Friend Quotes

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, And he who plants kindness gathers love.

It is one of the blessings of old friends That you can afford to be stupid with them

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.

Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, And work with whatever tools you may have at your command, And better tools will be found as you go along.

Today I choose life Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being Able to continue to make mistakes and choices today I choose to feel life, Not to deny my humanity but embrace it.

There are times in every friendship when you or your friend are too busy to call or are more focused on other relationships. It will hurt, but it's rarely personal. Making it personal usually makes things worse, and being too clingy or demanding can drive a friend even further away. Like people, friendships can get 'overworked' and need to rest.

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self

love.

Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.

Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship and it goes so much deeper than friendship.

Love is like a beautiful flower Which I may not touch, but whose fragrance Makes the garden a place of delight just the same

True friendship can afford true knowledge It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship Is to understand and to be understood.

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.