Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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When music is presented which, however appropriate for other occasions, does not fit the Sabbath, much is lost. . . . The Spirit does not ratify speech nor confirm music which lacks spiritual substance.
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Your responsibility as a father and a husband transcends any other interest in life.
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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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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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In the eternal scheme of things - not always in mortality - righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
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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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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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Progression: you can start from where you are.
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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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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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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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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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Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.
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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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The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world.
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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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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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His judgments are just; His mercy without limit; His power to compensate beyond any earthly comparison.
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Reverence invites Revelation.
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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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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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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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Our competition in life is solely with our old self.