Friendship quotations (7)

Those that want friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts.

Francis Bacon, Sr.

The great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of uncommon kindness it is endangered.

Samuel Johnson

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

Buddha

Love is friendship with erotic moments.

Antonio Gala

Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives - they go only as far as the grave and leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.

The Talmud

There is no need like the lack of a friend.

Irish Sayings

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all!

Washington Irving

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Abraham Lincoln

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

Miguel de Unamuno

I play with friends, but we don't play friendly games.

Ben Hogan

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

Robert Louis Stevenson

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Aristotle

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.

Richard Bach

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read.

Jackie Collins

My dear friend Jimmie Dodd was the heart and the soul of The Mickey Mouse Club.

Annette Funicello

I used drugs as a social activity; a way to have fun with friends.

Lorna Luft

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?

Thomas Jefferson

Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have.

Ernie Banks

Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.

Gillian Anderson

A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't.

Bern Williams

Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.

Mortimer Adler

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Friendship quotations

Those that want friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts.

The great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of uncommon kindness it is endangered.

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

Love is friendship with erotic moments.

Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives - they go only as far as the grave and leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.

There is no need like the lack of a friend.

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all!

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

I play with friends, but we don't play friendly games.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.

I have found that a friend may profess, yet deceive.

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read.

My dear friend Jimmie Dodd was the heart and the soul of The Mickey Mouse Club.

I used drugs as a social activity; a way to have fun with friends.

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?

Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have.

Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.

A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't.

Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.

We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.