“Consecration, doing things ‘unto the Lord,’ is both an attitude and an action. When we consecrate ourselves, we consciously reaffirm that our works are for His glory and not ours. We ‘confess . . . his hand in all’ our work. We dedicate our talents, including our intellectual skills, to the building up of His kingdom. We ask to be used by Him. There is in the process of consecration a pledge and a petition: we dedicate our talents and our lives to God and pray that He will bless each of our mortal efforts to good effect and use in His cause. When we consecrate our learning, we ask not only to be ‘ever learning’ but also to come to ‘the knowledge of the truth’ (2 Tim. 3:7 Women of that kind are forever following new teachers, but they never understand the truth.))." - Henry B. Eyring