Quotes on Making Friends

I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That's a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways.

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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

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.

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Some friends leave footprints in your heart

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.

Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.

You’ll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others, Potter. You don’t want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there.” He held out his hand to shake Harry’s, but Harry didn’t take it. “I think I can tell who the wrong sort are for myself, thanks,” he said coolly.

The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.