“There is also an age-old excuse: “The devil made me do it.” Not so! He can deceive you and mislead you, but he does not have the power to force you or anyone else to transgress or to keep you in transgression.” DoeMadeAgeForceDevilExcuseDeceivingMisleadTransgression Author:Boyd K. Packer
“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.” IfsHeartDoeStillsSoulSpiritCausesVoicePerfectAttentionScriptureNoiseLoudHarshThunderShoutingPierceMildness Author:Boyd K. Packer
“Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence ... more than a speaker does.” MayDoeSpiritInfluenceReverenceSpeakersAccompany Author:Boyd K. Packer
“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.” DoeDepends Author:Boyd K. Packer
“The Word of Wisdom does not promise you perfect health, but it teaches how to keep the body you were born with in the best condition and your mind alert to delicate spiritual promptings.” MindDoeBodySpiritualBornPerfectTeachConditionsWords Of WisdomPromiseDelicate Book:The shield of faith Source: The shield of faith
“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.” DoeSpiritualSpiritLostMusicFitSpeechMusic IsOccasionsSubstanceAppropriateSabbath Author:Boyd K. Packer
“Tolerance is a virtue, but like all virtues, when exaggerated, it transforms itself into a vice. We need to be careful of the “tolerance trap” so that we are not swallowed up in it. The permissiveness afforded by the weakening of the laws of the land to tolerate legalized acts of immorality does not reduce the serious spiritual consequence that is the result of the violation of God’s law of chastity.” NeedsDoeSpiritualLawResultsVirtueLandSeriousConsequenceVicesCarefulToleranceBe CarefulTolerateTrapsViolationExaggeratedChastityImmoralityWeakening Author:Boyd K. Packer
“We could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeeds; only then does he discover that what they needed most, to be together as a family, has been neglected. And he reaps sorrow in place of contentment.” DoeHas BeensEndsTogetherFatherEnergyNeededSorrowSucceedParentingDeterminedContentmentNeglectedReap Author:Boyd K. Packer
