Quotes on friendship

[StaceyYount]

Some quotes I found that I thought I would share with you all and to thank you for being there.

Stacey :-)

A friend loves at all times..."

The Bible - Proverbs 17:17

"Friendship is the only cement

that will ever hold the world together"

-Woodrow Wilson

"Treat your friends as you do your pictures,

and place them in their best light."

~ Jennie Jerome Churchill

"... When you ask God for a gift,

Be thankful if he sends,

Not diamonds, pearls or riches,

but the love of real true friends."

~Helen Steiner Rice

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy,

like art... It has no survival value;

rather it is one of those things that give

value to survival."

~C.S. Lewis

"In the End, we will remember not the words

of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

~ Martin Luther King Jr.

"Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows."

~ author unknown

"Friendship without self - interest is one of the

rare and beautiful things of life."

~ James F. Byrnes

"Give me one friend, just one, who meets

The needs of all my varying moods."

~ Esther M. Clark

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just

to share your riches but to reveal to him his own."

~ Benjamin Disraeli

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand,

nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship;

it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when

he discovers that someone else believes in him and is

willing to trust him."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility,

never an opportunity."

~ Kahlil Gibran

"Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode:

it is rather a life."

~ David Grayson

"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he

advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone;

one should keep his friendships in constant repair."

~ Samuel Johnson

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."

~ Golda Meir

"Friendship is one mind in two bodies."

~ Mencius

"The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away."

~ Wilson Mizner

"Think where man's glory most begins and ends,

And say my glory was I had such friends."

~ William Butler Yeats

"Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary."

~ Louisa May Alcott

"Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving,

make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!"

~ Amanda Bradley

"If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship,

we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own."

~ Charlotte Bronte

"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good

egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."

~ Bernard Meltzer

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and

can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

~ unknown

"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by

another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks

to those who have rekindled this light."

~ Albert Schweitzer

"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."

~ Dale Carnegie

"A friend is a gift you give yourself."

~ Robert Louis Stevenson

"Some people come into our lives and quickly go.

Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to

new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom.

Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon.

They stay in our lives for awhile,

leave footprints on our hearts,

and we are never ever the same."

~ Flavia Weedn

All quotes taken from http://www.gagirl.com/friends/friends2.html

[MomtoGiuliana]

Stacey

Some of these quotes are really great. Thanks for posting!

Katherine

[Guest tearose]

Thank you Stacey!

There is one quote that is missing...it is something like...

"Individuals come to the dinet website with questions and leave with more questions and friends!"

tearose

[Gena]

I love those quotes...Of the ones you listed, I think these would have to be my two favorites...

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good

egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."

~ Bernard Meltzer

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and

can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

~ unknown

[Sue]

Beautifully done thanks

Sue

[corina]

Thanks Stacey,

I could use these quotes, like Gena my favourite is

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and

can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words"

Corina

[danelle]

Stacey, how beautiful!!! Those quotes say how I feel about everyone on this site too, thanks for sharing them with us!

Danelle