A thought from the scriptures
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Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
— 1 Corinthians 9:24
"The Apostle Paul spent much of his life teaching and encouraging spirituality in the then far-flung missions of the world," said then-Elder Howard W. Hunter of the Quorum of the Twelve in the April 1979 general conference. "He frequently used terminology from the sports, games, and athletic contests. He said that a saint successfully keeping the commandments is like an athlete winning his contest; that comparable degrees of training, exertion, obedience to the rules, self-discipline, and the will to win are involved.
"To the Corinthians he wrote words, which paraphrased, are to this effect: 'You know (do you not?) that at the sports all the runners run the race, though only one wins the prize. Like them, run to win! Now every athlete goes into strict training. They do it to win a perishable wreath, but our wreath will last forever. For my part I run with a clear goal before me.' "
