Friendship Quotes - Page 10

I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

The truth is that it's just really hard for me to get to sleep without a dog in my bedroom. I once had a dog named Beau. He used to sleep in the corner of the bedroom. Some nights, though, he would sneak onto the bed and lie right between Gloria and me. I know that I should have pushed him off the bed, but I didn't. He was up there because he wanted me to pat his head, so that's what I would do.

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.

I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.

Some people care too much. I think it's called love.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.

Friendship and money: oil and water.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.

I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.

Friendship is a mirror, so that nothing can be hidden.

Next, take a look at the quality of the people who surround you. Do these people back you emotionally, or not? If they don't back you, are they at least passive? If not, get rid of them. Sometimes it is hard to drop off your mates at the great bus stop of life. But remember, your energy will only rise in direct relationship to the number of things you are able to get rid of - not to the things you acquire. By getting rid of things, attitudes, encumbrances, and blocks of one kind or another, things fly.

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

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

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.

Men are motivated when they feel needed while women are motivated when they feel cherished.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.