Quotes on Friends

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write about a scene I saw in a movie. I take inspiration from all different places.

Sooner or later a man has simply got to do what he thinks is right, no matter what other people, or the courts, or his friends, or his enemies, or God himself may tell him.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

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.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

I am able to say that I was very much liked at the school. I even had quite some ascendancy over my comrades, and as soon as I appeared in the school yard, I was surrounded by young friends, most of them bigger than I, but who were quite willing to give the appearance of disciples; they would have defended me furiously if necessary.

I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.'

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Sometimes I lose a whole morning waiting on journalists and other people who look for me. But I always find some time for reading, talking to my friends and feeling what is happening in this world.

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.

There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.

How sweet it is to learn the Savior's love when nobody else loves us! When friends flee, what a blessed thing it is to see that the Savior does not forsake us but still keeps us and holds us fast and clings to us and will not let us go!

My best advice for writers is: Have your adventures, make your mistakes, and choose your friends poorly - all these make for great stories.

The kindness that's been shown to me, by doctors as well as my family and my friends, it's really saved my life.

If you are a single parent, make friends with others in similar situations and develop friendships with married couples. Counsel with your priesthood leaders. Let them know of your needs and wants. Single parenthood is understood by the Lord.

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.