Friend Quote by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
““Hospitality is not a house inspection, it’s friendship.””
About This Quote
Hospitality is about forming genuine friendships, not merely inspecting a home’s condition.
In simple terms: Hospitality equals friendship, not inspection.
Key Takeaway
Cultivate welcoming relationships.
Themes
hospitality
friendship
community
Mood
warm
inviting
Type
social
ethical
When to use this quote
- hosting events
- neighborly visits
- faith gatherings
Key Concepts
sociology
ethics
Questions to Reflect On
- How can you turn a house visit into a friendship?
- What does genuine hospitality look like?
A Different Perspective
Misinterpretation can lead to superficial interactions.
![“If you look into the mirror, you see that [every part of you] belongs there and you belong there, as you are. You begin to realize that you have a perfect right to be in this universe, to be this way, and you see that there is a basic hospitality that this world provides to you. You have looked…” quote by Chogyam Trungpa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/17c/chogyam-trungpa-1373_apologizing_if-you-look-into-the-mirror-you-see-that_86412.jpg)
![“I look forward to hosting Prime Minister Lee [Hsien Loong], whose friendship and partnership I appreciate very much and with whom I've worked throughout my administration. This will also be an opportunity for me to reciprocate the hospitality that the Prime Minister and the people of Singapore…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ae9/barack-obama-17_administration_i-look-forward-to-hosting-prime-minister_80772.jpg)
![“[W]hen you make your mistakes in public you will learn that they are mistakes and in being corrected you will grow. It also reminded me that being wrong and responding to correction with resilience was a higher virtue than covering up your mistakes so your students and the watching world assumed…” quote by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/029/rosaria-champagne-butterfield_failure_w-hen-you-make-your-mistakes-in-public-y_835881.jpg)
