Quotes about friends and friendship

"It is not what you give your friend, but what you are willing to give him that determines the quality of friendship."

Thayer, Mary Dixon on friends and friendship
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"Verily, great grace may go with a little gift; and precious are all things that come from a friend."

Theocritus on friends and friendship   

"A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The friend asks no return but that his friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams."

Thoreau, Henry David on friends and friendship
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"We have not so good a right to hate any as our Friend."

Thoreau, Henry David on friends and friendship   

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

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"One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience. The longest intimacy could not foretell how he would behave then"

Thoreau, Henry David on friends and friendship   

"The language of friendship is not words but meanings."

Thoreau, Henry David on friends and friendship
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"The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend."

Thoreau, Henry David on friends and friendship
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"To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would be the accidental and trifling advantages of Friendship, as that the Friend can assist in time of need by his substance, or his influence, or his counsel. Even the utmost goodwill and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody."

Thoreau, Henry David on friends and friendship   

"True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance."

Thoreau, Henry David on friends and friendship
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"In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, but never in want."

Toast, Irish on friends and friendship   

"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are."

Twain, Mark on friends and friendship
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"Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with."

Twain, Mark on friends and friendship
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"The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."

Twain, Mark on friends and friendship
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"A Friend is a treasure. More precious than Gold, For love shared is priceless And never grows old."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"And the joy of it all; when we count it all up; is found in the making of friends."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"A ray of sunshine, a balmy breeze Are a gift from God above, And He also gives us faithful friends. To warm our hearts with love."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"Build bridges instead of walls and you will have a friend."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"A friend once wrote: Give me your faith, not your doubts."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"A friend walks in when everyone else walks out"

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"A Friendship that's sincere are true. Gives joy like nothing else will do; That's why glad hearts look up and send A prayer of thanks for faithful friends."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"A man is known by the company he avoids."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"Among Life's precious jewels, Genuine and rare, The one that we call friendship Has worth beyond compare."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship
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"Friendship should be a responsibility, never an opportunity."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship
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"Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"Make friends before you need them"

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"Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship
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"Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"It takes two people to ruin a perfectly good day. First a person who says something downright nasty about you, and second, a dear friend who makes sure you hear about it immediately."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"It can never be bought or borrowed or sold A gift to be cherished, True friendship is a treasure beyond compare."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"Hopes are planted in friendship's garden where dreams blossom into priceless treasures."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship
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"Friendships that have stood the test of time and chance are surely best, Brows may wrinkle, hair grow gray, Friendship never knows decay."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship
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"Often, I look out the window and wait. I see her as she comes and goes, to visit with everyone-it seems but me. I know that sometimes I'm not as friendly as I should be. But I'm scared- that people won't like me. So I hide in my shell. And talk to know one. But still... I wish they would notice that I am here. I need them. Please, somebody talk to me. I need a friend."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"Friendship is love with understanding."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship
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"He whose hand is clasped in friendship cannot throw mud."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship
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"There is no greater treasure than the respect and love of a true friend."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"Win new friends but keep the old. The first are silver; the latter gold."

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"Man strives for glory, honor, fame, so that all the world may know his name. Amasses wealth by brain and hand. Becomes a power in the land. But when he nears the end of life and looks back over the years of strife. He finds that happiness depends on none of these but love of friends."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship   

"To each one of us friendship has a different meaning. For all of us it is a gift. Friendship needs to be cherished and nurtured. It needs to be cultivated on a daily basis. Then shall it germinate and yield its fruit."

Unknown, Source on friends and friendship
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