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• A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.

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

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

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• Reverence invites Revelation.

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• Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence … more than a speaker does.

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• The word discipline sometimes touches a slightly rebellious chord in our natures. Remember that it comes from the word disciple.

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• Fear is the opposite of faith.

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• I have come to know that faith is a real power, not just an expression of belief.

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

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• There is little to be gained by seeking after the mysteries, for there is hardly time in a lifetime to master the plain and precious things..

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• Happily ever after never happens in the second act.

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• 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.

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• Young men speak about the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future.

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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.

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• Our lives are made up of thousands of everyday choices. Over the years these little choices will be bundled together and show clearly what we value.

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• Things we cannot solve, we must survive.

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• The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.

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• Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.

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• Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.

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Boyd K. Packer (19)

Birth:	10th September, 1924
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Educator, Leader, Writer

About

Boyd K. Packer was born in Brigham City, Utah. He is an American educator,leader and writer. He served as Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve from 1994 to 2008, and has been an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve since April 1970. Packer has served as general authority of the church since 1961. Currently, he is the second most senior apostle among the ranks of the church. After their marriage, Packer earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Utah State University and an Ed.D. from Brigham Young University.

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