A task every Baha’i should “concentrate on”

We must concentrate

• on perfecting our characters as individual Baha'is, and
• on maturing our still embryonic, and as yet improperly understood World Order,
• on spreading the Message, according to the provisions of the Divine Plan; and
• on building a tightly knit worldwide Baha'i Community.

We are relatively few in numbers, and have such a precious, unique and responsible task to carry out. We must concentrate our full forces upon it. 

- Shoghi Effendi  (From a letter dated May 9, 1947 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States and Canada; Compilation of Compilations vol. 2)