Relationships Quotes

"If you have one true friend you have more than your share."

- Thomas Fuller

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

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"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."

- Paramahansa Yogananda

"Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a 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

"’Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his."

- Benjamin Franklin

"Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same."

- Arthur Conan Doyle

"Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life."

- Bob Marley

"Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts — good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt."

- Oprah Winfrey

"And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy."

- Quran

"And marry those among you who are single and those who are fit among your male slaves and your female slaves…"

- Quran 24:32

"And We have created you in pairs."

- Quran 78:8

"The best of you are those who are best to their wives, and I am the best of you to my wives."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"Women are the twin halves of men."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"A believing man should not hate a believing woman; if he dislikes one of her characteristics, he will be pleased with another."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"The most perfect believer in faith is the one who is best in moral character and kindest to his wife."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"None of you [truly] believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"And do not forget graciousness between you."

- Quran

"Give gifts and you will love one another."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"Go you must. No guest shall stay in one place for ever. Love will be lost if you sit too long at a friend’s fire."

- The Havamal

"You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing."

- E.B. White

"Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends."

- Richard Bach

"We laughed until we had to cry, we loved right down to our last goodbye, we were the best."

- St. Elmo’s Fire

"You and I will meet again, When we’re least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won’t say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again."

- Tom Petty

"Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes."

- Henry David Thoreau

"Life is made of so many partings welded together."

- Charles Dickens

"Perhaps the only thing sadder than saying goodbye to a friend is knowing that they will never be the same as who you remember them to be."

- Jomny Sun

"Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, though somewhere in the middle we became the best of friends."

"Goodbyes are not forever, goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I’ll miss you until we meet again."

"I’ve learned that goodbyes will always hurt, pictures will never replace having been there, memories good and bad will bring tears, and words can never replace feelings."

"Good friends never say goodbye. They simply say ‘See you soon.’"