Fifty-Six Friendship Quotes

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Friends are like the walls of a house.
Sometimes they hold you up,
sometimes you lean on them,
but sometimes, it's enough to know they're just standing by.

Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry...I'm here.
The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures
and tolerates your success.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because
those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another,
"What! You, too? I thought I was the only one."

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast;
a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is
that they can grow separately without growing apart.

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg
even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

A real friend is one who walks in
when the rest of the world walks out.

You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet.
But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your "friends".

A friend is a hand that is always holding yours,
no matter how close or far apart you may be.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing.
There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.”

Good friends are like stars....
You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart
and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod;
my shadow does that much better.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more,
you are a leader.

Promise me you'll always remember:
You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Friends are one of God's way
of taking care of us.

We all take different paths in life,
but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere we go.

Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say.
Best friends listen to what you don't say.

True friendship is like sound health;
the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare.
But he who has an enemy will meet him everywhere.

The only way to have a friend
is to be one.

Your loyalty is a great gift.
You must be very careful in deciding who receives it.

A good exercise for the heart
is to bend down and help another up.

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship,
we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.

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

A friend
loveth at all times.

Real friendships is shown in times of trouble;
prosperity is full of friends.

The best way to destroy your enemy
is to make him your friend.

There is no revenge so complete
as forgiveness.

The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will last through a whole lifetime,
if not asked to lend money.

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

He who finds a faithful friend,
finds a treasure.

Hold a true friend
with both your hands.

Some people come into our lives and quickly go.
Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.

The best time to make friends
is before you need them.

Treat your friends as you do your pictures,
and place them in their best light.

The road to a friend's house
is never long.

The death of a friend
is equivalent to the loss of a limb.

A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together,
knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away."

It is better to be in chains with friends
than to be in a garden with strangers.

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor -- if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow;
but woe to him that is alone when he falls; for he has no other to help him up.

The greatest love a person can have for his friends
is to give his life for them.

A mirror reflects a man's face,
but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.

Weeds never grow
on the path between friends.

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure,
because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.

Friendship multiplies the good of life
and divides the evil.

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.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people,
than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

A friend is a present
you give yourself.

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

A true friend is someone who is there for you
when he'd rather be anywhere else.

Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave,
and impossible to forget.

Never do a wrong thing
to make a friend or to keep one.

Friendships are fragile things,
and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing.

You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks. --An Eskimo proverb

Misfortune tests friends and detects enemies.

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Who Said It?

Friends are like the walls of a house.
Sometimes they hold you up, sometimes you lean on them,
but sometimes, it's enough to know they're just standing by. Anonymous

Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry...I'm here. The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you.--Charlie Brown to Snoopy

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success. -- Doug Larson

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. --Dr. Seuss

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."
--C. S. Lewis

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. -- Buddha

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. --Elisabeth Foley

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.
--Bernard Meltzer

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. --Walter Winchell

You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your "friends". Anonymous

A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care. A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart. Anonymous

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. --Maya Angelou

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.”
--Gloria Naylor

Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there. Anonymous

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. Anonymous

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. -Plutarch

This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life. Anonymous

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. --Christopher Robin to Pooh

Friends are one of God's way of taking care of us.

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere. --Tim McGraw

Everyone hears what you say.
Friends listen to what you say.
Best friends listen to what you don't say.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare. But he who has an enemy will meet him everywhere.

The only way to have a friend is to be one. --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

Hold a true friend with both your hands. -- Nigerian Proverb

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.—Anonymous

The best time to make friends is before you need them.
~ Ethel Barrymore

Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light. ~ Jennie Jerome Churchill

The road to a friend's house is never long.
~ Danish Proverb

"The death of a friend is equivalent to the loss of a limb."
- German Proverb

" A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away."
- Arabian Proverb

"It is better to be in chains with friends , than to be in a garden with strangers."
-Persian Proverb

"Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up."
- Bible: Ecclesiastes

The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them." - John 15:13

"A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses."
- Proverbs 27:19

Weeds never grow on the path between friends.

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship." -- Pietro Aretino (1537)

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil."
-- Baltasar Gracian (1647)

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

You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people, than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you."
-- Bernard Meltzer

A friend is a present you give yourself."
-- Robert Louis Stevenson

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with."
-- Mark Twain

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."
-- Len Wein

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.---Robert E. Lee

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing---Randolph S. Bourne

You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks---An Eskimo proverb

Misfortune tests friends and detects enemies---Anonymous

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Kids' Wings Friendships Quotes were compiled by Suzy Red