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Quotes About Friendship to Ponder and Share

Welcome to our collection of the very best friendship quotes we could find. We hope you enjoy pondering them. If you do, please share! Wishing you all the most special of friendships in your lives!

Quote: Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. by author Cicero overlaid on photo of two women making peace sign near the Golden Gate bridge
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Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.


Quote: The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love. by author Hubert Humphrey overlaid on photo of body of water under cloudy sky at night
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The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.


Quote: Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation. by author Oscar Wilde overlaid on photo of brown and white short coated dog on beach during daytime
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Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.

Longer Version/[Notes]:

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or a friendship, is conversation, and conversation must have a common basis, and between two people of widely different culture the only common basis is the lowest level.


Quote: Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. by author Marcel Proust overlaid on photo of group of people sitting on white sand during daytime
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Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.


Quote: To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind. by author William Hazlitt overlaid on photo of purple flowers under sunny sky
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To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.


Quote: A friend is a gift you give yourself. by author Robert Louis Stevenson overlaid on photo of shallow focus photo of person sitting on concrete bench
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A friend is a gift you give yourself.


Quote: Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake. by author J. Donald Walters overlaid on photo of bird's eye view of desert
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Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.


Quote: What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. by author Confucius overlaid on photo of photo of author Confucius with quote

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.


Quote: The best time to make friends is before you need them. by author Ethel Barrymore overlaid on photo of three woman holding hands white walking
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The best time to make friends is before you need them.


Quote: Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. by author Baltasar Gracian overlaid on photo of two children holding hands while walking in the middle of the fields
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Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.


Quote: Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away -- and leaves behind only silence. by author Pam Brown overlaid on photo of snow-capped mountain at the horizon viewed from lake dock
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Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away -- and leaves behind only silence.


Quote: The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two. by author Madame Swetchine overlaid on photo of close-up photo of two men shaking hands near beach at sunset
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The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.


Quote: Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up. by author Thomas Watson overlaid on photo of brown squirrel on tree log
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Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.

Longer Version/[Notes]:

Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up." -- Thomas J. Watson.


Quote: There's not a word yet for old friends who've just met. by author Jim Henson overlaid on photo of four person standing beside wall
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There's not a word yet for old friends who've just met.


Quote: Friends don't spy; true friendship is about privacy, too. by author Stephen King overlaid on photo of red yellow and blue paint
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Friends don't spy; true friendship is about privacy, too.


Quote: True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable. by author David Tyson overlaid on photo of man carrying woman beside seashore
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True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.


Quote: If you're trusted and people will allow you to share their inner gardern... what better gift? by author Fred Rogers overlaid on photo of two women making peace sign near the Golden Gate bridge
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If you're trusted and people will allow you to share their inner gardern... what better gift?


Quote: It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being. by author John Joseph Powell overlaid on photo of red flower in shallow focus lens
Photo Credit: Annie Spratt

It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.


Quote: In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. by author Martin Luther King Jr.  overlaid on photo of two women making peace sign near the Golden Gate bridge
Photo Credit: Ian Schneider

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.


Quote: Friends are the family you choose. by author Unknown Author overlaid on photo of persons hand with white manicure
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Friends are the family you choose.


Quote: A true friend stabs you in the front. by author Oscar Wilde overlaid on photo of shallow focus photo of person sitting on concrete bench
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A true friend stabs you in the front.


Quote: The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship. by author William Blake overlaid on photo of unknown persons standing outdoors
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The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.


Quote: It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. by author William Blake overlaid on photo of silhouette of three people up on mountain cliff
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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.


Quote: A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. by author Walter Winchell overlaid on photo of two women making peace sign near the Golden Gate bridge
Photo Credit: Ian Schneider

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


Quote: I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. by author Walt Whitman overlaid on photo of 2 girls in blue dress standing on brown field during daytime
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I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.


Quote: Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it. by author Thomas Jefferson overlaid on photo of silver and gold UNK on brown wooden surface
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.


Quote: Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose. by author Tennessee Williams overlaid on photo of yellow butterfly on pink flowers
Photo Credit: Dulcey Lima

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.


Quote: The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne. by author Samuel Johnson overlaid on photo of woman in black jacket standing near window
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The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne.


Quote: The biggest ingredient in a best friend is someone whose actions you respect and who you can truly be yourself around. by author Renee Olstead overlaid on photo of woman in white and black striped shirt standing on yellow sunflower field during daytime
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The biggest ingredient in a best friend is someone whose actions you respect and who you can truly be yourself around.


Quote: Make yourself necessary to somebody. by author Ralph Waldo Emerson overlaid on photo of red rope on three branch
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Make yourself necessary to somebody.


Quote: Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. by author Oprah Winfrey overlaid on photo of silhouette of two person sitting on chair near tree
Photo Credit: Harli Marten

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.


Quote: If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone. by author Maxwell Maltz overlaid on photo of green and blue chevron textile
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If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.


Quote: Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. by author Mark Twain overlaid on photo of two dogs sitting on maroon area rug
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Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.


Quote: Keeping score is for games, not friendships. by author John C. Maxwell overlaid on photo of men walking on road
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Keeping score is for games, not friendships.


Quote: Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness. by author John C. Maxwell overlaid on photo of shooting star in night sky
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Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.


Quote: Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer. by author Jean de La Fontaine overlaid on photo of body of water under cloudy sky at night
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.


Quote: It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. by author J. K. Rowling overlaid on photo of photo of author J. K. Rowling with quote

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.


Quote: The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. by author Hubert Humphrey overlaid on photo of close-up photo of two men shaking hands near beach at sunset
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The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.


Quote: Friendships are discovered rather than made. by author Harriet Beecher Stowe overlaid on photo of two ice cream on glasses
Photo Credit: Heather Barnes

Friendships are discovered rather than made.


Quote: Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day. by author George Foreman overlaid on photo of four person hands wrap around shoulders while looking at sunset
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Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.


Quote: It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. by author Friedrich Nietzsche overlaid on photo of red rose illustration
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It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.




Quote: Silence is a true friend who never betrays. by author Confucius overlaid on photo of photo of author Confucius with quote

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.


Quote: A friend to all is a friend to none. by author Aristotle overlaid on photo of shallow focus photo of person sitting on concrete bench
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A friend to all is a friend to none.


Quote: My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. by author Aristotle overlaid on photo of close-up photo of two men shaking hands near beach at sunset
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My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.


Quote: No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. by author Alice Walker overlaid on photo of empty brown concrete stairs beside green grass under starry sky long-exposure photography
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No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.


Quote: If you have a friend whose friendship you wouldn’t recommend to your sister, or your father, or your son, why would you have such a friend for yourself? by author Jordan Peterson overlaid on photo of photo of author Jordan Peterson with quote

If you have a friend whose friendship you wouldn’t recommend to your sister, or your father, or your son, why would you have such a friend for yourself?

Longer Version/[Notes]:

Here’s something to consider: If you have a friend whose friendship you wouldn’t recommend to your sister, or your father, or your son, why would you have such a friend for yourself? You might say: out of loyalty. Well, loyalty is not identical to stupidity. Loyalty must be negotiated, fairly and honestly. Friendship is a reciprocal arrangement. You are not morally obliged to support someone who is making the world a worse place. Quite the opposite. You should choose people who want things to be better, not worse. It’s a good thing, not a selfish thing, to choose people who are good for you. It’s appropriate and praiseworthy to associate with people whose lives would be improved if they saw your life improve.


Quote: We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. by author Robert Louis Stevenson overlaid on photo of man and woman sitting on white bed reading book
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We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.


Quote: The only way to have a friend is to be one. by author Ralph Waldo Emerson overlaid on photo of group of people sitting on ground with bonfire during daytime
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.


Quote: Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. by author Khalil Gibran overlaid on photo of photo of author Khalil Gibran with quote

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.


Quote: One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. by author Euripides overlaid on photo of silhouette of three men falling in line while walking during golden hour
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One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.


Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.


Quote: There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate. by author Linda Grayson overlaid on photo of sunset grasslands
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There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.


Quote: Friends are the sailors who guide your rickety boat safely across the dangerous waters of life. by author Sare and Cate overlaid on photo of red
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Friends are the sailors who guide your rickety boat safely across the dangerous waters of life.


Quote: The great thing about new friends is that they bring new energy to your soul. by author Shanna Rodriguez overlaid on photo of orange and white kitty pink background
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The great thing about new friends is that they bring new energy to your soul.


Quote: A good friend will help you move, but a true friend will help you move a body. by author Christopher Daniels overlaid on photo of golden retriever inside car
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A good friend will help you move, but a true friend will help you move a body.


Quote: Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave and impossible to forget. by author Randolf overlaid on photo of mountains under starry sky during nighttime
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Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave and impossible to forget.


Quote: Do not save your loving speeches
For your friends till they are dead;
Do not write them on their tombstones,
Speak them rather now instead. by author Anna Mickelson overlaid on photo of silhouette of two person sitting on chair near tree
Photo Credit: Harli Marten

Do not save your loving speeches
For your friends till they are dead;
Do not write them on their tombstones,
Speak them rather now instead.


Quote: Best friends listen to what you don't say. by author Samantha Norman overlaid on photo of silhouette of three people up on mountain cliff
Photo Credit: Karl Magnuson

Best friends listen to what you don't say.


Quote: There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound. by author Diana Cortes overlaid on photo of blue wall
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There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.




Quote: Good friends are like angels. You don't have to see them to know they are there for you. by author Moywaywa overlaid on photo of white Starbuck plastic cup on brown fabric armchair
Photo Credit: Taylor Wright

Good friends are like angels. You don't have to see them to know they are there for you.


Quote: A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. by author Donna Roberts overlaid on photo of time lapse photography of fire
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A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.


Quote: Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another. by author Eustace Budgell overlaid on photo of four person hands wrap around shoulders while looking at sunset
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Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.


Quote: How rare and wonderful is that flash of a moment when we realize we have discovered a friend. by author William Rotsler overlaid on photo of pink flower
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How rare and wonderful is that flash of a moment when we realize we have discovered a friend.


Quote: It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend. by author George Clason overlaid on photo of close-up photo of two men shaking hands near beach at sunset
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It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend.


Quote: Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives. by author Alexander Dumas overlaid on photo of low-angle photo of white daisy
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Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives.


Quote: What men call friendship is only social intercourse, an exchange of favours and good offices; it comes down to a commercial dealing in which self-esteem always expects to profit. by author Andre Maurois overlaid on photo of tree under blue sky
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What men call friendship is only social intercourse, an exchange of favours and good offices; it comes down to a commercial dealing in which self-esteem always expects to profit.


Quote: A road to a friend's house is never long. by author Ann Richards overlaid on photo of two ice cream on glasses
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A road to a friend's house is never long.




Quote: A good relationship has a pattern like a dance and is built on some of the same rules. The partners do not need to hold on tightly, because they move confidently in the same pattern, intricate but gay and swift and free. by author Anne Morrow Lindbergh overlaid on photo of brown leaf on brown stem
Photo Credit: Åukasz Rawa

A good relationship has a pattern like a dance and is built on some of the same rules. The partners do not need to hold on tightly, because they move confidently in the same pattern, intricate but gay and swift and free.


Quote: Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces. by author Anne Morrow Lindbergh overlaid on photo of two women walking around near mountain at daytime
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Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.


Quote: Friendship isn't a big thing, it's a million little things. by author Anonymous overlaid on photo of close-up photo of two men shaking hands near beach at sunset
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Friendship isn't a big thing, it's a million little things.


Quote: Friendship is the candle that lights up your heart whenever it is dark outside. by author Anonymous overlaid on photo of white analog wall clock at 11 00
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Friendship is the candle that lights up your heart whenever it is dark outside.




True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.


Quote: A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. by author Bernard Meltzer overlaid on photo of pink petaled flower
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A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.








Quote: Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity. by author Charles Caleb Colton overlaid on photo of red tulip flowers under calm blue sky
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Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.


Quote: The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind of magic to me. But maintaining a friendship requires work. I don't mean that as a bad thing. Good art requires work as well. by author Charles de Lint overlaid on photo of Charles de Lint quote; white text on black background

The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind of magic to me. But maintaining a friendship requires work. I don't mean that as a bad thing. Good art requires work as well.


Quote: Love without humility results in the inclination to act as everyone's parent, humility without love results in the need to be everyone's child, and love with humility results in the desire to be a friend. by author Criss Jami overlaid on photo of person in black hoodie using laptop computer
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Love without humility results in the inclination to act as everyone's parent, humility without love results in the need to be everyone's child, and love with humility results in the desire to be a friend.


Quote: Ten minutes with a genuine friend is better than years spent with anyone less. by author Crystal Woods overlaid on photo of red and yellow abstract painting
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Ten minutes with a genuine friend is better than years spent with anyone less.


Quote: If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends. by author Dean Koontz overlaid on photo of brown short coated dog sitting on gray carpet
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If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends.


Quote: Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life -- and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next. by author Dean Koontz overlaid on photo of shillouette photo of person standing at the peak
Photo Credit: Tim Foster

Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life -- and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next.


Quote: As soon as you try to describe a close friendship, it loses something. by author Dean Smith overlaid on photo of brown chopped logs
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As soon as you try to describe a close friendship, it loses something.


Quote: A true bond of friendship is usually only possible between people of roughly equal status. This equality is demonstrated in many indirect ways, but it is reinforced in face-to-face encounters by a matching of the posture of relaxation or alertness. by author Desmond Morris overlaid on photo of photo of author Desmond Morris with quote

A true bond of friendship is usually only possible between people of roughly equal status. This equality is demonstrated in many indirect ways, but it is reinforced in face-to-face encounters by a matching of the posture of relaxation or alertness.




Quote: I hate it when people say they're trying to be your friend. You shouldn't have to try to be somebody's friend. Either you like someone or you don't. Either you want them as a friend or not. Making friends isn't like trying for the lead in the school play. by author Emily Wing Smith overlaid on photo of Emily Wing Smith quote; white text on black background

I hate it when people say they're trying to be your friend. You shouldn't have to try to be somebody's friend. Either you like someone or you don't. Either you want them as a friend or not. Making friends isn't like trying for the lead in the school play.


Quote: I learned that a real friendship is not about what you can get, but what you can give.  Real friendship is about making sacrifices and investing in people to help them improve their lives. by author Eric Thomas overlaid on photo of red flower in shallow focus lens
Photo Credit: Annie Spratt

I learned that a real friendship is not about what you can get, but what you can give.  Real friendship is about making sacrifices and investing in people to help them improve their lives.


Quote: Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not. by author Eugene Kennedy overlaid on photo of photo of author Eugene Kennedy with quote

Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not.


Quote: The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple? by author Eugene Kennedy overlaid on photo of man in red shirt sitting on white suv during daytime
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The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?


Quote: Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows. by author Euripides overlaid on photo of silhouette of three people up on mountain cliff
Photo Credit: Karl Magnuson

Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows.


Quote: Life has no blessing like a prudent friend. by author Euripides overlaid on photo of two ice cream on glasses
Photo Credit: Heather Barnes

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.


Quote: What men term friendship is merely a partnership with a collection of reciprocal interests, and an exchange of favours -- in fact it is but a trade in which self love always expects to gain something. by author François de La Rochefoucauld overlaid on photo of woman riding on skateboard during daytime
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What men term friendship is merely a partnership with a collection of reciprocal interests, and an exchange of favours -- in fact it is but a trade in which self love always expects to gain something.


Quote: It's not that diamonds are a girl's best friend, but it's your best friends who are your diamonds. by author Gina Barreca overlaid on photo of man sitting on concrete brick with opened laptop on his lap
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It's not that diamonds are a girl's best friend, but it's your best friends who are your diamonds.

Longer Version/[Notes]:

It's not that diamonds are a girl's best friend, but it's your best friends who are your diamonds. It's your best friends who are supremely resilient, made under pressure and of astonishing value. They're everlasting; they can cut glass if they need to.


Quote: A friend in power is a friend lost. by author Henry Brooks Adams overlaid on photo of shallow focus photo of person sitting on concrete bench
Photo Credit: Belinda Fewings

A friend in power is a friend lost.


Quote: A friend is what the heart needs all the time. by author Henry Van Dyke overlaid on photo of photo of author Henry Van Dyke with quote

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.


Quote: A best friend is like a fourleaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have. by author Irish Proverb overlaid on photo of round ceramic bowl with lighted candle
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A best friend is like a fourleaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.


Quote: Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends. by author Jacques Delille overlaid on photo of close-up photo of two men shaking hands near beach at sunset
Photo Credit: Tyler Nix

Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends.


Choose thy friends like thy books, few but choice.


Quote: Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings. by author Jean de la Bruyere overlaid on photo of white and red flower with green leaves
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Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.


Quote: Where would you be without friends? The people to pick you up when you need lifting? We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and sibling to your friends -- your own chosen family. There's nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing. by author Jennifer Aniston overlaid on photo of Jennifer Aniston quote; white text on black background

Where would you be without friends? The people to pick you up when you need lifting? We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and sibling to your friends -- your own chosen family. There's nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing.


It takes a long time to grow an old friend.


Quote: Most people are enduring a marginalized isolation. One of the great obstacles to modern friendships is the 'religion of rush.' People are rushing all the time through time. Friendship takes time. by author John O'Donohue overlaid on photo of person shadow boxing grayscale
Photo Credit: Timothy Eberly

Most people are enduring a marginalized isolation. One of the great obstacles to modern friendships is the 'religion of rush.' People are rushing all the time through time. Friendship takes time.


Quote: The truth is friendship is every bit as sacred and eternal as marriage. by author Katherine Mansfield overlaid on photo of two women making peace sign near the Golden Gate bridge
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The truth is friendship is every bit as sacred and eternal as marriage.






Quote: Only friendship which can stand occasional plain speaking is worth having. by author Lin Yutang overlaid on photo of butterfly on clear glass sheet in selective focus photography
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Only friendship which can stand occasional plain speaking is worth having.


Quote: A friend is a beloved mystery; dearest always because he is not ourself, and has something in him which it is impossible for us to fathom. If it were not so, friendship would lose its chief zest. by author Lucy Larcom overlaid on photo of stars on outer space
Photo Credit: Farouk Mechedal

A friend is a beloved mystery; dearest always because he is not ourself, and has something in him which it is impossible for us to fathom. If it were not so, friendship would lose its chief zest.


Quote: You don't lose friends because real friends can never be lost. You lose people masquerading as friends and you're better for it. by author Mandy Hale overlaid on photo of two people standing on grey rock under white clouds
Photo Credit: Toa Heftiba

You don't lose friends because real friends can never be lost. You lose people masquerading as friends and you're better for it.


Quote: Every friendship goes through ups and downs. Dysfunctional patterns set in; external situations cause internal friction; you grow apart and then bounce back together. by author Mariella Frostrup overlaid on photo of solid background
Photo Credit: Ashley Whitlatch

Every friendship goes through ups and downs. Dysfunctional patterns set in; external situations cause internal friction; you grow apart and then bounce back together.


Quote: Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for. by author Mariella Frostrup overlaid on photo of low angle photograph of man and woman kissing
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Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for.


Quote: Friendship and money: oil and water. by author Mario Puzo overlaid on photo of four person standing beside wall
Photo Credit: Gemma Chua-Tran

Friendship and money: oil and water.


Quote: I think in friendship, you want to be there for your friend, and sometimes you just don't know what to do or the relationship you have with them is not clear enough for you to know what to do. by author Marion Cotillard overlaid on photo of silhouette of mountains during sunset
Photo Credit: Marek Piwnicki

I think in friendship, you want to be there for your friend, and sometimes you just don't know what to do or the relationship you have with them is not clear enough for you to know what to do.


It's not so much that the old friend is a better friend. It's just that you know the person better, and you know they don't really care if you're acting like a poor, grovelling idiot. They know you would do the same for them.


Quote: Friendship is love minus sex and plus reason. Love is friendship plus sex and minus reason. by author Mason Cooley overlaid on photo of silhouette of kneeling man
Photo Credit: Aaron Burden

Friendship is love minus sex and plus reason. Love is friendship plus sex and minus reason.


Complete your world with those who wish to be in it.


A genuine enemy is more useful than a fake friend.


Quote: Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature. by author Nathaniel Hawthorne overlaid on photo of person holding lighted oil lamp
Photo Credit: Prateek Gautam

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.


Quote: 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. by author Octavia E. Butler overlaid on photo of woman in blue dress standing on green grass field during daytime
Photo Credit: Hannah Busing

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.


Quote: Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws. by author Ogwo David Emenike overlaid on photo of black textile on white textile
Photo Credit: Cat Han

Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws.


Quote: I have no trouble with my enemies. But my goddam friends… they are the ones that keep me walking the floor nights. by author Oscar Levant overlaid on photo of man and woman sitting on white bed reading book
Photo Credit: Anastasiia Rozumna

I have no trouble with my enemies. But my goddam friends… they are the ones that keep me walking the floor nights.


Quote: Friendship is the purest love. by author Osho overlaid on photo of two women sitting on wooden dock over body of water
Photo Credit: KaLisa Veer

Friendship is the purest love.

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Friendship is the purest love. It is the highest form of Love where nothing is asked for, no condition, where one simply enjoys giving.




Quote: A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often -- just to save it from drying out completely. by author Pam Brown overlaid on photo of solid background
Photo Credit: César Couto

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often -- just to save it from drying out completely.


Quote: The best mirror is an old friend. by author Peter Nivio Zarlenga overlaid on photo of four person standing beside wall
Photo Credit: Gemma Chua-Tran

The best mirror is an old friend.


Quote: Have friends, not for the sake of receiving, but of giving. by author Philibert Joseph Roux overlaid on photo of close-up photo of two men shaking hands near beach at sunset
Photo Credit: Tyler Nix

Have friends, not for the sake of receiving, but of giving.


Quote: Where there are friends there is wealth. by author Plautus overlaid on photo of silhouette of three people up on mountain cliff
Photo Credit: Karl Magnuson

Where there are friends there is wealth.


Quote: Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. by author Plautus overlaid on photo of close-up photo of two men shaking hands near beach at sunset
Photo Credit: Tyler Nix

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.


Quote: Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. by author Plautus overlaid on photo of black and white window illustration
Photo Credit: Jonatan Pie

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.


To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses.


Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.


Quote: Friendship true is a vow of care.
A warm embrace when in despair.
A loving presence waiting there
to lift a heart, its burdens bear.

Friendship true is an earnest prayer.
A tongue of praise for one's welfare.
A smile 'mid laughs as light as air,
and thoughtfulness most kind and rare. by author Richelle E. Goodrich overlaid on photo of Richelle E. Goodrich quote: Friendship true is a vow of care.
A warm embrace when in despair.
A loving presence waiting there
to lift a heart, its burdens bear.

Friendship true is an earnest prayer.
A tongue of praise for one's welfare.
A smile 'mid laughs as light as air,
and thoughtfulness most kind and rare.- black text on quotes background

Friendship true is a vow of care.
A warm embrace when in despair.
A loving presence waiting there
to lift a heart, its burdens bear.

Friendship true is an earnest prayer.
A tongue of praise for one's welfare.
A smile 'mid laughs as light as air,
and thoughtfulness most kind and rare.


Quote: I get by with a little help from my friends. by author Ringo Starr overlaid on photo of two ice cream on glasses
Photo Credit: Heather Barnes

I get by with a little help from my friends.


Quote: As a friend, you first give your understanding, then you try to understand. by author Robert Breault overlaid on photo of man carrying woman beside seashore
Photo Credit: Allen Taylor

As a friend, you first give your understanding, then you try to understand.


Quote: Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with. by author Robert Breault overlaid on photo of white Starbuck plastic cup on brown fabric armchair
Photo Credit: Taylor Wright

Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with.


Quote: Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie. by author Robert Breault overlaid on photo of lightning strike at night
Photo Credit: Max LaRochelle

Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.


Quote: Friendship = vulnerability * time. by author Sahil Lavingia overlaid on photo of four person standing beside wall
Photo Credit: Gemma Chua-Tran

Friendship = vulnerability * time.


Quote: Keep your friendships in repair. by author Samuel Butler overlaid on photo of two person on the tunnel
Photo Credit: Jason Lam

Keep your friendships in repair.


Quote: Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. by author Samuel Butler overlaid on photo of silhouette of three men falling in line while walking during golden hour
Photo Credit: Tim Foster

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.


Quote: Friendship is more than being there for your friends when they need you, it's also allowing your friends to be there for you. by author Shane Parrish overlaid on photo of clear wine glass with red wine
Photo Credit: Thomas Franke

Friendship is more than being there for your friends when they need you, it's also allowing your friends to be there for you.


Quote: A friend is an emotional bond, just like friendship is a human experience. by author Simon Sinek overlaid on photo of sunset grasslands
Photo Credit: DiscoverQuotes Staff

A friend is an emotional bond, just like friendship is a human experience.


Quote: The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when. by author Simon Sinek overlaid on photo of Simon Sinek quote; white text on black background

The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.


Quote: You win the victory when you yield to friends. by author Sophocles overlaid on photo of boy and girl playing on three tree log
Photo Credit: Annie Spratt

You win the victory when you yield to friends.


Quote: Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding. by author Sri Chinmoy overlaid on photo of close-up photo of two men shaking hands near beach at sunset
Photo Credit: Tyler Nix

Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding.


True friendship never questions what it costs you.


Quote: The most valuable gift you can receive is an honest friend. by author Stephen Richards overlaid on photo of close-up photo of two men shaking hands near beach at sunset
Photo Credit: Tyler Nix

The most valuable gift you can receive is an honest friend.


Quote: There cannot be friendship without equality. by author Sivananda Saraswati overlaid on photo of two person on the tunnel
Photo Credit: Jason Lam

There cannot be friendship without equality.


Quote: If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them. Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say. by author Tim McGraw overlaid on photo of green leafed vegetable on brown wooden surface
Photo Credit: Lukas Blazek

If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them. Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say.


Quote: People who have at least three or four very close friendships are healthier, have higher wellbeing, and are more engaged in their jobs. But the absence of any close friendships can lead to boredom, loneliness, and depression. by author Tom Rath overlaid on photo of brown leaf on brown stem
Photo Credit: Åukasz Rawa

People who have at least three or four very close friendships are healthier, have higher wellbeing, and are more engaged in their jobs. But the absence of any close friendships can lead to boredom, loneliness, and depression.


Quote: Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends. by author Truman Capote overlaid on photo of solid background
Photo Credit: W

Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.


Quote: No road is long with good company. by author Turkish Proverb overlaid on photo of tall green flowering grasses under blue and white cloudy sky
Photo Credit: natasha t

No road is long with good company.


Quote: It is love and friendship, the sanctity and celebration of our relationships, that not only support a good life, but create one. Through friendships, we spark and inspire one another's ambitions. by author Wallace Stegner overlaid on photo of blue and white floral textile
Photo Credit: Aaron Burden

It is love and friendship, the sanctity and celebration of our relationships, that not only support a good life, but create one. Through friendships, we spark and inspire one another's ambitions.


Quote: A friend is one who walks in when others walk out. by author Walter Winchell overlaid on photo of unknown persons standing outdoors
Photo Credit: Dim Hou

A friend is one who walks in when others walk out.


Quote: Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship. by author William Glasser overlaid on photo of man kissing woman while sitting on railings during night
Photo Credit: Danie Franco

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.


Quote: A friend is our alter ego. by author Zeno of Citium overlaid on photo of photo of author Zeno of Citium with quote

A friend is our alter ego.


Quote: Because everything of value that we will know in this life comes from our relationships with those around us. Because there is nothing material that measures against the intangibles of love and friendship. by author R. A. Salvatore overlaid on photo of gray surface
Photo Credit: Dana DeVolk

Because everything of value that we will know in this life comes from our relationships with those around us. Because there is nothing material that measures against the intangibles of love and friendship.


Quote: Friends make you smile. Best friends make you giggle 'til you pee your pants. by author Terri Guillemets overlaid on photo of sunset grasslands
Photo Credit: DiscoverQuotes Staff

Friends make you smile. Best friends make you giggle 'til you pee your pants.


Quote: Some friendships are formed by a commonality of interests and ideas: you both love judo or camping or making your own sausage. Other friendships are forged in alliance against a common enemy. by author David Sedaris overlaid on photo of woman in black tank top and gray leggings doing yoga
Photo Credit: Katie Bush

Some friendships are formed by a commonality of interests and ideas: you both love judo or camping or making your own sausage. Other friendships are forged in alliance against a common enemy.


Quote: A real friendship ought to introduce each person to unexpected weirdness in the other. by author Jaron Lanier overlaid on photo of green plants beside brown wooden door
Photo Credit: Pedro Ramos

A real friendship ought to introduce each person to unexpected weirdness in the other.


Quote: Are not friends and sworn brothers as important as blood-brothers? A true friend will know your heart, and hear the roar of running waters and the distant wind over the mountains in the song of your zither, without any need for you to speak aloud. by author Aliette de Bodard overlaid on photo of photo of author Aliette de Bodard with quote

Are not friends and sworn brothers as important as blood-brothers? A true friend will know your heart, and hear the roar of running waters and the distant wind over the mountains in the song of your zither, without any need for you to speak aloud.


Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.


Quote: Doubtless a good general rule for close friendships, where confidences are freely exchanged, is that what one is not informed about, one may not inquire about. by author Louis Kronenberger overlaid on photo of woman carrying baby while walking
Photo Credit: Dakota Corbin

Doubtless a good general rule for close friendships, where confidences are freely exchanged, is that what one is not informed about, one may not inquire about.


Quote: 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 curing, not healing, and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares. by author Henri J. M. Nouwen overlaid on photo of Henri J. M. Nouwen quote; white text on black background

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 curing, not healing, and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.


Quote: A real friendship is a light thing. A real friend holds you loosely. by author Anne Rivers Siddons overlaid on photo of brown and gray mountains during daytime
Photo Credit: Damon Lam

A real friendship is a light thing. A real friend holds you loosely.


Quote: Stop using the word 'bromance.' Can we please kill that stupid term? We're just friends. It's called friendship! by author Blake Shelton overlaid on photo of man and woman sitting on white bed reading book
Photo Credit: Anastasiia Rozumna

Stop using the word 'bromance.' Can we please kill that stupid term? We're just friends. It's called friendship!


Quote: Everybody understands friendship, and friendship is different than love -- it's a different kind of love. Friendship has more freedom, more latitude. You don't expect your friend to be as you think your friend should be; you expect your friend just to love you as a friend. by author Carole King overlaid on photo of Carole King quote; white text on black background

Everybody understands friendship, and friendship is different than love -- it's a different kind of love. Friendship has more freedom, more latitude. You don't expect your friend to be as you think your friend should be; you expect your friend just to love you as a friend.


Quote: Honest differences of opinion should never be permitted to destroy a friendship. by author Chaim Potok overlaid on photo of blue and brown butterfly perching on leaf
Photo Credit: Annie Spratt

Honest differences of opinion should never be permitted to destroy a friendship.




Quote: I don't believe that there is any true friendship without a bond of honor, and the honor in friendship is the respect you give the other that she also gives you. by author Dorothy Allison overlaid on photo of silhouette of person kicking on mid air
Photo Credit: Jason Briscoe

I don't believe that there is any true friendship without a bond of honor, and the honor in friendship is the respect you give the other that she also gives you.


Quote: Friends are the most important part of your life. Treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, but most importantly, treasure the memories. by author David Brenner overlaid on photo of silhouette of two person sitting on chair near tree
Photo Credit: Harli Marten

Friends are the most important part of your life. Treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, but most importantly, treasure the memories.


Quote: I think the way to keep a friendship is to respect that everybody is different. by author Emma Bunton overlaid on photo of pink flower with green stem
Photo Credit: Jocelyn Morales

I think the way to keep a friendship is to respect that everybody is different.


Quote: Choose your friends wisely, and also choose friends that you can trust. by author Elyn R. Saks overlaid on photo of two women making peace sign near the Golden Gate bridge
Photo Credit: Ian Schneider

Choose your friends wisely, and also choose friends that you can trust.


Quote: Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained strange to one another, because one of them attracted by virtue of similarity, the other by difference. by author Emil Ludwig overlaid on photo of paper
Photo Credit: Olga Thelavart

Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained strange to one another, because one of them attracted by virtue of similarity, the other by difference.


Quote: The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights. by author Giotto di Bondone overlaid on photo of person holding lighted oil lamp
Photo Credit: Prateek Gautam

The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.


Quote: I think for a lot of people, friendship is a relationship that gets devalued once they move on to what people consider to be more important relationships: once you find a partner or when you have kids. by author Hanya Yanagihara overlaid on photo of ocean wave in shallow focus lens
Photo Credit: Nathan Dumlao

I think for a lot of people, friendship is a relationship that gets devalued once they move on to what people consider to be more important relationships: once you find a partner or when you have kids.


Quote: Men and women can absolutely be friends, and that's what we need to be. Part of the problem is that we aren't friends enough. Our relationships are negotiations, and that is not friendship. by author Hill Harper overlaid on photo of white wall paint with black line
Photo Credit: Avinash Kumar

Men and women can absolutely be friends, and that's what we need to be. Part of the problem is that we aren't friends enough. Our relationships are negotiations, and that is not friendship.


Quote: You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation. by author Hill Harper overlaid on photo of person reaching black heart cutout paper
Photo Credit: Kelly Sikkema

You can't build anything with a flimsy foundation. Friendship is the foundation.


Quote: Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff. by author Jon Katz overlaid on photo of aerial photo of foggy mountains
Photo Credit: Samuel Ferrara

Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff.


Quote: Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best. by author John Webster overlaid on photo of orange moon during nighttime
Photo Credit: Hugo Kemmel

Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.


Quote: Friends are the sunshine of life. by author John Hay overlaid on photo of three woman holding hands white walking
Photo Credit: Katy Anne

Friends are the sunshine of life.


Quote: Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best. by author Joseph Parry overlaid on photo of water color palette on white surface
Photo Credit: Elena Mozhvilo

Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best.


Quote: A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else. by author Len Wein overlaid on photo of two women hugging each other
Photo Credit: Matthew Henry

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


Quote: Shared laughter creates a bond of friendship. by author Lee Grant overlaid on photo of boy and girl playing on three tree log
Photo Credit: Annie Spratt

Shared laughter creates a bond of friendship.


Quote: A good friend keeps your secrets for you. A best friend helps you keep your own secrets. by author Lauren Oliver overlaid on photo of body of water surrounded with plants under cloudy sky
Photo Credit: Tyler Lastovich

A good friend keeps your secrets for you. A best friend helps you keep your own secrets.


Quote: Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go. by author Margaret Walker overlaid on photo of close-up photo of two men shaking hands near beach at sunset
Photo Credit: Tyler Nix

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.


Quote: If you have nothing in life but a good friend, you're rich. by author Michelle Kwan overlaid on photo of close-up photo of two men shaking hands near beach at sunset
Photo Credit: Tyler Nix

If you have nothing in life but a good friend, you're rich.


Quote: Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it. by author Max Jacob overlaid on photo of person writing on white paper
Photo Credit: Eugene Chystiakov

Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it.


Quote: Every friendship is different because everyone's personality is different. by author Nargis Fakhri overlaid on photo of red tulip in bloom close up photo
Photo Credit: Stanislav Rozhkov

Every friendship is different because everyone's personality is different.


Quote: Friends are a weird thing. It seems like they know all about you, but then they don't understand you at all. by author Natsuo Kirino overlaid on photo of silhouette of hugging couple
Photo Credit: Oziel Gómez

Friends are a weird thing. It seems like they know all about you, but then they don't understand you at all.


Quote: True friends are like diamonds -- bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style. by author Nicole Richie overlaid on photo of red stain on white wall
Photo Credit: Etienne Girardet

True friends are like diamonds -- bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.


Quote: Suspicion is the cancer of friendship. by author Petrarch overlaid on photo of shallow focus photo of person sitting on concrete bench
Photo Credit: Belinda Fewings

Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.


Quote: Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality. by author Rowan D. Williams overlaid on photo of silhouette of two person sitting on chair near tree
Photo Credit: Harli Marten

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.


Quote: You've got troubles, I've got 'em too. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you. We'll stick together to see it through cause you've got a friend in me. by author Randy Newman overlaid on photo of purple textile in close up photography
Photo Credit: Tamanna Rumee

You've got troubles, I've got 'em too. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you. We'll stick together to see it through cause you've got a friend in me.


Quote: At the end of your life, it's friendships, emotions and thoughts that you take with you, rather than what's in your bank account. So, even though people don't have a lot here, they are a lot richer in many ways and we can learn from that. by author Sebastian Vettel overlaid on photo of yellow sunflower in close up photography
Photo Credit: Charity Petras

At the end of your life, it's friendships, emotions and thoughts that you take with you, rather than what's in your bank account. So, even though people don't have a lot here, they are a lot richer in many ways and we can learn from that.


Quote: But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship. by author Seneca overlaid on photo of assorted-colored cactus
Photo Credit: Scott Webb

But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.


Quote: Friendship -- my definition is built on two things: respect and trust. Both elements have to be there and it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble. by author Stieg Larsson overlaid on photo of light blue
Photo Credit: Annie Spratt

Friendship -- my definition is built on two things: respect and trust. Both elements have to be there and it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.


Quote: I don't need to go onto Facebook and pretend to have friends I've never even met. To my mind, that kind of destroys the meaning of the word 'friend.' I take exception to that. Because I value and respect friendship. by author Stefanie Powers overlaid on photo of blue and white abstract painting
Photo Credit: Daniele Levis Pelusi

I don't need to go onto Facebook and pretend to have friends I've never even met. To my mind, that kind of destroys the meaning of the word 'friend.' I take exception to that. Because I value and respect friendship.


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