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Friendship Quotes

    “My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” ~ Henry Ford

      “The best relationships in our lives are the best not because they have been the happiest ones, they are that way because they have stayed strong through the most tormentful of storms.” ~ Pandora Poikilos

        “When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. 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 curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.” ~ Henri Nouwen

          “Friends broaden our horizons. They serve as new models with whom we can identify. They allow us to be ourselves–and accept us that way. They enhance our self-esteem because they think we’re okay, because we matter to them. And because they matter to us-for various reasons, at various levels of intensity-they enrich the quality of our emotional life.” ~ Judith Viorst

            “The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?” ~ Henry David Thoreau

              “We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over. ” ~ Dr. Samuel Johnson

                “Some come and leave, fulfilling a single purpose; others, for a time or a season to teach us by sharing their experiences; and last, a select few who participate forever with relationships that endure through eternity.” ~ Jaren L. Davis

                  “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

                    “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” ~ Jane Austen

                      “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” ~ C.S. Lewis

                        “A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.” ~ Jim Morrison

                          “Friendship is like standing on wet cement. The longer you stay, the harder it’s to leave, and you can never go without leaving your footprints behind.” ~ Unknown

                            “If you’re alone, I’ll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I’ll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I’ll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I’ll be your smile… But anytime you need a friend, I’ll just be me.” ~ Unknown

                              When we first talked to each other
                              I knew we would always be friends.
                              Our friendship has kept on growing
                              And I’ll be here for you to the end.

                              You listen when I have a problem
                              And help dry the tears from my face.
                              You take away my sorrow
                              And put happiness in its place.

                              We can’t forget the fun we’ve had
                              Laughing ’til our faces turn blue.
                              Talking of things only we find funny
                              People think we’re insane-If they only knew!

                              I guess this is my way of saying thanks
                              For catching me when I fall.
                              Thanks once again for being such a good friend
                              And being here with me through it all.

                              ~ Rachel Ellis

                                “I learned that our deepest need is to overcome our aloneness and our separateness. We seek to escape from separateness in various ways. We seek conformity, mistaking it for union. This is a soul-crushing way to exist. Or we seek union through orgiastic states – drugs, alcoholism, overwork – or through creative activities. But the ultimate escape from separateness is through interpersonal union.” ~ Joseph Jaworski, Synchronicity

                                  “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

                                    “The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

                                      "Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people." ~ Elizabeth Green

                                        “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