Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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Without a knowledge of the gospel plan, transgression seems natural, innocent, even justified.
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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. If you will turn away from sin, you will be able one day to know the peace that comes from following the pathway of complete repentance.
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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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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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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Reverence invites Revelation.
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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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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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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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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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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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The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world.
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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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In the eternal scheme of things - not always in mortality - righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
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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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Some people think a miracle is only a miracle if it happens instantaneously, but miracles can grow slowly and patience and faith can compel things to happen that otherwise never would have come to pass.
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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites the spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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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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Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence ... more than a speaker does.
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Prayer is your personal key to heaven.
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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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His judgments are just; His mercy without limit; His power to compensate beyond any earthly comparison.
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Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.