Best 154 quotes of Boyd K. Packer on MyQuotes

Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.

An organist who has the sensitivity to quietly play prelude music from the hymnbook tempers our feelings and causes us to go over in our minds the lyrics which teach the peaceable things of the kingdom. If we will listen, they are teaching the gospel, for the hymns of the Restoration are, in fact, a course in doctrine!

An unusual thing happened after that great first vision. The Prophet Joseph received no additional communication for three years. However, he did not wonder, he did not question, he did not doubt the Lord. The Prophet Joseph patiently waited. The Prophet Joseph taught us the principle of patience-by example.

Arms now empty will be filled and hearts now hurting from broken dreams and yearning will be healed.

A testimony of the hope of redemption is something which cannot be measured or counted. Jesus Christ is the source of that hope.

At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can 'see' things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known.

Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.

Christ's mercy is the mighty healer; even to the wounded innocent.

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

Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.

Dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.

Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation

Don't live so that your children go unled because of habits that leave you uninspired.

Do you realize how marvelous it is that you can call upon the Atonement? The Lord effected the Atonement for our sakes. And there isn’t anything that you can’t repent from and that you can’t be rescued from if you will repent and be determined to make the decision.

Everyone is tested. One might think it is unfair to be singled out and subjected to a particular temptation, but this is the purpose of mortal life—to be tested. And the answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.

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.

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

Faith is the power, obedience the sacrifice, love the means, Christ the reason.

Faith, to be faith, must center around something that is not known. Faith, to be faith, must go beyond that for which there is confirming evidence. Faith, to be faith, must go into the unknown. Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness. If everything has to be known, if everything has to be explained, if everything has to be certified, then there is no need for faith. Indeed, there is no room for it.

Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.

Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.

Happily ever after never happens in the second act.

Get to Know Yourself Once you start getting acquainted with yourselves, finding out who you are and where you belong and who your relatives are, spiritually speaking as well as in the earthly frame of reference, you come to the astounding, overwhelming realization that you are a child of God-that you belong to Him, that He is your Father. He is our Father.

God bless you young women and young men who struggle through the worrisome teenage years. Some of you may not yet have found yourselves, but you are not lost, for Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, our Savior and Redeemer.

Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty" - Lao-tsu One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.

His judgments are just; His mercy without limit; His power to compensate beyond any earthly comparison.

How grateful we are for you, our youth.

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.

I bear witness of the power of the priesthood given to the Church to protect us and guide us. And because we have that, we have no fear of the future. Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family.

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.

I do not think it pleases the Lord when we worry because we think we never do enough or that what we do is never good enough.

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

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

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

If you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be. The house of the Lord, bathed in light, standing out in the darkness, becomes symbolic of the power and the inspiration of the gospel of Jesus Christ standing as a beacon in a world that sinks ever further into spiritual darkness.

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.

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

If you understand the great plan of happiness and follow it, what goes on in the world will not determine your happiness.

I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys. I could tell most of the secretaries in the church office building that they are ugly and fat. That would be the truth, but it would hurt and destroy them. Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.

I hope to be judged as good a man as my father. Before I hear those words "well done" from my Heavenly Father, I hope to first hear them from my mortal father.

I know that God is our Father. He introduced His Son, Jesus Christ, to Joseph Smith. I declare to you that I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that He lives. He was born in the meridian of time. He taught His gospel and was tried. He suffered and was crucified and resurrected on the third day. He, like His Father, has a body of flesh and bone. He made His Atonement. Of Him I bear witness. Of Him I am a witness.

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.

Inherent in the ordination to be bishop is both the right and the obligation to be directed by inspiration.

In many places it is literally not safe physically for youngsters to go to school. And in many schools, and its becoming almost generally true, it is spiritually unsafe to attend public schools. Look back over the history of education to the turn of the century and the beginning of the educational philosophies, pragmatism and humanism were the early ones, and they branched out into a number of other philosophies which have led us now into a circumstance where our schools are producing the problems that we face.

In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.

In the eternal scheme of things - not always in mortality - righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.

It is in the ordinances of the temple that we are placed under covenant to Him….[If] we will enter into our covenants without reservation or apology, the Lord will protect us. We will receive inspiration sufficient for the challenges of life.

It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours... better in many ways! I have the faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it.

It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal. Teach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out. There is great purpose in our struggle in life.