Quotes About Friendship

In more than one ambuscade, man, that sublime ape, has already pierced my breast with his porphyry lance: a soldier does not exhibit his wounds however glorious they may be. This terrible combat will bring down much sorrow upon the heads of the two parties: two friends striving obstinately to destroy one another: what a drama!

The friend of order has made half his way to virtue.

Who is open without levity; generous without waste; secret without craft; humble without meanness; bold without insolence; cautious without anxiety; regular, yet not formal; mild, yet not timid; firm, yet not tyrannical--is made to pass the ordeal of honor, friendship, virtue.

Dread more the blunderer's friendship than the calumniator's enmity.

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

The world's not perfect, tomboy. Sometimes we have fires and fistfights and lose friends.

What if Naomi grew weary of having her come down to the kitchen for chats?

I have always been reconciled to the fact that I was born a bibliomaniac, never have I sought a cure, and my dearest friends have been drawn from those likewise suffering from book madness.

If you can't be friends with a lover, then forget it. It's not going to work.

I mean, I really liked those guys and the experience of doing Raiders was really good for me, but I did not really want to be involved - I only did Jedi, as I really owed George a favor.

Say what you want, but gay guys who've been where you are—there're a loyal breed of animal.

Kurt and I weren't the closest of friends, but I knew him well enough to be devastated by his death. For such a quiet person, he was so excited about having a child.

It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play. I don't see that same intimacy happening very much today.

Actually, I started to become an actress because I met someone who was just a friend and I found his life wonderful, I thought, Oh my god, you can travel, you're free, you can do what you want, you're the boss. And then I met an actor and I was in love with him.

I've seen lifelong friends drift apart over golf just because one could play better, but the other counted better.

The occasion's enormity: The birth of a friendship being no less momentous than the instant of falling in love.

There is a simple rule: practice a kind of generous selfishness. Give a book to a friend, but don't lend it, because you will never get it back. ~ James Wood, author of The Book Against God.

Weep not for me, my friends so dear. I am not dead, just sleeping here. My grassy bed, my grave you see. Prepare in life to follow me. -Zee, off a gravestone

We see our friends are round us falling. We see them buried deep in dust. In solemn silence yet they're calling. Prepare for death, for die you must. -Zee

Commitment is a big part of what I am and what I believe. How committed are you to winning? How committed are you to being a good friend? To being trustworthy? To being successful? How committed are you to being a good father, a good teammate, a good role model? There's that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not?

It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem.

may have been the nicest thing anyone had said to Eve since she'd become a homicide detective. She wasn't alone. She wasn't hated by everybody. There were people she could trust, who cared about her even if they didn't actually know her. Eve

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.