Friendship Quotes
I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either.Sophocles
Some people think only intellect counts knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.Dean Koontz
Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.Eustace Budgell
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.Thomas Jefferson
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend 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 Beeche
Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendship and intimacies, and soon their places will know them no more, and yet they leave their friendships and intimacies with no cultivation, to grow as they will by the roadside, expecting them to keep by force of inertia.William James
If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.Charlotte Bronte
Friendship often ends in love but love in friendship - Never.Charles Caleb Colton
The holy passion of Friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.Mark Twain
I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either.Sophocles, Antigone
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 grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.George Washington
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion exalted and refined; if the latter, gross and sensual.C. C. Colton
To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.Samuel Johnson
To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.William Hazlitt
Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues Let every eye negotiate for itself And trust no agent.William Shakespeare
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.Henry David Thoreau
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.Epicurus
I do not believe the expenditure of $2. 50 for a book entitles the purchaser to the personal friendship of the author.Evelyn Waugh
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.George Washington
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.Thomas Jefferson
True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.C. C. Colton
Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.George Eliot
Women can form a friendship with a man very well but to preserve it - - To that end a slight physical antipathy must probably help.George Jean Nathan
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship; and it is by far the best ending for one.Oscar Wilde
Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself And trust no agent.William Shakespeare, "Much Ado about Nothing", Act 2 scene 1
Friendship is the golden thread that ties the hearts of all hearts of all the world.John Evelyn
True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.Henry David Thoreau
The finest kind of friendship is between people who expect a great deal of each other but never ask it.Sylvia Breme
And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.La Rochefoucauld
The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple.Eugene Kennedy
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility never an opportunity.Kahlil Gibran
He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect.Cicero
Friendship demands attention.Sir Thomas More
The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.Sir Francis Bacon
The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.Mark Twain
Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog.Author Unknown
