Will Packer Quotes
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.
The idea that life began with mortal birth is preposterous. There is no way to explain life if you believe that.
The spiritually starving hesitate to partake of the Spirit like a child's reaction to new and strange food. They must be offered a tiny bite on a spoon.
There's no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
His judgments are just; His mercy without limit; His power to compensate beyond any earthly comparison.
Nowhere are the generosity and the kindness and mercy of God more manifest than in repentance.
The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world.
The power of procreation is not an incidental part of the plan; it is the plan of happiness.
The atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.
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.
We have all the information in the universe at our fingertips, while our most basic problems go unsolved year after year...All around, we see dazzling technological change, but no progress.
Inequality saps the will to conceive of ambitious solutions to large collective problems, because those problems no longer seem very collective.
Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.
The invisibility of work and workers in the digital age is as consequential as the rise of the assembly line and, later, the service economy.