Quotations on Friendship
"If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give."
(George MacDonald)
"Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world."
(John Evelyn)
"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over"
(Samuel Johnson)
"A true friend is the greatest of all blessings"
(Franqois La Rochefoucauld)
"A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway."
(Fr. Jerome Cummings)
"True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable."
(Dave Tyson Gentry)
"The best mirror is an old friend."
(George Herbert)
"In order to make friends you must first be friendly"
(Dale Carnegie)
"Have no friends not equal to yourself."
(Confucious )
"It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship."
(Henry Ward Beecher)
"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson )
"Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends."
(Cindy Lew)
"Who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure."
(Jewish Saying)
"Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."
( Muhammad Ali)
"Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends."
(Jacques Delille )
"A true friend is the greatest of all blessings"
(Franqois La Rochefoucauld)
"A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway."
(Fr. Jerome Cummings)
"True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable."
(Dave Tyson Gentry)
"The best mirror is an old friend."
(George Herbert)
"In order to make friends you must first be friendly"
(Dale Carnegie)
"Have no friends not equal to yourself."
(Confucious )
"It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship."
(Henry Ward Beecher)
"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson )
"The secret to friendship is being a good listener."
(Unknown)
"Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends."
(Cindy Lew)
"Who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure."
(Jewish Saying)
"Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."
( Muhammad Ali)
"Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends."
(Jacques Delille )
"A true friend is the best possession."
(Unknown)
"A Friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson )
"Keep your friendships in repair."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson )
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
(Martin Luther King Jr)
"Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words."
(George Eliot)
"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."
(Edgar Watson Howe)
"Friendship is Love without his wings"
(Lord Byron)
"A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."
(Len Wein)
"A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success"
(Doug Larson )
"Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget"
(G. Randolf)
"Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together"
(Woodrow Wilson)
"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over"
(Samuel Johnson)
"However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship"
(La Rochefoucauld )
"Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief"
( Swedish proverb)
"Plant a seed of friendship; reap a bouquet of happiness"
(Lois L. Kaufman)