Relationships Quotes

"Friends are the family you choose."

- Jess C. Scott

"A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down."

- Arnold H. Glasgow

"A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have."

- Irish proverb

"The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing…not healing, not curing…that is a friend who cares."

- Henri Nouwen

"A friend can tell you things you don’t want to tell yourself."

- Frances Ward Weller

"Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."

- Albert Camus

"Friends…they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams."

- Henry David Thoreau

"In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."

- Albert Schweitzer

"The love that comes from friendship is the underlying facet of a happy life."

- Chelsea Handler

"Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world."

- John Evelyn

"The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it."

- Hubert H. Humphrey

"There are three things that grow more precious with age; old wood to burn, old books to read, and old friends to enjoy."

- Henry Ford

"Friendship is accepting a person with all their qualities—good and bad."

- Mohanlal

"Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"There’s nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing."

- Jennifer Aniston

"A friend knows the song in my heart and signs it to me when my memory fails."

- Donna Roberts

"Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life—and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next."

- Dean Koontz

"Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled."

- Ally Condie

"The only thing old about you is our friendship, which makes us ancient..."

- Nanette L. Avery

"Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."

- Francis Bacon

"You don’t have to have anything in common with people you’ve known since you were five. With old friends, you’ve got your whole life in common."

- Lyle Lovett

"Make new friends, but keep the old; Those are silver, these are gold."

- Joseph Parry

"A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow."

- William Shakespeare

"Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is no time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over."

- Octavia Butler

"A good friend is a connection to life—a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world."

- Lois Wyse

"That’s when I realized what a true friend was. Someone who would always love you—the imperfect you, the confused you, the wrong you—because that is what people are supposed to do."

- R. J. L.

"Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another."

- Eustace Budgell

"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 isn’t about who you’ve known the longest. It’s about who walked into your life, said, ‘I’m here for you,’ and proved it."