My Friendship Quotes

If we all told what we know of one another there would not be four friends in the world

There is not so good an understanding between any two but the exposure by the one of a serious fault in the other will produce a misunderstanding in proportion to its heinousness.

Those that lack friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts.

There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends but he joyeth the more and no man that imparteth his griefs to his friends but he grieveth the less.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly everybody will side with you when you are in the right.

I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right but when I am a little in the wrong.

Old friends are the great blessing of one's later years. ... They have a memory of the same events and have the same mode of thinking.

There is a magic in the memory of a schoolboy friendship. It softens the heart and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

When you are young and without success you have only a few friends. Then later on when you are rich and famous you still have a few ... if you are lucky.

Those friends thou hast and their adoption tried grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life he will soon find himself left alone.

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it even if bad to a classic.

Be courteous to all but intimate with few and let those few be well-tried before you give them your confidence.

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in continue firm and constant.

Wishing to be friends is quick work but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

Be slow in choosing a friend slower in changing.

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.

Friendship is seldom lasting but between equals or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other.

Friendship is a union of spirits a marriage of hearts and the bond there of virtue.

Shared joys make a friend not shared sufferings.

Men only become friends by community of pleasures.

Friendship like credit is highest where it is not used.

If you press me to say why I loved him I can say no more than because he was he and I was I.

Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.

Friend: One who knows all about you and loves you just the same.

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life true friends are a sure refuge.

Friendship is love without his wings!

The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef.

No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.

Animals are such agreeable friends- they ask no questions they pass no criticisms.

There ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

Friendship peculiar boon of Heaven The noble mind's delight and pride To men and angels only given To all the lower world denied.

Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in continue firm and constant.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

Love is blind friendship closes its eyes.

Love is a friendship set to music.

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

... a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.

I need you to just trust me for now without knowing all the answers.

Happiness is.. reading a novel with your Bestie.

Being in love with your best friend is problematic.

As much as I cared about him, I wasn’t a slave to fate. I could choose to ignore my feelings, strong as they were. It would be painful, but no more so than letting myself pine for my friend.

Bad friends are those who make you cry.Good friends are those who understand why you're crying.Best friends are those who do everything to stop you from crying.

Spread love. Hug the people you care about and make sure they know that you care and appreciate them. Make it known to your friends and family that you love them.

Convince people that you need them, and watch what they do.

The most valuable gift you can receive is an honest friend.

When we make friends then we change from being animals to being human.