Explore Quotes on Friendship

One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.

What do we ask of friendship except to be taken for what we pretend to be - and without having to pretend.

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed That can make life a garden.

One doesn't know, till one is a bit at odds with the world, how much one's friends who believe in one rather generously, mean to one.

Friends can be said to "fall in like" with as profound a thud as romantic partners fall in love.

We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn't matter.

The tender friendships one gives up, on parting, leave their bite on the heart, but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried.

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.

Our most difficult task as a friend is to offer understanding when we don't understand.

Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with.

Friends are the most important part of your life. Treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, but most importantly, treasure the memories.

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might go and meet their ideal cousins.

If one is estranged from oneself, then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.

It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst intentions, or friends with the best.

A joy shared is a joy doubled.

Thank God for the way He made you. You are special, distinct, and unique. You were not made from a common mold. Thank Him that you are special.

Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own.

Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.