LDS Quotes on Dating & Courtship
“Too many who come to marriage have been coddled and spoiled and somehow led to feel that everything must be precisely right at all times, that life is a series of entertainments, that appetites are to be satisfied without regard to principle. How tragic the consequences of such hollow and unreasonable thinking! …”
“Love is when you give someone else the power to destroy you, and you trust them not to do it.”
“While you should be friendly with all people, select with great care those whom you wish to have close to you. They will be your safeguards in situations where you may vacillate between choices, and you in turn may save them.”
| “A Prophet’s Counsel and Prayer for Youth”
“Most people spend more time planning the wedding than planning the marriage. The wedding is the planting, but the marriage is the season. One happens in an instant, the rest can last forever.”
| Weed Your Brain, Grown Your Testimony
“Dating has become the accepted form of social recreation for the purpose of getting acquainted before young people can safely have a serious interest in each other. Because the selection of a mate in life is so extremely important, we should intelligently seek the experiences which will help us to make that great decision”
| Youth of the Noble Birthright, pp. 101-109. Salt Lake City, 1960