Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (deceased) said:
“You can be whatever you desire. The prophet Alma said: “I know that he granteth unto men according to their desire, whether it be unto death or unto life; yea, I know that he allotteth unto men . . . according to their wills, whether they be unto salvation or unto destruction. Yea, and I know that good and evil have come before all men; he that knoweth not good from evil is blameless; but he that knoweth good and evil, to him it is given according to his desires, whether he desireth good or evil, life or death, joy or remorse of conscience.”3
Do you have the simple childlike humility to desire good? Do you know how important it is to mankind that goodness exist? . . .The Lord said, “Be ye therefore perfect.”4 Are you embarrassed, or hesitant, or too proud to commit yourself? Too arrogant and lifted up? Do you think you are above a simple, prayerful, reverent desire to be good? Without hesitation I say that. I desire, really desire to be good, as an act of volition—a voluntary gesture. As an act of my agency, I consent and choose to be good.” ~Elder Boyd K. Packer, “‘Going Somewhere'” Brigham Young University Commencement, 23 August 1968.
