Quotes About Friendship

Good friends have a way of bringing out the best in you By their caring and the interest that they take in all you do

Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment

Friendship is a sheltering tree

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business

The light of friendship is like the light of phosphorus, even plainest when all around is dark.

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking

Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anybody else in the world

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives.

True friendship consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and value.

Be a friend to thyself and others will too

Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.

Though friendship is not quick to burn, It is explosive stuff

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.