Best Friendship Quotes
" . . . I feel certain that his tale is true. Feeling that certainty, I befriend him. As long as that certainty shall last, I will befriend him. And if any consideration could shake me in this resolve, I should be so ashamed of myself for my meanness, that no man's good opinion - no, nor no woman's - so gained, could compensate me for the loss of my own."
- Charles Dickens
""I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment." "
- Frances Farmer
""Messenger of God, who is most deserving of friendly care from me?" He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied, "Your mother." He asked who came next, and He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied, "Your mother." He asked who came next and He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied, "Your mother." He asked who came next and He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied, "Your father.""
- Prophet Muhammad
"...no man is useless while he has a friend."
- - Robert Louis Stevenson
"A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults."
- Charles Kingsley
"A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself."
- James Boswell
"A faithful friend is a strong defense, and he that findeth such findeth a treasure. A faithful friend is beyond price, and there is no weighing of his goodness. A faithful friend is the medicine of life."
- Ben Sira
"A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found such an one hath found a treasure."
- Ecclesiasticus
"A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure."
- Louisa May Alcott
"A FRIEND A friend is one who: Pushes you in the swing, Pulls you up the ladder, Pats you on the back, And hugs you good-bye."
- Katherine N. Davis
"A friend drops their plans when you're in trouble, shares joy in your accomplishments, feels sad when you're in pain. A friend encourages your dreams and offers advice--but when you don't follow it, they still respect and love you."
- Doris Wild Helmering
"A FRIEND IS A PERSON . . . With whom you can be sincere. . . . To whom you never need to defend yourself. . . . On whom you can depend whether present or absent. . . . With whom you never need pretend. . . . To whom you can reveal yourself without fear of betrayal. . . . Who does not feel she owns you because you are her friend. . . . Who will not selfishly use you because she has your confidence. I WOULD HAVE SUCH A FRIEND. . . AND I WOULD BE SUCH A FRIEND. I DO HAVE SUCH A FRIEND! ~ Y-O-U ~"
- Alfred Armand Montapert
"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A friend is a priceless gem for the crown of life here and a cherished star in memory forever."
- Cyrus S. Nusbaum
"A friend is like an oreo, its not always that great, but it always gets better!"
- Erin Westbrook
"A friend is one before whom I may think aloud."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway."
- Fr. Jerome Cummings
"A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same."
- Elbert Green Hubbard
"A friend is one who takes me for what I am."
- Henry David Thoreau
"A friend is one who walks in when others walk out"
- Walter Winchell
"A friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
- Walter Winchell
"A friend is one who would help you move. A best friend is one who would help you move a body."
- Jeff Wayman
"A friend is somebody you want to be around when you feel like being by yourself."
- Barbara Burrow
"A friend is someone who has the same enemies you have."
- Abraham Lincoln
"A friend is someone who stays in when the rest of the world has gone out."
- Mark Twain
"A friend is someone who, upon seeing another friend in immense pain, would rather be the one experiencing the pain than watch their friend suffer."
- Amanda Gier
"A friend is someone you can call up in the middle of the night because you have a problem or you need something, and they'll be there for you."
- Harold O'Brien
"A friend is what the heart needs all the time."
- Henry Jackson Van Dyke
"A friend is, as it were, a second self."
- Cicero
"A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A friend shares the good times and helps out by listening during the bad times."
- Molly Oliver
"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"
- Pam Brown
"A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship."
- John Davison Rockefeller, Jr.
"A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever."
- Martin Farquhar Tupper
"A good friend can shield you from the storm."
- Rhea Olsen