Quotes About Friendship

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.

If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them.

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight.

The good fellow to everyone is a good friend to no one.

The friendship that can cease has never been real.

No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes.

A friend is someone who dances with you in the sunlight, And walks with you in the shadows.

Friendship is like milking a cow. If you milk too often, you won't get much milk. If you don't milk enough, the milk is sour and the cow is soar. But if you milk regularly, the milk is sweet, plentiful, and the cow is happy.

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short.

Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Life is nothing without friendship.

Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.

Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

Your friendship is your needs answered.

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.