Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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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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Christ's mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.
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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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The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites the spirit of revelation, of testimony.
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I counsel our children to do their critical studying in the early hours of the morning when they're fresh and alert, rather than to fight physical weariness and mental exhaustion at night. I've learned the power of the dictum, "Early to bed, early to rise." When I'm under pressure, you won't find me burning the midnight oil. I'd much rather be in bed early and getting up in the wee hours of the morning.
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Our lives are made up of thousands of everyday choices. Over the years these little choices will be bundled together and show clearly what we value.
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Largely because of television, instead of looking over into that spacious building, we are, in effect, living inside of it. That is your fate in this generation. You are living in that great and spacious building.
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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What a wonderful time to be young. You will see events in your lifetime that will test your courage and extend your faith. If you will face the sunlight of truth, the shadows of discouragement and sin and error will fall behind you. You must never give up!
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There is little to be gained by seeking after the mysteries, for there is hardly time in a lifetime to master the plain and precious things.
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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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The end of all activity in the church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home, sealed for eternity.
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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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If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
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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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Happiness will depend on what each of us does with what each has, what we learn from what we do, and what we do thereafter.
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Repentance is the key with which we can unlock the prison from inside. We hold that key within our hands, and agency is ours to use it.
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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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Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.
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How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.