Quotes about friendship
Welcome to our Friendship collection, a heartwarming tribute to the bonds that enrich our lives and illuminate our journeys. In this curated compilation of quotes, we delve into the extraordinary world of friendship, celebrating the camaraderie, support, and laughter that friends bring to our days.
Friendship is more than a connection; it's a tapestry of shared moments, inside jokes, and unwavering support that weaves its threads through the fabric of our lives. Our Friendship quotes honor the beauty of kindred spirits, the lessons they teach us, and the profound impact they have on shaping our character.
Whether you're reflecting on cherished friendships, seeking insights into building lasting connections, or simply interested in the dynamics of human relationships, these quotes offer glimpses into the treasured bonds that touch our hearts.
Embark on a journey that explores the art of fostering deep connections, the joys of companionship, and the profound impact of true friends on our well-being. Discover the laughter that heals, the shared adventures that create memories, and the comfort that comes from knowing there's always someone who has your back.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistOh, it was delicious to have someone to keep secrets with. If I'd had a sister or a brother closer in age, I guessed that's what it would be like. But it wasn't just smoking or skirting around Mother. It was having someone look at you after your mother has nearly fretted herself to death because you are freakishly tall and frizzy and odd. Someone whose eyes simply said, without words, You are fine with me.
Alicia Machado
— ActressBut as I was saying, from my experiences, I think men tend to be more timid in expressing their feelings for you. Regardless, I always prefer a friendship first and foremost.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorPrimarily, 'Black Girl/White Girl' is the story of two very different, yet somehow 'fated' girls; for Genna, her 'friendship' with Minette is the most haunting of her life, though it is one-sided and ends in tragedy.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterA writer needs loneliness, and he gets his share of it. He needs love, and he gets shared and also unshared love. He needs friendship. In fact, he needs the universe. To be a writer is, in a sense, to be a day-dreamer - to be living a kind of double life.
Sarah Vowell
— AuthorBeing a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know.
Flora Thompson
— NovelistWhat greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends?
James Fitzjames Stephen
— Eminent Lawyer, Judge & Thoughtful WriterTo try to regulate the internal affairs of a family, the relations of love or friendship, or many other things of the same sort, by law or by the coercion of public opinion, is like trying to pull an eyelash out of a man's eye with a pair of tongs. They may put out the eye, but they will never get hold of the eyelash
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsYou have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that.
Peter Deunov
— Spiritual Teacher & PhilosopherIf you wish to befriend someone, look for a person who loves first God then themselves. If they love God, they will be able to love their neighbor, too.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerIt's the oldest, corniest piece of advice in the world but it still works. The strongest networks are built on friendship. Be a friend not only to the people in your network, but to the people who matter the most to the people in your network.
Daniel Craig
— Iconic James Bond ActorI've seen a lot in my life, and everybody goes down the dark, winding staircase eventually. It's a bad place to be and that's why having good friends is always essential. Those are the people who pull you out.
M. F. K. Fisher
— Pioneering Food WriterA well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged creature.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostI'm the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am toughening up a little bit.
Will Ferrell
— American actor, comedian, producer, and writerIn every circle of friends there's always that one person everyone secretly hates. Don't have one? Then it's probably you.
Thomas Kyd
— English playwright, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan dramaI'll trust myself, myself shall be my friend.
Reba McEntire
— American country music singer, actress and businesswomanI can't imagine living a life without God in my life. He is my best friend, He's my buddy, He's the one that I talk to when there's no one around. I talk to Him when people are around a lot too. He's my confidant, He's my advisor, He's my director. I just don't know why you wouldn't want that in your life. He's just like a bodyguard, He is your protector.
Bipasha Basu
— Indian actress and modelYes, exes can be good friends, but after a certain time. Though no break-up is a good break-up, time heals everything, including broken friendships. It also depends on the kind of people they are, their mindsets and the reasons for the break ups.
Craig Stone
— English footballerAsk questions then talk over answers, shout loudly you love everyone, try and hug people, confide in them that you are a sheep, offer them the last grass in your pockets.
Then watch with a smile as they pretend you aren't there, and whisper you must be crazy, because you want to make friends.
Niecy Nash
— American actress, comedian and television hostIf you make your best friend and your significant other the same person, you don't have to disconnect to go tell your girlfriend everything.
Albert Camus
— French PhilosopherHow can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
— Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalistI never had intimate friends, and the few who came close are in New York. By which I mean they're dead, because that's where I suppose condemned souls go in order not to endure the truth of their past lives.
Brian Jacques
— English novelistYou will find joy, frustration and sorrow in your quest. Never forget that friendship and loyalty are more precious than riches...Happiness can be brief, but it knows no time in the land of dreams.
David Hume
— Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayist...virtue is attended by more peace of mind than vice, and meets with a more favourable reception from the world. I am sensible, that, according to the past experience of mankind, friendship is the chief joy of human life and moderation the only source of tranquillity and happiness.
Herman Melville
— American novelist, short story writerThou wine art the friend of the friendless, though a foe to all.
Ann Landers
— ColumnistLove is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
Carole King
— American SongwriterEverybody understands friendship, and friendship is different than love - it's a different kind of love. Friendship has more freedom, more latitude. You don't expect your friend to be as you think your friend should be; you expect your friend just to love you as a friend.
Charles Caleb Colton
— English WriterFriendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.
Alexander Pope
— English poet, translator, and satirist of the Augustan periodNo woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.
Bilal Philips
— Canadian Islamic teacher, speaker, author, founder and chancellor of the International Open University, who lives in QatarA wife and a husband should be regarded as friends for the sake of Allaah. And that friendship is above material needs; each encouraging the other one to do good deeds, which are pleasing to Allaah.
Charles Stanley
— American ClergymanIn our friendships we have to be wise that we choose godly people to be our friends. Somebody might say, well does that mean that you should never have a lost person as your friend? No, I wouldn't say that. But you can't have the same intimacy with a lost person that you can with a godly person in whom the Holy Spirit is living.
Charles Darwin
— English ScientistA man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
Carl Icahn
— American BusinessmanYou learn in this business: It you want a friend, get a dog.
Calista Flockhart
— American ActressI'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few I can count my very good friends on one hand. And that's how I like it to be.
Caleb Carr
— American NovelistEvery human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses.
Confucius
— Chinese PhilosopherNever contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
Agatha Christie
— English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss MarpleEvery murderer is probably somebody's old friend.
Addison Mizner
— American ArchitectGod gives us relatives; thank God, we can choose our friends.
Adam DeVine
— American ComedianI think making friends is not being afraid to look stupid, because everyone wants a friend who is willing to be stupid and fun. If you try and be too cool, it only works in high school. After that, being uncool is a very cool thing to do. So just have fun, and don't worry what other people think of you and people will want to be your friends.
Alex Joseph Pritchard
— British DancerMy brother is my best friend by choice and a superman.
Adrian Anthony Gill
— British journalist, critic, and authorSo, being a good man is not an exam or a qualification, it changes, and it incorporates being a good friend, a good father, a good employee, a good boss, a good neighbour and a good citizen.
Arthur Schopenhauer
— German PhilosopherFriends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
Arthur Ashe
— American Tennis PlayerWe must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
Aristotle
— Greek PhilosopherMisfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Allyson Felix
— American AthleteThe biggest way I stay motivated is to run with a group of friends. Sometimes it's hard to get going by yourself, but if you have a plan and a meeting time, you know this run will happen for sure. It's a way to have fun - while also getting in a workout. Plus it distracts from pain, helps you fight fatigue, and gives you that extra push.
Aesop
— Greek AuthorA doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
Abraham Lincoln
— American PresidentThe things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
Christian Dior
— French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses Christian Dior SEAll I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistRule Number One for working for a white lady, Minny: it is nobody’s business. You keep your nose out of your White Lady’s problems, you don’t go crying to her with yours—you can’t pay the light bill? Your feet are too sore? Remember one thing: white people are not your friends. They don’t want to hear about it. And when Miss White Lady catches her man with the lady next door, you keep out of it, you hear me?
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterI do not write for a select minority, which means nothing to me, nor for that adulated platonic entity known as ‘The Masses’. Both abstractions, so dear to the demagogue, I disbelieve in. I write for myself and for my friends, and I write to ease the passing of time.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsWhy did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerFriends are made by many acts...and lost by only one.
Daniel Craig
— Iconic James Bond ActorI love that my friends are all freaks.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostI like the company of guys. I have a lot of good girlfriends that I really love, but you know, most of my close friends are men.
Thomas Kyd
— English playwright, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan dramaFear shall force what friendship cannot win.
Reba McEntire
— American country music singer, actress and businesswomanTo me, being popular means I've got more friends. You've got to watch who your friends are, if you want to get close to them, but I've got a lot of acquaintances. And then, you've got to be real careful who your friends are, because you never know why they're your friend.
David Hume
— Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayistFriendship is a calm and sedate affection, conducted by reason and cemented by habit; springing from long acquaintance and mutual obligations, without jealousies or fears, and without those feverish fits of heat and cold, which cause such an agreeable torment in the amorous passion.
Albert Camus
— French PhilosopherFriendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.
Charles Caleb Colton
— English WriterTrue friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
Confucius
— Chinese PhilosopherIt is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
C. S. Lewis
— British WriterFriendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
Abraham Lincoln
— American PresidentA friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistMiss Leefolt sigh, hang up the phone like she just don't know how her brain gone operate without Miss Hilly coming over to push the Think buttons.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterMy father and he had cemented one of those English friendships which begin by avoiding intimacies and eventually eliminate speech altogether.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsIt is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
Reba McEntire
— American country music singer, actress and businesswomanMy mama is my best friend. We have fun, we can talk about anything, she always is on my side but really quick to tell me when I'm wrong. That's a true friend. She's loyal, smart, witty and intelligent. She loves family and loves to travel. All the things I love!
Charles Caleb Colton
— English WriterFriendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.
Aristotle
— Greek PhilosopherWithout friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
Albert Camus
— French PhilosopherDon't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistWhy don't we just build you an house outside Hilly?
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsGeese are friends to no one, they bad mouth everybody and everything. But they are companionable once you get used to their ingratitude and false accusations.
Aristotle
— Greek PhilosopherPerfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistShe hug me around my neck, say, "You're righter than Miss Taylor." I tear up then. My cup is spilling over. Those is new words to me.