Friendship Quotes - Page 48

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

Here's to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don't even care

You just activated a nuclear warhead, my friend.

General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.

Dogs love company. They place it first on their short list of needs.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

Friendship is something in the soul. It is a thing one feels. It is not a return for something.

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.

A man cannot speak to his son, but as a father; to his wife, but as a husband; to his enemy, but upon terms: whereas a friend may speak, as the case requires, and not as it sorteth with the person.

Friendship with oneself is all important.

Genuine human friendship is on the basis of human affection, irrespective of your position. Therefore, the more you show concern about the welfare and rights of others, the more you are a genuine friend. The more you remain open and sincere, then ultimately more benefits will come to you. If you forget or do not bother about others, then eventually you will lose your own benefit.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.

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

Your friend will argue with you.

The less you talk, the more you're listened to.

Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have.

True worship is when a person, through their person, attains intimacy and friendship with God.

Everybody needs one essential friend.

A circle is round it has no end, that's how long I want to be your friend!

Friends buy you lunch. Best friends eat your lunch.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

You take this cold, remarkable, difficult, dangerous, borderline psychopath man, and you wonder what might have happened to him had he not met his best friend, a friend that no one would have put him with, this solid, dependable, brave, big-hearted war hero. I think people fall in love, not with Sherlock Holmes or Dr. Watson, but with their friendship. I think it is the most famous friendship in fiction, without a doubt.

Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.