We should regularly apply the Atonement for self-improvement

"We should regularly apply the Atonement for self-improvement, while enduring to the end. If we choose the course of steady improvement, which is clearly the course of discipleship, we will become more righteous and can move from what may be initially a mere acknowledgment of Jesus on to admiration of Jesus, then on to adoration of Jesus, and finally to emulation of Jesus."

- Elder Neal A. Maxwell, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, "Testifying of the Great and Glorious Atonement," Ensign, Oct 2001
http://www.lds.org/ensign/2001/10/testifying-of-the-great-and-glorious-atonement?lang=eng