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Boyd K. Packer

(1924–2015) Religious Leader

203 quotes in 942 categories

Packer’s prose blends theological depth with everyday counsel. In this series of two hundred and three quotes you’ll see his steady hand guiding readers through spiritual and ethical questions.

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Boyd K. Packer was a religious leader, best known for That all may be edified.

Quick Facts About Boyd K. Packer

Born: September 10, 1924
Died: July 3, 2015
Profession: Religious Leader
Notable works: That all may be edified

About Boyd K. Packer

Boyd Kenneth Packer was an American religious leader and educator who served as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2008 until his death. He also served as the quorum's acting president from 1994 to 2008 and was an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve from 1970 until his death. He served as a general authority of the church from 1961 until his death.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Boyd K. Packer

Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds.

Bliss

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“Fear is the opposite of faith”

Faith

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Reverence invites Revelation

Invites

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The Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.

Feels

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Our competition in life is solely with our old self.

Competition

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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.

Conquered

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Things we cannot solve, we must survive.

Adversity

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Happily ever after never happens in the second act.

Ever after

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The atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.

Atonement

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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.

Adversity

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If prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also.

Education

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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice,

Character

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If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.

Cure

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Faith is a real power, not just an expression of belief.

Belief

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No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.

Inspiration

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No teaching is equal, more spiritually rewarding, or more exalting than that of a mother teaching her children.

Children

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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…

Faith

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The gospel teaches us to be happy, to have faith rather than fear, to find hope and overcome despair, to leave darkness…

Christianity

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Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.

Book

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The study of doctrine and the teaching of doctrine will change behavior more than the study of behavior will change behavior.

Behavior

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If you need a transfusion of spiritual strength then just ask for it. We call that Prayer. Prayer is powerful spiritual medicine.

Asks

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If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.

Death

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Temple. One other word is equal in importance to a Latter-day Saint. Home. Put the words holy temple and home together, and…

Equal

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The Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as…

Atonement

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An organist who has the sensitivity to quietly play prelude music from the hymnbook tempers our feelings and causes us to go…

Causes

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Tolerance is a virtue, but like all virtues, when exaggerated, it transforms itself into a vice. We need to be careful of…

Be careful

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“The gift of the Holy Ghost operates equally with men, women, and even little children. It is within this wondrous gift and…

Gift

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“It is not an easy thing for us to defend the position that bothers so many others. But, brethren and sisters, never…

Brethren

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You may in time of trouble think that you are not worth saving because you have made mistakes, big or little, and…

Bigs

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Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering. These, joined with…

Education

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It is in the ordinances of the temple that we are placed under covenant to Him….[If] we will enter into our covenants…

Apology

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The rapid, sweeping deterioration of values is characterized by a preoccupation-even an obsession-with the procreative act. Abstinence before marriage and fidelity within…

Abstinence

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“The Restoration began with the prayer of a 14-year-old boy and a vision of the Father and the Son. The dispensation of…

Bible

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“I promise that the brilliant morning of forgiveness can come. Then “the peace of God, which passeth all understanding” comes into your…

Forgiveness

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“There is safety in learning doctrine in gatherings which are sponsored by proper authority. Some members, even some who have made covenants…

Religion

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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…

Agency

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In many places it is literally not safe physically for youngsters to go to school. And in many schools, and its becoming…

Becoming

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There is a falsehood that some are born with an attraction to their own kind, with nothing they can do about it.…

Attraction

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“One of the major difficulties, and one of the monumental dangers, of sex education courses in public schools is that they disregard…

Education

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“You parents and you families whose lives must be reordered because of a handicapped one, whose resources and time must be devoted…

Another day

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Boyd K. Packer by topic

Religion (31) Ifs (25) Life (23) Spiritual (22) Inspirational (20) Faith (19) Children (18) Parenting (17) Christianity (16) Lord (15) Time (14) Church (14) Christ (13) Spirit (12) Regret (12) Prayer (12) Knows (12) Repentance (11) Father (11) Education (11) World (9) Should (9) Love (9) Jesus (9) Temptation (8)