" We sing and have done so constantly, "We thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet to guide us in these latter days." [Hymns, no. 19.]

There are a great many who . . . put a postscript to that and say: "Provided he guides us to suit our own fancies and our own whims."

The prophets of God, from Joseph Smith to the present day, have guided us and they have guided us aright, when we have listened to that guidance. The mistakes which have been made have been because of our failure to listen to the prophet whose right it is to guide the people of God. . . .

I know that the path of safety for the Latter-day Saints is not only to sing, "We thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet, to guide us in these latter days," but to be ready and willing and anxious to be guided. "

― The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Heber J. Grant