Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Some Insightful Friendship Quotes

I love this friendship quote, one of my all time favorite and for the last few years this quote is in my mail footer.

“A friend is someone we turn to, when our spirits need a lift; who fills our lives with beauty, joy, and grace & makes the world we live in a better and happier place”

As I always liked the topic Friendship, I went through lot of friendship quotes and here are some of the best ones I like.

What is a friend?

A friend is one who walks in when others walk out ~ Walter Winchill

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me ~ Henry Ford

A friend is one with whom you are comfortable, to whom you are loyal, through whom you are blessed, and for whom you are grateful ~ William Arthur Ward

A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care. A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart ~ Unknown

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are ~Unknown

How to choose friends

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

Choose your friends wisely-they will make or break you ~ J. Willard Marriott

Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up ~ Thomas J. Watson

How to make friends

You can make more friends in two months by becoming genuinely interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you ~ Dale Carnegie

The shortest distance between new friends is a smile ~ Unknown

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 ~ Zig Ziglar

The only way to have a friend is to be one ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

How to build friendship

Support your friends - even in their mistakes. But be clear, however, that it is the friend and not the mistake you are supporting ~ Hugh Prather

Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly ~ Solon

Confidence is the foundation of friendship. If we give it, we will receive it ~ Harry E. Humphreys, Jr.

Much of the vitality in a friendship lies in the honoring of differences, not simply in the enjoyment of similarities ~ Unknown

The importance of friendship

To have a friend and be a friend Is what makes life worthwhile ~ Unknown

The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover~ Joseph Addison

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

Signs of true friendship

Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words ~ George Eliot

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

Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot congeal in winter ~ James F. Cooper

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy ~ Thomas Fuller

When you’re up, your friends know who you are. When you’re down, you know who your friends are ~ Unknown

Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don’t say ~ Unknown

Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget ~ Unknown

Miscellaneous


Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend ~ Albert Camus

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