Friendship Quotes - Page 30

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.

What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend? What if you were the one, and you refused to say those simple words?

If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he, and I was I.

I feel about my dogs now, and all the dogs I had prior to this, the way I feel about children—they are that important to me. When I have lost a dog I have gone into a mourning period that lasted for months.

Perhaps the greatest rudenesses of our time come not from the callousness of strangers, but from the solicitousness of intimates who believe that their frank criticisms are always welcome, and who feel free to "be themselves" with those they love, which turns out to mean being their worst selves, while saving their best behavior for strangers.

The only true test of friendship is the time your friend spends on you.

Not what we give, but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare.

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige. Seeds of kindness, goodwill, and human understanding, planted in fertile soil, spring up into deathless friendships, big deeds of worth, and a memory that will not soon fade out. We are all sowers of seeds-and let us never forget it!

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.

Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

Friendship, sweet-resting place of the soul, the gloaming wherein our hearts find peace.

The reward of friendship is itself. The man who hopes for anything else does not understand what true friendship is.

Look to what you have around you and be grateful, instead of searching for more. All you take with you when you leave this world is love, friendship, and good deeds.

Friendship is not linear. It moves in all directions, teaching us about ourselves and about each other.

He is a friend indeed who proves himself a friend in need.

The culture of drink endures because it offers so many rewards: confidence for the shy, clarity for the uncertain, solace to the wounded and lonely, and above all, the elusive promises of friendship and love.

Do not allow grass to grow on the road of friendship.

The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.

I want to thank you my sweet darling for digging in the mud and picking me up.

I think it's important to have closure in any relationship that ends - from a romantic relationship to a friendship. You should always have a sense of clarity at the end and know why it began and why it ended. You need that in your life to move cleanly into your next phase.