Quotes About Friendship

Lynne Reid Banks

Indian and everything else, away. So Omri had had to keep it secret, and

She'd been prepared for him to say he was too old, she must put away that sweet but impractical idea, they would forget all about it and go back to being good friends. She had almost hoped he would say that; it would forestall the complication and entanglement, yet leave her with a grief to harbor, sad but tender, grief like a secret, soothing companion. But this! There was nothing soothing about this.

Rarely in our life is money a place of genuine freedom, joy, or clarity, yet we routinely allow it to dictate the terms of our lives and often to be the single most important factor in the decisions we make about work, love, family, and friendship.

I'd believe I had prayed about things, but in reality I'd only worried about them, talked to friends about them, and tried to figure out how to solve them myself.

The roots of this friendship that once nourished me in deep places now ache with a barren flow. The conversations and connections have been hollowed out and replaced with a stabbing throb of a pierced soul. The arrow dug deep.

Let your love for your friends, who are standing with you, and your love for the Lord, who wants you to honor Him in the way you treat your body, make you think it over.

Isn't it interesting that Jesus seemed to speak most intimately to people who were lonely?

You better believe when I walk into a conference now, I look for someone sitting alone and make sure she knows she is noticed. When I ease the loneliness ache in others it is beautifully eased in me.

Find a friend who can speak rationality into your irrational impulses. A friend who will hold you accountable, speak the truth in love, and pray for you.

The bold sympathize with the bold; and in great hearts, there is always a certain friendship for a gallant foe.

He was lonely; I wanted to help, of course, but not from so intimate a distance; and lately our meetings had become memorable as a series of comically protracted farewells on station platforms and embarrassed, hasty protestations of friendship made through the windows of departing taxicabs.

Do not associate with the lowly: If you must, with the mighty make friends: For the cobra, having Vishnu's protection, Inquired fondly after the Garuda's health! -----From the Sanskrit, cited in Birds and Birdsong

You need the noise of your friends in space.

It is rare in life to be graced with a true best friend. Someone who is willing to do anything for you. Good or bad times. Drop his or her life to be there, without any personal expectations. Nothing can replace the warm touch, kind embrace, or simple gestures best friends lavish on each other.

And I said, how about taking a quick trip up there now?...It took them just ten minutes to decide, and by lunch-time...we were off. Some friends are so satisfactory. You may not agree with them in everything or anything, but it doesn't matter. You like each other just as you are. It is the contact and rubbing up against other ideas that is stimulating and rewarding.

I will believe in you every day of my life"—Elliot to E.T. from the movie E.T.

You know who you should ask about this? My pal Ray, who works with me. He could tell you all about this." Lily's dad nodded. "Except he was taken out of the office a few days ago with his hands tied behind his back and a bandanna tied as a gag on his mouth." Her father thought for a second. "Huh. He hasn't been in to work since. I wonder if he has the flu.

Perhaps," said Jasper shyly, "you would like some Gargletine Instant Breakfast Drink?" Katie fixed him with a long, level stare. Gargletine TM caused hysteria in lab rats and took the brown off horses. "Maybe not," said Katie. "But thanks.

It's times like this that I'm real glad I have friends. They say friends are worth your weight in gold.

There are times when friendship feels like running down a hill together as fast as you can, jumping over things, spinning around, and you don't care where you're going, and you don't care where you've come from, because all that matters is speed, and the hands holding your hands.

A gente bota dez dedos pra fazer comida, dois braços pra varrer a casa, um bocadinho de amizade pra fulano, três bocadinhos de amizade pra sicrano que é mais simpático, um olhar pra vista bonita do lado com o espigão de Nossa Senhora do Ó numa pasmaceira lá longe, e de sopetão, zás! bota tudo no amor que nem no campista pra ver se pega uma cartada boa. Assim é que fazemos…

No tengo amigos. Es demasiado peligroso" La ardilla miedosa.

Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.