04 September 2014

Lift

I shall never forget his plea, "Oh, give me one man who says, I can make it work." The difference between the critic and suggester of a better way may seem slight in words, but it looms large in life. What a leap between, "I see your error" to "I see a way that might make it better." Both point out the error. But one pushes down, the other lifts. The lifting takes the tougher mind.

Henry B. Eyring, BYU Commencement, 18 Aug 1972 as quoted in Robert I. Eaton & Henry J. Eyring, I Will Lead You Along: The Life of Henry B. Eyring, Deseret Book, 2013, p. 81.