“You cannot force spiritual things. A testimony is not thrust upon you; it grows. And a testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large. We become taller in our testimony like we grow in physical stature and hardly know it is happening, because it comes by growth.” KnowsShouldSpiritualForceGrowsGrowthHappeningsTestimonyThrustStature Author:Boyd K. Packer
“The ultimate effort of everything in the Church is to the end that a father and a mother and their children can be happy at home. If they are happy at home, they are spiritually prepared for whatever should be ahead of them in the world.” IfsWorldShouldChildrenEndsHomeMotherFatherChurchEffortUltimatePrepared Author:Boyd K. Packer
“A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.” ShouldTestimony Author:Boyd K. Packer
“The priesthood holds consummate power. It can protect you from the plague of pornography-and it is a plague-if you are succumbing to its influence. If one is obedient, the priesthood can show how to break a habit and even erase an addiction. Holders of the priesthood have that authority and should employ it to combat evil influences.” IfsShouldShowsEvilBreakInfluenceHabitProtectAuthorityAddictionCombatPornographyPlagueEraseObedientPriesthoodProtect YouSuccumbing Author:Boyd K. Packer
“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.” ShouldHardWould BeHurtChurchBuildingTruth IsOfficeUglyFatsUpliftingHard TimesHistorianSecretaryOffice Buildings Author:Boyd K. Packer
“Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.” ShouldSacredProtectedFamily Time Author:Boyd K. Packer
“The ultimate end of all activity in the Church is to see a husband and his wife and their children happy at home, protected by the principles and laws of the gospel, sealed safely in the covenants of the everlasting priesthood. 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.” ShouldFirstsChildrenEndsHomeLawChurchPrinciplesWifeCallingActivityHusbandUltimateProtectedEverlastingCovenantHusband And WifePriesthood Author:Boyd K. Packer
“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.” ShouldFirstsChildrenWifeCallingHusbandHusband And Wife Author:Boyd K. Packer
“Throughout your life there may be times when you have gone places you never should have gone and done things you never should have done. If you will turn away from sin, you will be able one day to know the peace that comes from following the pathway of complete repentance.” IfsKnowsShouldMayDoneAbleTurnsSinGoneOne DayShould HaveFollowingRepentancePathways Author:Boyd K. Packer
