Famous Friends Quotes
There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.
Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.
Friends are the mirrors that reflect our growth and remind us of how far we've come.
Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.
I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.
Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.
Friends are the fuel that ignites our passions and supports us in chasing our dreams.
You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself, he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
Friendship is one of life’s quiet miracles — it’s not always loud, but it’s always there. The best ones don’t need constant tending, yet they grow like wildflowers between us. In laughter, in silence, in hard times and in celebration, friends become the rhythm of our days.
A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?
Friendship is the bridge that connects hearts across any distance.
Friendship is the kind of magic that doesn’t glitter — it simply stays.
My friends are my estate.
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
I'm so happy because today I found my friends - they're in my head.
Friendship is the sweet melody that plays in the background of our lives, bringing harmony to every moment.
Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.
The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one’s family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
A friend is someone who accepts you with all your flaws and loves you unconditionally.
With a true friend, laughter feels lighter, and sorrow feels shared. It’s not that they change the storm — they just help you carry the umbrella.
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.
Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
Friendship is the glue that holds our hearts together, even when miles apart.
The truest friendships don’t ask you to shrink or shine less. They hold space for your greatness and remind you it’s okay to take up space.
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
A friend in power is a friend lost.
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
Friends… they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
A friend is someone who can make you laugh even in the darkest of times.
True friends celebrate your wins louder than you do and sit with you in your lows without needing a reason. They choose you — in the good, in the hard, and in the quiet in-between.
There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
Friends are the puzzle pieces that fit perfectly into our lives, completing the picture.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.
Summer nights are filled with magic, as starry skies ignite dreams and friendships ignite like bonfires.
Friendship is the foundation of love, kindness, and understanding.
Some friends are like Wi-Fi — when they’re gone, everything falls apart and nothing loads properly. Respect the signal.
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.
I don’t want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.
Traveling is a reminder that there are no strangers, only friends we haven't met yet.
People who celebrate your failures quietly are not your friends. People who give you advice that keeps you small are not your friends. People who are only generous with you when there is an audience are not your friends. The standard for friendship is not complicated. It is simply this: does this person want good things for me, even when no one is watching? If the answer is no, you have your answer.
The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
A true friend is a guardian angel, watching over you and protecting you from harm.
True friendship is a journey of laughter, support, and shared adventures.
Most people realize it too late… Fake friends aren’t the ones who leave, but the ones who only stay when they need you. And disappear when you need them.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
A friend is nothing but a known enemy.
The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne.
Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.
Friendship is the sweet melody that accompanies us as we dance through life's joys and sorrows.
Friendship is not about who you have known the longest; it's about who came and never left your side.
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
Opposition is true friendship.
A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.
A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.
Having a pet is like having a best friend who always has your back.
Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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.
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
A friend is someone who sees your flaws but loves you fiercely anyway.
A cat's friendship is a precious gift, filled with trust, loyalty, and endless affection.
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
Sympathy constitutes friendship but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?
Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends.
A true friend is a light in the darkness, guiding you towards hope and resilience.
A dog is the only friend who loves you more than he loves himself.