A Discouraged Man is a Burden to Himself (counsel to medical students)—I have had presented before me the fact that in your class of medical missionary students are those whose first work should be understand themselves, to count the cost, and know when they begin to build whether they are able to finish. Let not God be dishonored by breaking down the man in the process of educating him; for a broken-down, discouraged man is a burden to himself. {2MCP 487.3}

En nedtrykt mand er en byrde for sig selv (råd til medicinstuderende) - Jeg har fået vist det faktum at der i din klasse med medicin-missionær-studerende er dem, der først burde forstå sig selv, at beregne omkostningerne, og vide hvornår de begynder at bygge, om de vil kunne fuldføre det. Lad ikke Gud blive (488) vanæret ved at nedbryde mennesket i uddannelsesprocessen, for et nedbrudt menneske er en byrde for sig selv.