Few things have such a huge impact on happiness and the enjoyment, depth and plain fun of life as the friendships we have. It could be the friendships with our partners, family members, co-workers and the people we have known for a few years now or since we were kids. Or even with people we have never even met at the other side of the world or the pets we love. So I’d like to start this year by looking back and share some of the best advice on this topic from the people who have walked this earth over the past hundreds and thousands of years.
Best Friend Quotes And Messages
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”
“If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.”
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”-
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.”
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
“Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends.”
“A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.”
“Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn’t seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.”
“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.”
“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.”
“How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give ’em.”
“Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.”
True Friendship Quotes
“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.”
“Friendship is the purest love.”
“Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.”
“True friendship is never serene.”
“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself — and especially to feel, or not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at any moment is fine with them. That’s what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is.”
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
“I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.”
“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”
“There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.”
“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.”
“Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.”
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
“A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.”
“The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?”
“A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad.”
Short Best Friend Quotes
“Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.”
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”
“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.”
“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.”
“One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.”
“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
“Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm & constant.”’
“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.”
“Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don’t over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.
“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.”
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
“If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“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.”
“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.”
Friendship Quotes And Sayings
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.”
“Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.”
“Every friendship travels at sometime through the black valley of despair. This tests every aspect of your affection. You lose the attraction and the magic.” “Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.”
“They make me stronger; they make me braver.”
“There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.”
“Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.”
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.”
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.”
“If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart… I’ll always be with you.”
“I think if I’ve learned anything about friendship, it’s to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don’t walk away, don’t be distracted, don’t be too busy or tired, don’t take them for granted. Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff.”
“I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.”
“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 friendship that can end never really began.”
“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky.”
