Of what good is our faith, our repentance, our baptism, and all the sacred ordinances of the gospel by which we have been made ready to receive the blessings of the Lord, if we fail, on our part, to keep the commandments.
Interpretation
Faith and religious practices are meaningless if not accompanied by the commitment to follow divine commandments.
This quote by Heber J. Grant emphasizes the importance of not just participating in religious rituals but also actively living by the moral and ethical guidelines that these rituals represent. It suggests that true spiritual readiness and the blessings that come with it hinge upon our genuine commitment to adhere to the commandments and principles of our faith.
In practice
During a church service discussion about the importance of living one's faith actively.
I believe that we can accomplish any object that we make up our minds to, and no boy or girl ought to sit down and say, because they cannot do as well as somebody else, that they will not do anything. God has given to some people ten talents; to others, he has given one; but they who improve the one talent will live to see the day when they will far outshine those who have ten talents but fail to improve them.
One can never tell what will be the result of faithful service rendered, nor do we know when it will come back to us or to those with whom we are associated. The reward may not come at the time, but in dividends later. I believe we will never lose anything in life by giving service, by making sacrifices, and doing the right thing.
If there is any one thing that will bring peace and contentment into the human heart, and into the family, it is to live within our means. And if there is any one thing that is grinding and discouraging and disheartening, it is to have debts and obligations that one cannot meet.
This curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than used.
It is, finally, a word is untimely in three different senses, and bearing it as one's treasure will not win one anyone's favours; one rather risks finding oneself outside everyone's camp... Beauty is the word that shall be our first.
When one feels no shame in telling a deliberate lie, there is no evil, I tell you, he will not do.
I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
At the moment you are most in awe of all there is about life that you don't understand, you are closer to understanding it all than at any other time.
The cynic says, "One man can't do anything". I say, "Only one man can do anything."
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