6 quotes from Pres. Nelson’s memorial broadcast that celebrate his legacy

“President Nelson showed us the meaning of love in a world with billions of people in many nations. … He preached the gospel of love, which is paramount in the gospel of Jesus Christ.”

“Since my call, I have met members all over the world who have felt President Nelson’s love through his gentleness, meekness, and love unfeigned.”

“Many have asked me what it was like to work with him—what kind of man he truly was. My answer is simple: President Russell M. Nelson was exactly the man you believed him to be.”

“As a true disciple of Jesus Christ, his primary language was love. ... I know that President Russell M. Nelson was a true and faithful disciple of Jesus Christ because he loved us, he served us, and he invited us to treat others with love and kindness.”

“The members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles have had a marvelous opportunity to know Russell M. Nelson as our president before he became the President of the Church. ... We felt close enough to him to measure his integrity by the words that he spoke, the very pupil of his eye, or the behavior he demonstrated when none but God could hear or see him.”

“I admired in President Nelson an inspired capacity to remember names and faces of people he had met. With this gift, he had the ability to make each person feel loved.”