Quotes About Friendship

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back how he esteems your merit, is such a friend, that one had need be very much his friend indeed to pardon or to bear it.

Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind- the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other; that has always been my firm faith about friendship.

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would be the accidental and trifling advantages of Friendship, as that the Friend can assist in time of need by his substance, or his influence, or his counsel. Even the utmost goodwill and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

One of the greatest titles we can have is old friend. Today is the day to invest in those people we hope will call us 'old friend in the years to come.

Once in a while you meet someone, and soon you both discover the two of you are truly something special to each other... you share your thoughts and feelings so relaxed, so openly, and right away you know your friendship's truly meant to be.

In my friend, I find a second self.

I have always laid it down as a maxim --and found it justified by experience --that a man and a woman make far better friendships than can exist between two of the same sex --but then with the condition that they never have made or are to make love to each other.

Friends are proved by adversity.

For memory has painted this perfect day With colors that never fade, And we find at the end of a perfect day The soul of a friend we've made.

You have been my friends, replied Charlotte, that in itself is a tremendous thing...

He who possesses the source of Enthusiasm Will achieve great things. Doubt not. You will gather friends around you As a hair clasp gathers the hair.

Friends are the people you laugh with, make fun of, and share your deepest thoughts with. They are also the people you would do absolutely anything for, because you know they would never let YOU fall.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Friendship, love, health, energy, enthusiasm, and joy are the things that make life worth living and exploring.

Worse than the of a best friend is knowing they are there but not being able to see them everyday.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

Ones oldest friend is the best.

All things are in common among friends.