33 LDS Quotes On Friendship

“Your lives, your friendships, your marriages, your families, your neighbors and coworkers currently constitute the sample of humanity which God has given you. We are each other’s clinical material, and we make a mistake when we disregard that sober fact. . . . These special moments – one-on-one, in small groups, in corridors, hallways, or wherever – do something so subtle that we are scarcely aware that it is happening. Yet these help to further define our relationships with the Lord and with each other. It is often the one-liners that come from these special moments which have such a long shelf life and which help us long after the dispersal of those friends has occurred.”

Elder Neal A. Maxwell | “Jesus, the Perfect Mentor,” Ensign, February 2001, p. 8

Topics: Attitude, Family, Friendship, Marriage

“Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another, ‘What? You too? I thought I was the only one.’”

CS Lewis | The Four Loves

Topics: Friendship, Personality

“I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.”

Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Forgiveness, Friendship, Love

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”

Aristotle

Topics: Friendship

We talk of independence. No man is independent. We are all interdependent; and we shall only rise as we carry others with us, and as we are assisted by others.

James E. Talmage | A Beginner's Guide To Talmage

Topics: Friendship, Leadership, Purpose, Zion

“Jesus said several times, ‘Come, follow me.’ His was a program of “do what I do,” rather than “do what I say.” His innate brilliance would have permitted him to put on a dazzling display, but that would have left his followers far behind. He walked and worked with those he was to serve. His was not a long-distance leadership. He was not afraid of close friendships; he was not afraid that proximity to him would disappoint his followers. The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led.”

Spencer W. Kimball

Topics: Example, Friendship, Leadership

“Good books are as good friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.”

Gordon B. Hinckley

Topics: Friendship, Reading

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.”

Charles Dickens

Topics: Friendship, Service

No one reaches out to you for compassion or empathy so you can teach them how to behave better. They reach out to us because they believe in our capacity to know our darkness well enough to sit in the dark with them.

Brené Brown | The Power of Vulnerability

Topics: Friendship, Grief, Trials

“The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that “friendship is one of the grand fundamental principles of ‘Mormonism.’ ” That thought ought to inspire and motivate all of us because I feel that friendship is a fundamental need of our world. I think in all of us there is a profound longing for friendship, a deep yearning for the satisfaction and security that close and lasting relationships can give. Perhaps one reason the scriptures make little specific mention of the principle of friendship is because it should be manifest quite naturally as we live the gospel. In fact, if the consummate Christian attribute of charity has a first cousin, it is friendship.”

Marlin K. Jensen | Friendship: A Gospel Principle, Ensign, May 1999, 64

Topics: Charity, Friendship