Daily Inspiration Quote by Richard G. Scott

Loyalty is the muscle Richard G. Scott is trying to build here, and he builds it with a blend of pastoral warmth and institutional steel. The line is framed as a test of character: can you stay when the work gets messy and the people doing it look human? By calling them "your investigators", Scott quietly assigns ownership and responsibility. These are not anonymous strangers; they are entrusted to you. The implicit target is a familiar religious failure mode: abandoning new or struggling converts the moment they stop being inspiring and start being complicated.

The subtext is a rebuke of perfectionism disguised as encouragement. "Don't give up... because they have a little weakness" shrinks relapse, doubt, and inconsistency into something manageable, not scandalous. That choice of language matters. It keeps the listener from turning someone else's faltering into a moral drama. It also keeps the missionary from using disappointment as an exit ramp.

Then comes the hinge: "until the Holy Ghost tells you not to". The compassion has a boundary, but it is not your impatience, embarrassment, or burnout. It is spiritual authority. In Latter-day Saint missionary culture, "investigators" are people learning about the faith; the pressure to produce baptisms can reward quick triage. Scott pushes against that productivity mindset while still preserving the hierarchy of discernment: you persist, you work, you endure, and if you stop, you stop with divine cover.

It works because it offers two reassurances at once: you are not responsible for perfection, but you are responsible for not quitting prematurely.