Friendship Quotes
Here find a collection of friendship quotes, poems, songs and sayings. Find famous quotations, funny ones, about best friend and general ones in the form of words and verses. Quotes, poems, and verses to share with your friends. Friends are special people in our lives; let these words express thoughts of your friends. As C. S. Lewis once said, "Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.....It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival."Friendship Songs - There are hundreds of friendship songs that were written and sung with good friends in mind. Here are some of our favorites
Funny Friendship Quotes
In our collection we have found some funny friendship quotes that should make you smile but also remind you how important your buddys are
Friendship Poems
There are many different types of friendship poems. Find poetry to inspire, and poems
to share with your friends. We hope you find these inspirational.
Best Friend Quotes
Quotations to remind you of that person in your life who you can always count on. Quotes to send
to your best friend.
Defintion of Friendship
Websters dictionary defines friendship as, "a relationship of mutual affection and good will/ harmonious cooperation." We think William Arthur Ward defined friendship the best when he said, "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."
Friendship Quotations
"If I don't have friends, then I ain't got nothing."Billie Holiday
"I am treating you as my friend asking you to share my present minues
in the hope I can ask you to share my future pluses."
Katherine Mansfield
"The best of life is conversation, and the greatest success is confidence,
or perfect understanding between two people."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Famous Friendship Quotes
"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"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice." ~ Ben Johnson "To be a friend a man should strive to lift people up, not cast them down; to encourage, not discourage; to set an example that will be an inspiration to others." ~ Wilfred A. Peterson
"Friendship is a union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereto virtue." ~ William Penn
"A Friend is simply one who answers when you call . . .who often answers before you call." ~ William Arthur Ward
"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As is filling a vessel drop by drop there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over." ~ James Boswell
"We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them." ~ Thucydides
"It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friends his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship." ~ Henry Ward Beecher
"Letters of friendship require no study." ~ George Washington
"We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us." ~ Aristotle
"The worst solitude is to be destitute of true friendship." ~ Francis Bacon
"Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another, 'What, you too? I thought I was the only one.'" ~ C. S. Lewis
"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
"Friendship need no words." ~ Dag Hammarskjold
"To be a friend a man should close his eyes to the faults of others and open them to his own." ~ Wilfred A. Peterson
Friendship Day
In 1935 in the US, Friendship Day was declared for the first Sunday of August. Each year on the first Sunday of August celebrations take place in honor of friends. It is a day to recognize, appreciate, and spend time with friends. Some people exchange gifts and cards while others just enjoy the company of their friends. It is a tradition that has carried on for years and one that gives special meaning to the meaning of friends.
Site last updated: December 16, 2011
More words on being a friend and friendship:
"Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is novle and loving in another." ~ T. Hughes
"Genuine friendships develop over time. All to often people want the benefits of a good friendship but they are too busy to invest the necessary time." ~ D. McKay
"A true friendship does not consist of a huge number of friends you keep but it is valued by its worth and capability to hold you and stand by you in all phases of life." ~ A. Kheterpal
"Unbosom yourself . . . Trouble shared is trouble halved." ~ D. Sayers
"It is a sweet thing, friendship, a dear balm. A happy and auspicious bird of calm." ~ P.Shelley
"Friendship is like your bank account; take care to deposit more than you withdraw." ~ I.Rastogi
"Honesty. This is the most important value our good friendship lasts for a long time." ~ C. Ramasasa
"Honesty is the foundation of any true friendship, and as long as it is missing, nothing good can come out from such relationship." ~ C. Sadjere
"Friends accept you for who you are. They don't try to make you the kind of person they think you should be, they just accept you." ~ S. Mikrut
"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow-ripening fruit." ~ Aristotle
"True friendship is a gift of god. There is no blood relation still affinity, care and love exist between friends." ~ K. Bhawna
"The gift of friendship is probably one of the most priceless gifts. That is why almost all people are very careful in choosing their friends." ~ S. Brown
"Good friendship requires you to be a good listener. There are times in any good relationship when the difficulties of life require a caring heart and patient listener." ~ D. Haynes
"If we care for a person, if we are always ready to help that person and if we share most of our thoughts with a person, they are our good friends." ~ C. Mohatta
"To create new friendships, make existing friendships deeper, and maintain friendships, you have to keep up the communication between you and your friend. It is also not enough to just keep in touch with the usual hellos." ~ N. Berry
"We can experience true friendship with people we know well and are close to for many years, or with people whose lives cross ours only briefly." ~ J. Friedman
"Friendship is like a tree that has to be nurtured with warmth, sunlight, and care. These ingredients are essential for healthy growth of any relationship." ~ J. Gandhi
"When we share a friendship with someone we are sharing ourselves." ~ C. Springsteen
"Friendship is a two-way street though. To find a true friend and keep them, you must in turn be the same as well." ~ J. Loa
"The value and worth they bring to your every day existence is difficult to put words to. They dwell within your heart. Just like that pair of perfect old jeans - they fit just right. And now that you have them, you wouldn't give them up for anything." ~ D. McDonald
"Keep in mind that it only takes a single word to negatively or positively impact real friendship." ~ J. Nyamache
"The test of friendship is during critical circumstances. When you are down and out the best friend is still next to you." ~ J. Gandhi
"From the rocking horse to the rocking chair, friendship keeps teaching us about being human." ~ L. C. Pogrebin
"Life is fortified by many friendships - To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence." ~ S. Smith
"Friends can share anything with each others and feel relaxed when they are together. There is mutual understanding between them. Friendship starts with attraction and similar interests." ~ B. Kapoor
"The most important synonym of friendship is companionship." ~ F. Nmeribe
"When you have a good outlook on life, you can overcome the world and this is what people are looking for in friendships." ~ F. Githinji
"Friendships can last beyond the lifespan of family members and spouses." ~ B. Paul
"Friendship is one of the greatest gifts we can offer one another. Knowing that no matter what is going on in their own lives and no matter what the circumstances are, we'll have that someone right beside us when we need them is a great thing." ~ R. Lemoine
"There is much energy you put into your friendships and the connection is worth it. By showing your love and concern, your relationships become purposeful, memorable, therapeutic and transformative for you and the other person." ~ A. Sherman
"After a romantic relationship, friendships are the most important relationships we can have." ~ C. Mohatta
"Nothing is more important to friendship than communication and honesty." ~ J. Miller
"If you want an accounting of your worth, count your friends." ~ M. Browne
"True friendship is a two-way relationship, sometimes giving more than taking, other times more taking than giving." ~ S. Leigh
"That is what you love a friend for; the ability to change your angle of vision, bring back your best self when you feel worst, remind you of your strengths when you feel weak." ~ E. Jong
"To have a friend that you can share your innermost thoughts with is worth more than wealth or material objects." ~ L. Clarke
"Friends are those rare people who ask how wer are and then wait to hear the answer." ~ E. Cunningham
"The joy being felt during fun times with a friend can never be replaced by any material thing in this world because friendship is a priceless treasure." ~ .W. Steinmetz
"Friends reveal to each other most clearly exactly that upon which they are silent." ~ Goethe
"A friend is the hope of the heart." ~ R. W. Emerson
"Good friends share every thing in their life including the intimate details, and one who has such friends is very lucky." ~ C. Mohatta
A famous friendship saying:
"It's not where you go or what you do in life. It's who is BESIDE you that matters most."
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