Friendship Quotes

“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.”

Albert Schweitzer

“Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.”

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“It takes a long time to grow an old friend.”

John Leonard

“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love.”

Elie Wiesel

“Friendship can only be developed through mutual respect and within a spirit of sincerity.”

The Dalai Lama

“Understanding is love's other name.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

“Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all.”

Haruki Murakami

“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.”

“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

“Close friends are truly life's treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves.”

Vincent van Gogh

“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.”

Tennessee Williams

“Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.”

Virginia Woolf

“Friendships begin with liking or gratitude, roots that can be pulled up.”

George Eliot

“The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.”

“Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.”

Aesop

“Friendship with the upright, with the sincere, and with the well-informed is beneficial.”

Confucius

“The friendship of the noble is as tasteless as water; the friendship of the petty is as sweet as wine.”

“A true friend is one who is helpful, who is the same in happiness and sorrow, who gives good counsel, and who is sympathetic.”

“Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are.”

Spanish Proverb

“An old friend is better than two new ones.”

Russian Proverb

“No road is long with good company.”

Turkish Proverb

“The friendship of the worthy, like reading good books, gives more delight the more it is pursued.”

Thiruvalluvar

“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.”

Oprah Winfrey

“Pick out associates whose behaviour is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.”

Warren Buffett

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”