Home / Quotes / Quote by Boyd K. Packer

Quote by Boyd K. Packer

“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.”

Quote by Boyd K. Packer

Author

Boyd K. Packer was a renowned author. Born on September 10, 1924, he passed away on July 3, 2015. Packer was known for his profound insights into religion and moral philosophy. more

You May Also Like

“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.”

Way Seems Able Known Trouble Dust Lifts Settling Temples Distraction Fog Haze

Book:The shield of faith

Source: The shield of faith

“You may in time of trouble think that you are not worth saving because you have made mistakes, big or little, and you think you are now lost. That is never true! Only repentance can heal what hurts. But repentancecan heal what hurts, no matter what it is.”

Thinking May Littles Made Matter Bigs Lost Hurt Mistake Trouble No Matter What Heal Saving Repentance Made A Mistake Times Of Trouble

Author:Boyd K. Packer

“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.”

Ifs Knows Soul Use Sin Know How Keys Prison Guilt Gates Repentance Adversaries Confined Perversion

Author:Boyd K. Packer

“Temple. One other word is equal in importance to a Latter-day Saint. Home. Put the words holy temple and home together, and you have described the house of the Lord!”

Home Together House Lord Holy Equal Importance Saint Latter Temples Latter Days Latter Day Saints

Book:The shield of faith

Source: The shield of faith

“Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient. They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and have decided, as an expression of their own individual agency, to obey the commandments of God. . . . We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see”

Source: The shield of faith

“Teach yourself and teach your families about the gift of the Holy Ghost and the Atonement of Jesus Christ. You will do no greater eternal work than within the walls of your own home.”

Home Jesus Christ Teach Greater Wall Holy Eternal Jesus Christ Ghost Our Family Holy Ghost Atonement

Author:Boyd K. Packer

“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.”

Ifs Needs Light Walks Rooms Known Steps Darkness Evidence Edges

Author:Boyd K. Packer

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

Virtue Vices Tolerance Exaggerated

Author:Boyd K. Packer

“Nowhere are the generosity and the kindness and mercy of God more manifest than in repentance.”

Kindness Mercy Generosity Repentance Manifest Mercy Of God

Author:Boyd K. Packer

“For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth.”

Helping Earth One Thing Wings Chains Ties Assets Soar Liability

Book:My soul's high song: the collected writings of Countee Cullen, voice of the Harlem Renaissance

Source: My soul's high song: the collected writings of Countee Cullen, voice of the Harlem Renaissance