Quotes related to Proverbs 17:17
We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.
— Henri Nouwen
A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care. A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart.
— Henri Nouwen
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy, you must have somebody to divide it with.
— Mark Twain
The faults of a man loved or honoured sometimes steal secretly and imperceptibly upon the wise and virtuous, but by injudicious fondness or thoughtless vanity are adopted with design.
— Samuel Johnson
I assure you that it is our desire and intention to keep the doors of consultation always and fully open. There must never be a final word between friends.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
We have some of the most rock-solid, lovely friends in the world.
— Melissa McCarthy
When I was a kid, we used to play 'Madden' and 'NCAA Football' all the time. I have two brothers, so we grew up on these games.
— Matt Cassel
The reality is people are impressed with all kinds of things: intelligence, power, money, charm, talent, and so on. But the ones we tend to stay in love with are, in the long run, the ones who do a decent job loving us back.
— Donald Miller
But it's better when you have somebody to go home to and talk about it with, somebody who is more in love with you than impressed by you.
— Donald Miller
Sometimes the real bonding happens in conversations about nothing, Don," she said. "Sometimes being willing to talk about nothing shows how much we want to be with each other. And that's a powerful thing.
— Donald Miller
The last thing I learned about relationships by swimming in the pond was there are more lifeguards than sharks. What I mean is, for the most part, other people aren't out to get us.
— Donald Miller