Friendship Quotes - 37 quotes

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Friendship

Friendship can take many forms and is an essential aspect of human relationships. True friendship is an enduring mutual relationship between two people sharing affection, esteem, respect, intimacy, companionship, trust, and support. True friendship enriches our lives by providing a sense of belonging, connection, and joy. Friends often have shared interests, hobbies, or values that bring them together and strengthen their bond. Good friendships are characterized by open communication. Bad friendships may involve toxic behaviors, such as manipulation or exploitation.

quote icon Zak: Carl, You are my best friend. And... and you are my family. Carl: Well, that's it. Friends are the family you choose.

- The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019 Movie)

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quote icon Such friendship requires time and familiarity; as the proverb says, men cannot know each other till they have "eaten salt together"; nor, can they admit each other to friendship or be friends till each has been found lovable and been trusted by each..

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quote icon Be loyal and trustworthy. Do not befriend anyone who is lower than yourself in this regard.

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quote icon There is a norm that friends spend time together.

- David Maxfield

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quote icon There is a norm that friends exchange favors and requests, in a way that evens out over the long run. Friends who ask too much undermine the friendship.

- David Maxfield

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quote icon Did you never see little dogs caressing and playing with one another, so that you might say there is nothing more friendly? but, that you may know what friendship is, throw a bit of flesh among them, and you will learn.

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quote icon Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

- George Washington

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quote icon Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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quote icon We cannot tell the precise moment when a friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over;

- James Boswell

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quote icon I ain't never loan friends money; I give it to 'em and I don't expect to get it back. Even when he says, "I'll pay you back," I never expect it. If he gives it back, then hey, that's a feather in his cap, but I don't expect to get it back.

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quote icon Sometimes during a relationship, a friendship, a friend's gonna have to prove they're your friend, and you're gonna have to prove you're their friend.

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quote icon He was easy to talk to, and easy not to talk to---equally important qualities in a friend. Essential in a travel companion.

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quote icon I was on the verge of losing it, right on the verge. Then I saw that Johnson and Woodell were already losing it, and I realized that I couldn't afford to. Like Penny, they beat me to the panic attack punch.

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quote icon The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.

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quote icon But I guess I can't find lasting friends when I'm an unlasting one myself.

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quote icon If you dwell with unaware people, you will be cold, But if you dwell with aware ones, you will be a true man Go, and build your hermit cell inside a furnace, like gold If you go out of the furnace, you will be frozen solid

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quote icon Dwell in the place where your companions are spiritual heroes, So that they may wash the foul soot from your [heart] Don't think about their faults, for they Will know about it before you think.

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quote icon Where there is friendship, there is our natural soil.

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quote icon Virtuous men alone possess friends.

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quote icon Aristotle outlined two kinds of common friendships that are more accidental than intentional. The first is a friendship of utility. In this kind of relationship, the two parties are not in it for the affection of one another, but more so because each party receives a benefit in exchange. It’s not permanent in nature, and whenever the benefit ends, so does the relationship that brought the parties together. Aristotle observed this to be more common in older folks. An example of this would be a business or a work relationship. You may enjoy the time you spend together, but once the situation changes, so does the nature of your connection.

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quote icon Similarly, the second kind of accidental friendship is one based on pleasure. This one, however, is more common in people that are younger. It’s the kind of relationship frequently seen among college friends or people who participate on the same sports team. The source of such a friendship is more emotional, and it’s often the most short-lived of the relationships. It’s fine for as long as the two parties gain enjoyment through a mutual interest in something external, but it ends as soon as either tastes or preferences change.

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quote icon Rather than utility or pleasure, this kind of relationship is based on a mutual appreciation of the virtues that the other party holds dear. It’s the people themselves and the qualities that they represent that provides the incentive for the two parties to be in each other’s lives. Rather than being short-lived, such a relationship often lasts until the end, and there is quite generally a base level of goodness required in each person for it to exist in the first place.

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quote icon It makes sense. At the end of the day, the bonds we forge with those close to us directly shape the quality of our lives. We are, and we live through, the people we spend time with. For most things, life is long enough. It is, however, too short for the wrong kinds of friendship.

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quote icon A drop of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of gall. So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.

- Abraham Lincoln

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quote icon A friend to all is a friend to none

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quote icon No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.

- Francis Mauriac

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quote icon A friend you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him.

- G.F. Prentice

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quote icon One who looks for a friend without faults will have none.

- Hasidic Saying

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quote icon When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.

- Japanese Proverb

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quote icon In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

- John Churton Collins

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quote icon You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

- Joseph Conrad

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quote icon The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet, steady, loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

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quote icon Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

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quote icon Tell me what company you keep, and I'll tell you what you are.

- Miguel de Cervantes

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quote icon A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

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quote icon A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

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quote icon A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

- Walter Winchell

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