither loud nor harsh, not a voice of thunder, neither a voice of great tumultuous noise, but rather as still and small, of perfect mildness, as if it had been a whisper, and it can pierce even the very soul and cause the heart to burn. The Spirit does not get our attention by shouting.
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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. I went before Him and said, 'I'm not neutral, and you can do with me what you want. If you need my vote-it's there. I don't care what you do with me and you don't have to take anything from me because I give it to you-everything. All I own. All I am.' And THAT has made all the difference.
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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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Your responsibility as a father and a husband transcends any other interest in life.
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Reverence invites Revelation.
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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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It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours... better in many ways! I have the faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it.
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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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Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
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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.