Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. — Woodrow Wilson
True friendship is a plant of slow growth. — George Washington
The only way to have a friend is to be one. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive. — Anaïs Nïn
The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship. — Joseph Addison
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose. — Tennessee Williams
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. — Thomas Aquinas
A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world. — Leo Buscaglia
Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world. — John Evelyn
The language of friendship is not words but meanings. — Henry David Thoreau
The most valuable gift you can receive is an honest friend. — Stephen Richards
Loyalty is the strongest glue which makes a relationship last for a lifetime. — Mario Puzo
Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that’s probably the biggest key to success. — Taylor Lautner
There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. — Jane Austen
Regard him as loyal, and you will make him loyal. — Seneca
Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. — Confucius
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. — Euripides
Loyalty to a friend is a virtue — perhaps the only virtue, the last remaining one. — Milan Kundera
True friends are always together in spirit. — L. M. Montgomery
An honest answer is the sign of true friendship. — Proverbs 24:26
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy. — Proverbs 27:6
A friend is one who knows all about you and still loves you. — Elbert Hubbard
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. — Walter Winchell
While false friends leave you in the storm, true friends leave footprints in your heart. — E. A. Bucchianeri
Hard times reveal true friends. — Unknown
Friends are the siblings God never gave us. — Mencius
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. — Khalil Gibran
A friend in need is a friend indeed. — Proverb
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands. — Maria Shriver
A friendship that can cease has never been real. — St Jerome
Friends are supposed to be there for you when you cry, not be the reason you cry. — Unknown
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief. — Egyptian Proverb
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
Laughter Joy and Shared Moments
Best friends are the people who make you laugh louder, smile brighter and live better. — Unknown
A best friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have. — Irish Proverb
Friends are the family you choose. — Jess C. Scott
A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. — Donna Roberts
Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. — Ed Cunningham
A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. — Arnold H. Glasow
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. — Mark Twain
A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself. — Heidi Wills
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. — Khalil Gibran
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. — Baltasar Gracián
No road is long with good company. — Turkish Proverb
Gratitude and Appreciation
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. — Marcel Proust
It’s not what we have in life, but who we have in our life that matters. — Unknown
To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world. — Dr Seuss
A friend who understands your tears is much more valuable than a lot of friends who only know your smile. — Unknown
Of all possessions, a friend is the most precious. — Herodotus
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. — Hubert H. Humphrey
A friend is a gift you give yourself. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears. — John Lennon
There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate. — Linda Grayson
If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky. — S. E. Hinton
A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle
Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them, the rest of us could not succeed. — Mark Twain
Old and Lasting Friendships
The best mirror is an old friend. — George Herbert
Time doesn’t take away from friendship, nor does separation. — Tennessee Williams
True friends are like diamonds — bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style. — Nicole Richie
There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met. — Jim Henson
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. The important thing is to make it meaningful. — Dalai Lama
No friendship is an accident. — O. Henry
A faithful friend is a strong defence. — The Bible, Ecclesiasticus 6:14
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust. — Athenaeus
You can’t make old friends. — Kenny Rogers
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. — William Shakespeare
An old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost. — Samuel Johnson
When old friends meet, time stands still. — Unknown
New and Blossoming Friendships
A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face. — Maya Angelou
Some souls just understand each other upon meeting. — N. R. Hart
New friends are like new adventures. You never know what lessons they will teach you. — Unknown
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy. — Arthur Ashe
Make new friends, but keep the old; those are silver, these are gold. — Joseph Parry
Every new friend is a new door to a different world. — Unknown
True friends are discovered, not made. — Unknown
Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. — Benjamin Franklin
It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. — Confucius
No friendship is formed by accident; souls recognise each other. — Unknown
A friend is what the heart needs all the time. — Henry Van Dyke
Distance and Separation
True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart. — Helen Keller
Friends are connected heart to heart. Distance and time can’t break them apart. — Unknown
Good friends are like stars; you don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there. — Unknown
A strong friendship doesn’t need daily conversation or being together. As long as the relationship lives in the heart, true friends never part. — Unknown
Time doesn’t take away from friendship, nor does separation. — Tennessee Williams
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. — Thomas Haynes Bayly
Can miles truly separate us from friends? If we want to be with someone we love, aren’t we already there? — Richard Bach
The road to a friend’s house is never long. — Danish Proverb
No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth. — Robert Southey
Friendship is the comfort of knowing that even when you feel alone, you aren’t. — Unknown
True friendship resists time, distance and silence. — Isabel Allende
Though miles may lie between us, we are never far apart, for friendship doesn’t count the miles, it’s measured by the heart. — Unknown
Growth Inspiration and Betterment
Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up. — Thomas J. Watson
Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life. — Amy Poehler
The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. — Elisabeth Foley
They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. — Carl W. Buechner
Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them — your smile, your hope, and your courage. — Doe Zantamata
Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. — Oprah Winfrey
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by doubling our joy and dividing our grief. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Be with those who bring out the best in you, not the stress in you. — Unknown
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. — George Washington
A true friend encourages, comforts, supports — they are always honest and make you better. — Unknown
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflection Loss and Forgiveness
A friendship that can cease has never been real. — St Jerome
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle
Friends are supposed to be there for you when you cry, not be the reason you cry. — Unknown
False friendship, like ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces. — Richard Burton
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast. — Buddha
It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help. — Epicurus
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. — Socrates
Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends. — Virginia Woolf
Do not keep company with a fool, for he will harm you by association. — Unknown
Better an honest enemy than a false friend. — German Proverb
No friendship is perfect, but forgiveness makes it endure. — Unknown