We sometimes take our friendships for granted, these friendship quotes can help remind you of just how special your friendships are. Friendship is one of the most important parts of our lives – our friends are part of us, part of who we are and what we do. Countless books, songs, and poems have been written about friendship. Dating back to the Bible, here are a few friendship quotes you might enjoy.
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“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” ~Muhammad Ali
“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.” ~Dean Koontz
“Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives.” ~Alexander Dumas
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” ~Helen Keller
“I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod- my shadow does that much better.” ~Plutarch
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” ~Alice Walker
“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” ~David Tyson Gentry
“A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.” ~Arthur Brisbane
“We’ll be Friends Forever, won’t we, Pooh?’ asked Piglet. Even longer,’ Pooh answered.” ~A.A. Milne
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” ~Woodrow T. Wilson
“Every friendship travels at sometime through the black valley of despair. This tests every aspect of your affection. You lose the attraction and the magic. Your sense of each other darkens and your presence is sore. If you can come through this time, it can purify with your love, and falsity and need will fall away. It will bring you onto new ground where affection can grow again.” ~John O’Donohue
“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you” ~John 15:15
“Friends are the family you choose.” ~Jess C. Scott
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” ~William Shakespeare
“We are all travelers in the desert of life and the best we can find in our journey is an honest friend.” ~Robert Louis Stevenson
“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” ~Linda Grayson
“Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.” ~George Eliot
“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.” ~Oprah Winfrey
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.” ~Aristotle
“There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first. When you learn to live for others, they will live for you.” ~Paramahansa Yogananda
“Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side. Our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.” ~Ally Condie
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” ~Abraham Lincoln
“How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give ’em.” ~Shel Silverstein
“Some people go to priests, others to poetry, I to my friends.” ~Virginia Woolf
“Love is blind. Friendship closes its eyes.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” ~Dale Carnegie
“Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. but when thou art in, continue firm and and constant.” ~Samuel Butler
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.” ~Henry David Thoreau
“A friendship that can end never really began” ~Publilius Syrus
“The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.” ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” ~Henry Ford
“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.” ~Laurence J. Peter
“In prosperity our friends know us. In adversity we know our friends.” ~John Churton Collins
“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship. It is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” ~Aristotle
“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.” ~Washington Irving
“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” ~Elie Wiesel
“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?” ~Eugene Kennedy
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ~Marcel Proust
“Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.” ~Oscar Wilde
“The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.” ~Barbara Kingsolver
“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.” ~Ray Bradbury
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” ~Khalil Gibran
“Don’t walk behind me – I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me – I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” ~Albert Camus
“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast. A wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.” ~Buddha
“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.” ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
“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”. –Baltazar Gracian
“The language of friendship is not words but meanings.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. — Albert Camus
“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” – David Tyson Gentry
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one. ― C.S. Lewis
“Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives.” – Alexander Dumas
“Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.” – Samuel Butler
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” – William Shakespeare
“Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.” – Oscar Wilde
“I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.” – Plutarch
“A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.” – Arthur Brisbane
“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate. ― Linda Grayson
“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.” – Oprah Winfrey
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? – Abraham Lincoln
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
“It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.” – Marlene Dietrich
“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” – Henry Ford
“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.” – Octavia Butler
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” – C.S. Lewis
“I think if I’ve learned anything about friendship, it’s to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don’t walk away, don’t be distracted, don’t be too busy or tired, don’t take them for granted. Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff.” – Jon Katz
“The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.” – Barbara Kingsolver
“I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.” – Robert Brault
“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.” – Washington Irving
“Friends are the family you choose – Jess C. Scott
“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.” – Ray Bradbury
“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.” – Dean Koontz
“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.” – Charles Lamb
“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A friendship that can end never really began – Publilius Syrus
“In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.” – John Churton Collins
“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.” – Laurence J. Peter
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” –Dale Carnegie
“Some people go to priests, others to poetry, I to my friends.” – Virginia Woolf
“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
“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.” – Anna Cummins
