The truth is that we are saved by grace only after all we ourselves can do. (See 2 Ne. 25:23.) There will be no government dole which can get us through the pearly gates. Nor will anybody go into the celestial kingdom who wants to go there on the works of someone else. Every man must go through on his own merits. We might just as well learn this here and now.
Interpretation
We must take personal responsibility for our actions to achieve salvation or success.
This quote emphasizes the importance of individual effort and merit in achieving spiritual salvation. Marion G. Romney conveys that relying on external help or the merits of others is insufficient; true progress requires personal dedication and action. The notion of grace being granted after one does all they can highlights the balance between divine assistance and human responsibility in personal development.
In practice
During a motivational speech about self-improvement and personal accountability.
No, the Lord doesn't really need us to take care of the poor, but we need this experience; for it is only through our learning how to take care of each other that we develop within us the Christlike love and disposition necessary to qualify us to return to his presence.
Our future may look fearfully intimidating, yet we can look up to the Engineer of the Universe, confident that nothing escapes His attention or slips out of the control of those strong hands.
Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.
A man who causes fear cannot be _x000D_ free from fear.
The entire universe is God's cosmic motion picture, and that individuals are merely actors in the divine play who change roles through reincarnation; mankind's deep suffering is rooted in identifying too closely with one's current role, rather than with the movie's director, or God.
Time is water, and the Venetians conquered both by building a city on water, and framed time with their canals. Or tamed time. Or fenced it in. Or caged it.
No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much time you spend fasting, no matter how much you sleep on a hard floor and eat ashes and sigh continually, if you do no good to others, you do nothing great.
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