We have first to learn submission to the will of God ourselves, through various trials, persecutions, and the development of our weaknesses and imperfections, and thereby learn to appreciate the goodness and blessings that flow from him.  We must see that we ourselves first learn obedience, and then teach others.  But how can we teach others a lesson which we have not learned ourselves? — John Taylor, Journal of Discourses, 6:167