- Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? Abraham Lincoln
- When was the last time you asked your friend how he/she was doing? Maxime Lagacé
- “I didn’t “grow” wise, spiritual, or happy.. I shrunk towards it. I didn’t add; I subtracted… There is wisdom in simplification… There is strength in recognizing that life is too short for nonsense… You find yourself spending time with people who make you laugh… Those who make you feel loved.. Simplify your life.. .that’s where happiness is found.” ― Steve Maraboli
- 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
- “Whatever it is you are really desiring, give it away. If it’s companionship, give it to someone else, and just listen to them and be there. If it’s money, give it to someone who is less fortunate. If it’s encouragement, give it to others. If it’s friendship, become the best friend you can be to others. If it’s time, serve others with your time. You will be amazed to see how much more of everything you have when you are willing to freely give.” ― Osayi Osar-Emokpae
- “No man’s advice can change you unless you speak to yourself. Bible school or seminars can’t change you, going to church can’t change you except you decide to change.Psalm 139:23 – 24” ― Patience Johnson, Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
- “Don’t let anyone fool you. All friendships need to be based on attachment or they have a shaky foundation.” ― Henry Cloud, Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
- “You know what the secret is? It’s so simple. We love one another. We’re nice to one another. Do you know how rare that is? – Carmen” ― Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
- “You’re getting into some kind of shape, cop.”Aw, come on, now.” Butch grinned. “Don’t let that shower we took go to your head.”Rhage fired a towel at the male. “Just pointing out your beer gut’s gone.”It was a Scotch pot. And I don’t miss it.” ― J.R. Ward, Lover Eternal
- “Personality and personal identity are in some ways like co-ordinates on the street map drawn by intersecting relationships. We know who we are and define what we are by references to the people we love and our reasons for loving them. I was that point in space and time where Abdullah’s wild violence intersected with Prabaker’s happy gentleness” ― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram
- “He looked at his friend, perhaps for the last time, and said what he had always known, from the moment they’d met, when he’d understood that the prince was his brother in soul. “I love you.” ― Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire
- “Friendship is the fruit of fellowship.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
- “poor boy! I never knew you, Yet I think I could not refuse this moment to die for you, if that would save you” ― Walt Whitman, Drum Taps
- “You might be looking for reasons but there are no reasons.” ― Nina LaCour, Hold Still
- “In partnership disputes, most of the partners will leave the alliance but not their arrogance” ― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
- “There are some things you can’t share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.” ― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- “People aren’t often asked to make life or death decisions. There are no causes to die for. You can go through life never knowing which of your friends would really come through for you” ― Bella Pollen, Midnight Cactus
- “Really to believe in human nature while striving to know the thousand forces that warp it from its ideal development-to call for and expect much from men and women, and not to be disappointed and embittered if they fall short- to try to do good with people rather than to them- this is my religion on its human side. And if God exists, I think that he must be in the warm sun, in the kindly actions of the people we know and read of, in the beautiful things of art and nature, and in the closeness of friendships.” ― Randolph Bourne
- “What do you most value in your friends?Their continued existence.” ― Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir
- “If you truly want to know a person, talk to their enemies.” ― Jamie Leanne Gaines
- We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them. Charles Caleb Colton
- “As unconditional, conscious friendship blossoms within us, we inform and inspire others to share the beauty of friendship.” ― Tara Bianca, The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
- “I was lucky to meet you, yes.”Me too . . .’ she said, looking me in the eyes. ‘I was lucky too. The men I know are a disaster, not one of them believes in love; so they give you this big spiel about friendship, affection, a whole load of stuff that doesn’t commit them to anything. I’ve got to the point where I can’t stand the word ‘friendship’ any more, it makes me physically sick. Or there’s the other lot, the ones who get married, who get hitched as early as possible and think about nothing but their careers afterwards. You obviously weren’t one of those; but I also immediately sensed that you would never talk to me about friendship, that you would never be that vulgar. From the very beginning I hoped we would sleep together, that something important would happen; but it was possible that nothing would happen, in fact it was more than likely.’ She stopped and sighed in irritation.” ― Michel Houellebecq, Platform
- “If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.” ― E.M. Forster, What I Believe and Other Essays
- “It’s good to see the snakes revealing themselves. They weren’t actually hidden at all. People hide behind the masks, but eventually you see them for who they truly are.” ― Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
- “Do not fear the loss of a friendship.Anyone who is willing to end a relationship because of a reasoned difference of opinion is not worthy of your friendship.” ― Gad Saad, The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
- “Two things you will never have to chase: True friends & true love.” ― Mandy Hale
- “Do someone a favour, you make a friend; favour ’em too much, you make an enemy.” ― Huseyn Raza
- “Love without humility results in the inclination to act as everyone’s parent, humility without love results in the need to be everyone’s child, and love with humility results in the desire to be a friend.” ― Criss Jami, Healology
- It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. Marlene Dietrich