The following statement is by President Joseph Fielding Smith:
"No man of himself can lead this church. It is the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ;
he is at the head....
"He chooses men and calls them to be instruments in his hands to accomplish his
purposes, and he guides and directs them in their labors. But men are only
instruments in the Lord's hands, and the honor and glory for all that his servants
accomplish is and should be ascribed unto him forever.
"If this were the work of man, it would fail, but it is the work of the Lord, and he
does not fail" (in Conference Report, Apr. 1970, 113; or Improvement Era, June
1970, 26).