Daily Inspiration Quote by Richard G. Scott

Richard G. Scott is doing something quietly radical for a religious authority: lowering the temperature on moral perfectionism. The line is built like a warning label. "If we are not careful" spreads responsibility across a whole community - leaders, members, listeners - and implies that the real danger isn’t individual failure but institutional messaging. He’s not scolding investigators; he’s cautioning insiders about the culture they create.

"Investigators" is the tell. In Latter-day Saint usage, it refers to people exploring the faith, often already feeling observed, measured, and in need of proving they belong. Scott zeroes in on the moment when a welcoming invitation can curdle into an audition. The subtext: newcomers don’t leave because doctrine is too hard; they leave because the social air feels like a spotless-room test.

Then comes the pivot: "have to be perfect". The phrase is deliberately blunt, almost childlike, because the pressure it names is blunt and childlike too - the anxious logic of, "If I slip, I’m out". And Scott’s clipped rebuttal, "Not true!", reads like pastoral triage. Two words, an exclamation point: urgency over nuance. He’s trying to interrupt a reflexive narrative before it calcifies.

The deeper intent is reputational as much as spiritual. A faith that advertises transformation can’t afford to be experienced as a club for the already polished. Scott is advocating for a culture where growth is visible, mess is survivable, and belonging isn’t contingent on performing flawlessness.