Quotes About Friendship

The accidents of life separate us from our dearest friends, but let us not despair. God is like a looking glass in which souls see each other. The more we are united to Him by love, the nearer we are to those who belong to Him.

For the multitude of worldly friends profiteth not, nor may strong helpers anything avail, nor wise counselors give profitable counsel, nor the cunning of doctors give consolation, nor riches deliver in time of need, nor a secret place to defend, if Thou, Lord, do not assist, help, comfort, counsel, inform, and defend.

God is no enemy to you. He asks no more than that He hear you call Him "Friend."

Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you.

He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

The strongest pressure in the world can be friendly pressure.

True happiness is of a retired nature and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversations of a few select companions.

We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.

Let your boat of life be light, packed only with what you need-a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends worth the name, someone to love and to love you, a cat, a dog, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink, for thirst is a dangerous thing.

For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth, a book and a friend, and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief.

Scatter seeds of kindness everywhere you go; Scatter bits of courtesy-watch them grow and grow. Gather buds of friendship, keep them till full-blown; You will find more happiness than you have ever known.

When you dig another out of their troubles, you find a place to bury your own.

Lord, if you can't make me thin - can you make all my friends fat?

May the blessing of light be on you, light without and light within. May the blessed sunshine shine on you and warm your heart till it glows like a great peat fire, so that the stranger may come and warm himself at it, and also a friend.

Female friendships that work are relationships in which women help each other belong to themselves.

Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

Whoever in trouble and sorrow needs your help, give it to him. Whoever in anxiety or fear needs your friendship, give it to him. It isn't important whether he likes you. It isn't important whether you approve of his conduct. It isn't important what his creed or nationality may be.

There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.

Let me live in my house by the side of the road, And be a friend to man.

For 't is always fair weather When good fellows get together With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear.

At the heart of our friendly or purely social relations, there lurks a hostility momentarily cured but recurring in fits and starts.

Acquaintance, n: a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years.

To be truthful, when I'd be on the bus when I was a little kid, like fourth, fifth grade, we'd always be free-styling and playing around.