78 Friend Quotes
Let these friend quotes help you define what being a friend means. You will find thoughts of many people about what a friend is.
We all have friends and we treasure the relationship we have with them. Let these quotes remind you of the qualities we find in the people we consider our friend.
An acquaintance is not considered a friend. They may turn into a friend but acquaintances are merely just people we know. A friend is more – it is someone whose company you enjoy, someone who you can call on just when you need to talk, someone who encourages you.
Take care of your friends. Let them know that you value their friendship.
- The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right. Mark Twain
Famous Quotes - Friends respect, share, listen, confide and trust. They form the foundations of our happiness, staying with us through life’s ups and downs. Ann Williams, 101 Friendship Quotes
Respect - Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. French Proverb
Proverbs - When I was growing up, I remember my mother saying, ‘Your friends are like elevators; they will bring you up or down – the choice is yours.’David DeNotaris
Choices - Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness. Richard Bach
Happiness - A friend is the hope of the heart. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hope - Take the time today to tell your friends the difference they have made in your life. Catherine Pulsifer
Time - Instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. George MacDonald
Quotes about Love and Friendship - Surely my friend shall forever be my friend and reflect a ray of God to me.Henry David Thoreau
God - May you be blessed by having beloved friends to walk alongside you on the road.Joanne Kaattari, Sister Soups
Blessed - A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? Kahlil Gibran
Mountain - You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. E.B. White
Yearbook Quotes - If I want friends, first I must see what a good friend I myself can be. Catherine Pulsifer, Start and End Your Day with Optimism
Good - The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away. Wilson Mizner
Funny Friendship Quotes - Childhood friends, whether our own or our siblings’, enrich our childhood memories and highlight how loving friendships that last into adulthood can help us understand who we were and how far we have come.Linda Hale Bucklin, Come Rain or Come Shine
Sibling - A friend is someone who believes in you when faith is running low, and whose gentle words of wisdom help you choose which way to go. Author Unknown
Wisdom - A friend is there to help keep our chin up, no matter what it takes.Bradley Trevor Greive
Keep Going - A true friend is one who will show his friendship when it really counts.Mark Agan, Morning Meditations
Friendship Quotes - Be a friend to all. The recognition of the beauty of the other is the recognition of God singing uniquely through each of you.Tara Bianca, The Flower of Heaven
Beauty - While I encourage my friends in their goals and point out their strengths even when they fail, it’s a lot harder to show myself the same level of understanding. Janet Springer, Unbreakable Willpower
Words of Encouragement - Sometimes in life as you grow, your friends will either grow or go. Surround yourself with people who reflect values, goals, interests and lifestyles. Author Unknown, May This Encourage You, Always
Growth - 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
Famous Quotes about Life - Make all your friends feel there is something in them. Christian D. Larsen, The Optimist Creed
Feeling - Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them. W. Clement Stone
Quote of The Day - It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend. Author Unknown, The Professor and the Jar
Life - When a friend falls, dare to be the first to extend a hand. Steve Maraboli
Failure - We are partners by fate. We become friends by choice. Jacquie McTaggart
Fate - It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old. George Eliot
Love - A friend is one who needs us and one whom we need. Dinger
Short Friendship Quotes - A friend hath the skill and observation of the best physician; the diligence and vigilance of the best nurse; and the tenderness and patience of the best mother. Clarendon
Patience - Friends like you
Keep me from feeling blue
You accept me
And always let me be.
Catherine Pulsifer, Friends Like You
Friendship Poems - If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I would say, ‘Sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends.’ I know I am very fortunate in that respect. C. S. Lewis
Family and Friends - Friends are the most important part of your life. Treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, but most importantly, treasure the memories. Dave Brenner
Quotes to Live By - Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years. Richard Bach
Cute Quotes - A friend is better than a kin as he shares nothing but your pain and pleasure. M. K. Soni
Pain - May the hand of a friend always be near you. Author Unknown
Irish Quotes and Sayings - A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.George Eliot
Kindness - Friends are an important part of our lives. They celebrate with us on good days and they are a shoulder to cry on during bad days. Friends encourage us and motivate us. V. Ashiedu, Bible Verses on Friendship
Motivational Quotes - A friend is like a part of your extended family, they are special, value them. Catherine Pulsifer
Family - I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let’s face it, friends make life a lot more fun. Charles R Swindoll
Long Quotes about Life - At home one relies on parents; away from home one relies on friends.Chinese Proverb
Parents - What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it. C. S. Lewis
Truth - Getting to know new people and gaining new friends is one of life’s greatest pleasures. So conquer your fears and get out there. Tony Clark
Fear - If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Dale Carnegie
Meaningful - Make new friends, but don’t forget the old ones. Yiddish Proverb
Positive - Don’t imagine you are wasting time for others that you spend:You can rise to wealth and glory and still pause to be a friend. Edgar A Guest, It Isn’t Costly
Motivational Poems - . . . choose to confide in friends with sunny dispositions who will encourage you to be more positive. Zayne Parker, Anxiety: Mastery
Positive Attitude - Fortify yourself with a flock of friends! There is always at least one who will understand, inspire, and give you the lift you may need at the time. George Matthew Adams
Inspirational Quotes for Students - A friend is someone who brings us laughter, even in our tears, whose memories make us smile across the miles and through the years. Author Unknown
Smile - “The best looking-glass is the eyes of a friend. Irish Proverb
Quotes That Make You Smile - Friends are a renewable resource, thank heavens. Marla Paul, The Friendship Crisis
Short Quotes - Friends should be like books, easy to find when you need them, but seldom used. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Funny Sayings - A friend is a priceless gem for the crown of life here and a cherished star in memory forever. Cyrus S. Nusbaum
Memory - A friend is one before whom I may think aloud. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Short Inspirational Quotes - The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing… not healing, not curing… that is a friend who cares. Henri Nouwen
Grief - Friends are great as they encourage you to achieve your goals as well as challenge you to become better. Nick Bell, Organize Yourself Starting Today!
Goals - Among the best ways of winning a friend is to provide love and support especially during a time another person needs it. Anna Everitt, How to Make Friends Anywhere
Support - Learn to give and be a good friend: If you have lots of things to share don’t be afraid to share it. Give good advice and be a good friend. Sarah Palmer, Happiness: A Guide To Developing A Happier Life
Giving - As iron sharpens iron so, a friend will sharpen a friend. Mandy Fender, Beautifully Broken
Inspiring Others - Do not save your loving speeches for your friends till they are dead; Do not write them on their tombstones, speak them rather now instead.Anna Cummins
Death - Friends have the ability to brighten even the gloomiest of days, simply by letting us know that we are not alone.Ingrid Goff-Maidoff, Friendship
Alone - We believe that all kids have friends out there waiting to be met and it is just a matter of time before you find the right friend, or friends, for you. Nadine Briggs, How to Make & Keep Friends
Inspirational Quotes for Kids - God evidently does not intend us all to be rich, or powerful, or great, but He does intend us all to be friends. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gods Plan - Stay close to friends who will encourage you to be yourself and who celebrate all of your gifts and talents. Ryan Help, Overcoming Insecurity, Jealousy and Anxiety in Relationships
Great Quotes about Life - For many young people struggling with social challenges, it’s not so much an issue of not wanting to have friends but not knowing how to have friends. Elizabeth Laugeson, The Science of Making Friends
Quotes about Life and Struggles - By being the friend for someone else, you can make the world a bit more like heaven.Kyler Shumway, The Friendship Formula
Heaven - To me a friend is somebody who’s always there no matter what. With the exception of murder, I feel that a friend should be there whether you’re right or wrong. Rashard Royster, Mistakes
Mistakes - Welcome Friends. . . so bright the love you bring; for when I’m feeling sadly, all alone, you put the spring back in my step, your laughter is the tonic that I need. John McLeod
Sad Friendship Quotes - When you choose your friends, don’t be short-changed by choosing personality over character. W. Somerset Maugham
Character - To be a friend a man should be tolerant, he should have an understanding heart and a forgiving nature, know that all men stumble now and then, and that he who never made a mistake never accomplished anything. Wilfred Peterson
Tolerance - The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself. George Bernard Shaw
Courage - A constant friend a thing rare and hard to find.Plutarch
Consistency - Life has no blessing like a good friend.Author Unknown
One Line Quotes on Life - Friends help us shape our identity.Andrea Bonior Ph.D., The Friendship Fix
Destiny - Each of us is influenced by those around us – especially our friends – and they are influenced by us.Kitty Chappell, Friendship: When It’s Easy and When It’s Not
Top 10 Quotes - To be a friend means encouraging strengths in others and accepting their weaknesses; in other words, accepting them for who they are.Catherine Pulsifer, Friendship is not a Product
Encouraging - A friend is like father who scolds you, like mother who caress you, like sister who teases you, like brother who fights you, in short combine all worldly relations you will have a friend and that’s what makes a friend above all relations Dr. Amanullah
Relationship - When it comes to their behavior, teenagers will most likely be more influenced by their friends more than anybody else. Mary Appleton, Parenting Teens
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We hope you enjoyed our friend quotes and found quotes that you would share with your friends. While we have expectations of our friends, remember they also have expectations of you. Usually trust, honesty and respect are characteristics that we want in a friend. So we should also strive to do these things.
Be a good friend!
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