My Favorite Friendship Quotes

There are those who pass like ships in the night
Who meet for a moment, then sail out of sight
With never a backwards glance of regret
Folks we know briefly then quickly forget
Then there are those friends who sail together
Through quiet waters and stormy weather
Helping each other through joy and through strife
And they are the kind that give meaning to life
Unknown

Don’t walk in front of me I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend. ~ Albert Camus

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not caring, not healing, and face us with the reality of our powerlessness.  That is a friend who cares. ~ Henri Noowen

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

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? ~ Abraham Lincoln

The only way to have a friend is to be one. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. ~ Elbert Hubbard

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits. ~ W. Somerset Maughan

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

It may be doubtful at first,
Whether a person is an enemy or friend
Meat if not properly digested becomes poison,
But poison, if used rightly, may turn medicinal.
Saskya Pendita

He hasn’t an enemy in the world but all his friends hate him. ~ Eddie Cantor

Even the best of friends cannot attend each other’s funeral. ~ Kehlog Albran

A ring is round and round and has no end.  So is our friendship, my friend. ~ Unknown

Best friends are the siblings God forgot to give us. ~ Unknown  

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

Friend’s are God’s way of apologizing to us for our families. ~ Unknown

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ~ Walter Winchell

I’ve learned that no matter how good a friend someone is they’re going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that. ~ Unknown

My friend, if I could give you one thing in life, it would be the ability to see yourself as others see you, then you would realize what a truly special person you are. ~ Unknown

You may forget the friends you laughed with, but you will never forget the friends you cried with. ~ unknown  

Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends.  ~ Mary Catherwood

I can trust my friends. These people force me to examine, encourage me to grow.  ~ Cher

It's the friends you can call up at 4am that matter. ~ Marlene Dietrick

The best mirror is an old friend. ~ George Herbert

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. ~ Henry Ford

The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away. ~ Wilson Mizner

Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot congeal in winter.  ~James Fenimore Cooper

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends. ~ Walt Whitman

Friends are born, not made. ~ Henry Adams

As we grow older, things must change. But they don't always have to end. Even though it is different, now, you will always be my friend. ~ Unknown

You'll always be my best friend, you know too much! ~ Unknown

You were always there when I needed you, never left my side, always there to lean on and dry the tears I cried. I could always talk to you, you never seemed to mind, your voice so honest and gentle, your words so honest and kind. I thought I'd never meet someone as special as you are, you're my best friend in the whole wide world, you're my shooting star. ~ Unknown

A friend is someone who can see the truth and the pain in you, even when you are fooling everyone else. ~ Unknown 

If you make a friend, make one only after testing him, and do not be in a hurry to confide in him.   There are friends who are so when it suits their convenience, who will not stand by you when you are in trouble. ~ Ben Sira

I'm scared to get close to people, whether they're friends or whatever. It seems that every time I get close to someone, they always have to go away. Maybe it's to teach me how life goes on & how I shouldn't depend on people so much, or maybe I just trust the wrong people. ~ Unknown

A memory lasts forever and never does it die, true friends stay together and never say goodbye. ~ Unknown

My friend my companion through the good times and bad, my friend, my buddy, through happy and sad, beside me you stand, beside me you walk, you're there to listen, you're there to talk, with happiness, with smiles, with pain and tears, I know you'll be there through the years. ~ Unknown

Just because somebody helped you doesn't necessarily mean that they are your friend and just because somebody hurt you doesn't necessarily mean that they are your enemy. ~ Unknown

I've learned that no matter how good a friend someone is they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that. ~ Unknown

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. ~ Collin McCarty

The best rule of friendship is to keep your heart a little softer than your head ~ Santayana

Friendship is the greatest luxury of life ~ E E Hale

A friend is, as it were, a second self ~ Cocero

Two persons cannot long be friends , if they cannot forgive each others failings ~ Bruyere

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your successes. ~ Doug Larson

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. ~ Henry Ford

The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

My ignorance hindered my happiness. So in its place looms loneliness. I dwell solely in the past. My life, my loves, my truth, myself, all long since forgotten. The time was used up so fast. ~ Dorothy-Ann Parent

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice. ~ Samuel Johnson

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

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. ~ Helen Keller

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This Page Last Updated on July 1, 2003