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Brotherly Quotes

On love, loyalty, and its false versions.

These brotherly quotes hold two ideas side by side - real brotherly love as something to cultivate alongside hope and faith, and a skeptical note that not all brotherly feeling deserves admiration.

There is a scene in Richard Attenborough's biopic where Gandhi argues with his wife because she refuses to clean their latrine. She says it is the work of untouchables; he tells her there is no such thing. Gandhi's tactics of...

Quotes by Rose George

You have to address anger, fear, and then to think about what the alternatives are: hope, faith, a certain kind of brotherly love. And then you have to set yourself to cultivate those.

Quotes by Martha Nussbaum

My brother told me I was going to be a poet. I had a good brother. He did a lot of good brotherly work.

Quotes by Marilynne Robinson

I was more of a melodic player. Angus was more into the rock world. Straightaway, I said this is how we should do it. It was never a brotherly squabble but the opposite, because we just wanted to do good...

Quotes by Malcolm Young

Abhorrent Quotes

The music business used to carry a certain amount of brotherly love, but it isn't that way now.

Quotes by Jimmy Rushing

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!

Quotes by Graham Greene

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.

Quotes by Frank Moore Colby

They are more human and more brotherly towards one another, it seems to me, than we are. But perhaps that is merely because they feel themselves to be more unfortunate than us.

Quotes by Erich Maria Remarque

'Custom is the great deadener.' There is no doubt that we of the white race are going on obliviously supporting customs that would seem abhorrent and incredible to a higher and more brotherly civilization.

Quotes by Edwin Markham

Acting Quotes

It is doubtless true that men are bad because they are unhappy. If anyone could give them real happiness, the happiness of brotherhood, they would all want to live the true and brotherly life.

Quotes by Edwin Markham

Black bears, though, are not fearsome. I encountered one on the road to my house in Vermont, alone at night. I picked up two stones just in case, but I wasn't afraid of him. I felt a hunter's exhilaration and...

Quotes by Edward Hoagland

Acting is the most brotherly and sisterly profession in the world.

Quotes by Cyril Cusack

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction.

Quotes by Bertrand Russell

The free man must be born before freedom can be won, and the brotherly man must be born before full brotherhood can be won. It will come into being only if we build it out of our very muscle and...

Quotes by Barbara Deming

Alone Quotes

Our relations with brothers in Gulf Cooperation council are good and developing, either bilateral relations or with the G.C.C itself, also we have good brotherly and solid ties with Saudi Arabia.

Quotes by Ali Abdullah Saleh

Nothing is more repugnant to me than brotherly feelings grounded in the common baseness people see in one another.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do these brotherly quotes only mean love between brothers?
Not only - "brotherly" here is used more broadly for solidarity and loyalty in general, including one recalling how an industry once carried more of that spirit, alongside a note about an actual brother's encouragement.
Is every brotherly quote here positive about the idea?
No, one quote is wary, calling brotherly feelings grounded in shared baseness the opposite of admirable, rather than something built on genuine respect or trust.
What does the quote about hope, faith, and brotherly love suggest?
It suggests brotherly love is something to deliberately cultivate alongside addressing anger and fear, not something that appears automatically without effort.
Is there a quote about brotherly love fading in an industry?
Yes, one recalls that a certain field once carried more warmth and solidarity among its people than it seems to today, using brotherly love to name that older spirit.
What other topics connect well with brotherly quotes?
See Alone quotes for the opposite feeling of isolation, or Apathy quotes for lines on the absence of genuine care.

One quote also remembers a literal brother's encouragement and support. For related reading, see Alone quotes or Apathy quotes.