There is a temptation for the writer or the teacher of Church history to want to tell everything, whether it is worthy or faith promoting or not. Some things that are true are not very useful.
Boyd K. PackerThere 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.
Boyd K. PackerIt is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours... better in many ways! I have the faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it.
Boyd K. PackerNo one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
Boyd K. PackerI counsel our children to do their critical studying in the early hours of the morning when they're fresh and alert, rather than to fight physical weariness and mental exhaustion at night. I've learned the power of the dictum, "Early to bed, early to rise." When I'm under pressure, you won't find me burning the midnight oil. I'd much rather be in bed early and getting up in the wee hours of the morning.
Boyd K. Packer