L. M. Boyd Quotes
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.
A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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.
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.
Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.
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.
Most of what we acquire materially is found to not be worth what we must pay spiritually.
He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty" - Lao-tsu One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
Perhaps no other book has been denounced so vigorously by those who have never read it as has the Book of Mormon.
Somewhere there is a message in the protest of the man who said, "You can't tell me that worry doesn't help. The things I worry about never happen."
Parents now are concerned about the moral and spiritual diseases. These can have terrible complications when standards and values are abandoned. We must all take protective measures.
Peace can be settled in the heart of each who turns to the scriptures and unlocks the promises of protection and redemption that are taught therein.
No teaching is equal, more spiritually rewarding, or more exalting than that of a mother teaching her children.
Repentance is the key with which we can unlock the prison from inside. We hold that key within our hands, and agency is ours to use it.
Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
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.
The end of all activity in the church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home, sealed for eternity.
There are many things about living the gospel of Jesus Christ that cannot be measured by that which is counted or charted in records of attendance.
If you need a transfusion of spiritual strength then just ask for it. We call that Prayer. Prayer is powerful spiritual medicine.
Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence ... more than a speaker does.
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.
Without a knowledge of the gospel plan, transgression seems natural, innocent, even justified.
The gospel stands as true for those who reject it as for those who accept it - both will be judged by it.
The Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as prayer.
You ought to know that the Lord loves you. He will make that known to you, and it will be a very private and individual experience, something you cannot explain to anyone else.
The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
Inherent in the ordination to be bishop is both the right and the obligation to be directed by inspiration.
The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
We were given our agency. We must use it wisely and remain close to the Spirit; otherwise, we foolishly find ourselves yielding to the enticements of the adversary.
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.
The gift of the Holy Ghost operates equally with men, women, and even little children. It is within this wondrous gift and power that the spiritual remedy to any problem can be found.
The Restoration began with the prayer of a 14-year-old boy and a vision of the Father and the Son. The dispensation of the fulness of times was ushered in.
In the eternal scheme of things - not always in mortality - righteous yearning and longing will be fulfilled.
You must know that baptism for someone who is dead is quite as essential as baptism for some one who is living.