- “I’m not saying that I think one man is better than the other. I’m not saying that either is kinder or wiser or more ambitious, more thoughtful, confident, or able. But the fact is that when I’m with the one, comfort settles into my bones. I feel calm around him, as if the sun is smiling down on me and the world has suddenly become a sweet, safe place to be. I feel good about life―about myself. And it’s hard not to want to be near someone who, just by their very nature, makes you feel that way.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
- “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” ― Abraham Lincoln
- “I’m your friend, and friends don’t let friends die.” ― C.B. Cook, Twinepathy
- Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.
- “It’s not your job to like me – it’s mine” ― Byron Katie
- “A lot of people pray for power, house, financial breakthrough, wealth etc. But only few ask God for wisdom. There are so many great power pack man and women of God who lack wisdom.” ― Patience Johnson, Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
- My friends are my estate. Emily Dickinson
- “When you lose a friend [in battle] you have an overpowering desire to go back home and yell in everybody’s ear, “This guy was killed fighting for you. Don’t forget him–ever. Keep him in your mind when you wake up in the morning and when you go to bed at night. Don’t think of him as the statistic which changes 38,788 casualties to 38,789. Think of him as a guy who wanted to live every bit as much as you do. Don’t let him be just one of ‘Our Brave Boys’ from the old home town, to whom a marble monument is erected in the city park, and a civic-minded lady calls the newspaper ten years later and wants to know why that ‘unsightly stone’ isn’t removed.” ― Bill Mauldin, Up Front
- “I hope that we will never be late.Too late to love, too late to forgive, too late to hug, too late to sing a song, too late to dance, too late to hold hands, too late to say… Please stay, there’s so much more.Don’t let us ever be too late, to do all that our heart desires.” ― Mimi Novic, The Silence Between the Sighs
- “Stay” is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary. Louisa May Alcott
- “I have the mind of Christ. The best life you could ever live is the one that your creator destined you for. The one He made you for. He has given us everything we need ……… to become like Him. To reach to your potentials. Worship Him in spirit and in truth.” ― Patience Johnson, Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
- “Positive Words Are Blessings – Kailin Gow, Amazon Lee Adventures” ― Kailin Gow
- “We never actually have serious conversations about anything for more than 20 seconds. So there’s a beautiful superficiality to our relationship which sometimes gets covered up by all the genuine affection flowing back and forth.” ― Kamila Shamsie, Kartography
- “Look for the person everyone hates, and love them.” ― Criss Jami, Healology
- “…Who could refrain, That had a heart to love, and in that heart Courage to make love known?” ― William Shakespeare, Macbeth
- “A true friend is a gift from God. Since God doesn’t exist, guess what? Neither do true friends.” ― Scott Dikkers, You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day
- “I wonder about everyone I meet and everyone I’ve ever met and I wonder how they are, what they’re doing, if they’re happy, if they’re with someone. I hope they are. I hope they’re all happy. I hope they’re all with someone.” ― Charlotte Eriksson, Everything Changed When I Forgave Myself: growing up is a wonderful thing to do
- “Your truest friends are the ones who will stand by you in your darkest moments–because they’re willing to brave the shadows with you–and in your greatest moments–because they’re not afraid to let you shine.” ― Nicole Yatsonsky
- “No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books.” ― Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- “Nobody likes being alone that much. I don’t go out of my way to make friends, that’s all. It just leads to disappointment. ” ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
- “Sometimes you want to say, “I love you, but…”Yet the “but” takes away the ‘I love you’. In love their are no ‘buts’ or ‘if’s’ or ‘when’. It’s just there, and always. No beginning, no end. It’s the condition-less state of the heart. Not a feeling that comes and goes at the whim of the emotions. It is there in our heart, a part of our heart…eventually grafting itself into each limb and cell of our bodies. Love changes our brain, the way we move and talk. Love lives in our spirit and graces us with its presence each day, until death.To say “I love you, but….” is to say, “I did not love you at all”.I say this to you now: I love you, with no beginning, no end. I love you as you have become an extra necessary organ in my body. I love you as only a girl could love a boy. Without fear. Without expectations. Wanting nothing in return, except that you allow me to keep you here in my heart, that I may always know your strength, your eyes, and your spirit that gave me freedom and let me fly.” ― Jamie Weise
- Friendships are discovered rather than made. Harriet Beecher Stowe
- “All of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way—if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy.” ― John Knowles
- “Maybe you could be mine / or maybe we’ll be entwined / aimless in this sexless foreplay.” ― Jess C Scott, EyeLeash: A Blog Novel
- “So I heard the boom of my father’s rifle when he shot my best friend. A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that.” ― Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
- “[Spiritual friendship] is eagerly helping one another know, serve, love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper ways.” ― Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
- “I was thinking not very long ago about the difference between the people we “grew up” with vs. the people we’re “growing old” with – not always being one and the same – and how time (and the memories we forge together) really does strengthen pretty much all of our relationships/friendships (whether they had started on the right foot or not). And I guess what I’ve mostly learned (by moving to NZ especially) is that the more Significant people you have in your life, the more ‘manageable’ the idea of loss, losing a loved-one, can become – not because you can replace them (obviously you can’t) or because they’re interchangeable (no one is), but because like a foundation to a house the more pillars you have (people you love) holding it up (loving you) the more solid/resilient you become – and from there, I find you’re better equipped to overcome whatever life throws your way. That said time does pass us by very quickly. I find it much more noticeable through our growing kids than ever before.” ― Kim Dallmeier
- “Without friendship, there is no fellowship.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
- “It’s easy to rebuke each other’s opinions, but can we honor each other’s pain? Can we make the effort to see beyond the portraits we’ve painted of one another, and to connect to the humanity that thrives beneath our own assumptions? Can we be relentless in our desire to tear down walls, and to build bridges? Can we be brave and stay committed to the conversations that need to be had?The only thing I know about these questions is that I need to replace the we with I, and begin to answer them from there.One thing I know for sure: I want to become the example I wish to see in others. That’s a good place to start.Another thing I know for sure: I love you. You’re beautiful. You rock.” ― Scott Stabile
- “Never give up on your friends. Never give up your faith in them. It’s when everything is worse than you could ever imagine it could be, that you’ll need your friends the most.” ― Graeme Rodaughan, The Dragon’s Den