33 LDS Quotes On Friendship

“A friend is a priceless possession because a true friend is one who is willing to take us the way we are but is able to leave us better than he found us. We are poor when we lose friends because generally they are willing to reprove, admonish, love, encourage, and guide for our best good. A friend lifts the heavy heart, says the encouraging word, and assists in supplying our daily needs. As friends we will make ourselves available without delay to those who need us.”

Marvin J. Ashton | BYU Speeches, 30 March 1982

Topics: Friendship, Service

“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

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

Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Forgiveness, Friendship, Love

“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

“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

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

Charles Dickens

Topics: Friendship, Service

“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

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