Love
“The crowning characteristic of love is always loyalty.”
– Jeffrey R. Holland
“Love is as eternal as the Spirit of man; and if man continues after death, which he does, so will love.”
– David O. McKay
“Tears are the price we pay for sacrifice and love.”
– Jeffrey R. Holland
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I love him with that love that is stronger than death.”
– Joseph Smith, referring to Hyrum
“Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.”
– Thomas S. Monson
“Perfect love is perfectly patient.”
– Neal A. Maxwell
“Come what may and love it.”
– Joseph B. Wirthlin
“Sometimes in our lives we just need someone to look us in the eyes, take our hand, and say, ‘You can do it now’.”
– Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“As we fear God more completely, we love Him more perfectly. And ‘perfect love casteth out all fear’.”
– David A. Bednar
“Lamented President Gordon B. Hinckley: ‘Why is it that the [ones] we love [most] become so frequently the targets of our harsh words? Why is it that [we] sometimes speak as if with daggers that cut to the quick?’ The answers to these questions may be different for each of us, and yet the bottom line is that the reasons do not matter. If we keep the commandments to love one another, we must treat each other with kindness and respect.”
– Thomas S. Monson
“Often we assume that [the people around us] must know how much we love them. But we should never assume, we should let them know… We will never regret the kind words spoken or the affection shown. Rather, our regrets will come if such things are omitted from our relationships with those who mean the most to us.”
– Thomas S. Monson
“Be worthy of the mate you choose. Respect him or her. Give encouragement to him or her. Love your companion with all your heart. This will be the most important decision of your life, the individual whom you marry. There is no substitute for marrying in the temple. It is the only place under the heavens where marriage can be solemnized for eternity. Don’t cheat yourself. Don’t cheat your companion. Don’t shortchange your lives. Marry the right person in the right place at the right time.”
– Gordon B. Hinckley
“Becoming a worldwide religion in spirit as well as in organization matters is much more than building chapels and translating documents. As we embark to experience the universal brotherhood we seek, all of us must be prepared to make some alterations in our views of one another. We will need to increase our empathy and cross-cultural sensitivity and progressively discard prejudices incompatible with brotherhood.”
– Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“Our joy now and forever is intrinsically tied to our capacity to love.”
– John H. Groberg
“The principle of love within us is an attribute of Diety, and it is place within us to be dispensed independently according to our own will.”
– Brigham Young
“Filled with his love, we can endure pain, quell fear, forgive freely, avoid contention, renew strength, and bless and help others.”
– John H. Groberg
“One of the greatest things a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”
– Howard W. Hunter
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
– Nelson Mandela*
“What sign will you give to the Lord to show your love for Him?”
– Russell M. Nelson
“We have to go beyond concepts and exalted words and have a real ‘hands-on’ experience as we live together in love.”
– D. Todd Christofferson
“Pure Christ-like love flowing from righteousness can change the world.”
– Jeffrey R. Holland
“Before I married her, she had been the girl of my dreams. She was my dear companion for more than two-thirds of a century, my equal before the Lord, really my superior. And now in my old age, she has again become the girl of my dreams. . . I am grateful to be able to say that in our long life together I cannot remember a serious quarrel. Small differences, yes, but nothing of a serious nature. I believe our marriage has been idyllic as anyone’s could possibly be.”
– Gordon B. Hinckley
“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”
– Thomas Merton*
“He drew a circle that shut me out – Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle and took him in.”
– Edwin Markham*
“There comes a point in life when you realize who really matters, who never did, and who always will.”
– Unknown
“Keep your heart open and love will always find its way in.”
– Jane Seymour*
“A bell’s not a bell ‘til you ring it. A song’s not a song ‘til you sing it. Love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay. Love isn’t love ‘til you give it away!”
– Oscar Hammerstein II
“There’s no other love like the love for a brother. There’s no other love like the love from a brother.”
– Terri Guillemets