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.
You shouldn't change your behavior because a government agency somewhere is doing the wrong thing. If we sacrifice our values because we're afraid, we don't care very much about those values.
Disease makes men more physical, it leaves them nothing but body.
If you are an American, you must allow all ideas to circulate freely in your community, not merely your own.
I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel.
The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers.
The moment that you feel that just possibly you are walking down the street naked...that's the moment you may be starting to get it right.
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