Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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There is a temptation for the writer or the teacher of Church history to want to tell everything, whether it is worthy or faith promoting or not. Some things that are true are not very useful.
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Reverence invites Revelation.
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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 Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.
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Our competition in life is solely with our old self.
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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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No teaching is equal, more spiritually rewarding, or more exalting than that of a mother teaching her children.
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The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families.
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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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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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Husbands and wives should understand that their first calling-from which they will never be released-is to one another and THEN to their children.
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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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His judgments are just; His mercy without limit; His power to compensate beyond any earthly comparison.
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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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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites the spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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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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Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence ... more than a speaker does.
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Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.
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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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One of the adversary's sharpest tools is to convince us that we are no longer worthy to pray. No matter who you are or what you may have done, you can always pray.
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Prayer is your personal key to heaven.