Quotes About Relationships

Fate makes us family. choice makes us friends.

A man cannot speak to his son, but as a father; to his wife, but as a husband; to his enemy, but upon terms: whereas a friend may speak, as the case requires, and not as it sorteth with the person.

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.

Friends are like stars, they come and go, but the ones that stay are the ones that glow.

Once a friend, always a friend. Why should borders stop that?

Friends buy you lunch. Best friends eat your lunch.

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

Friendship multiplies joy and divides sorrow.

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often.

Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.

If you loved once, and if you cared once, you never really stop. And if you build a true foundation, a true friendship, that never really goes away.

It's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't.

The family is the building block for whatever solidarity there is in society.

To others we are not ourselves but a performer in their lives cast for a part we do not even know that we are playing.

Make allowances for your friends' imperfections as readily as you do for your own.

No, friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them.

Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to be tended and nurtured.

Politeness is an inexpensive way to make friends.

The touchstone of false friends is the day of need: by way of proof, ask a loan from your friends.

I know that I have had friends who would never have vexed or betrayed me, if they had walked on all fours.

I didn't always have friends so I am careful to take care of them.

Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command.

If you want to make friends, go out of your way to do things for other people--things that require time, energy, unselfishness, and thoughtfulness.