In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

If you want to have a good friend, you first must be a good friend.

I find it much easier to counsel than to be counseled, to reach out to a friend in my small group who is feeling insercure than to reveal my own inseurity. The truth is we don't much like being dependent. We don't enjoy admitting how depeately we long for someone's kindness and involvement. It's so humbling.

What is the sign of a friend? Is it that he tells you his secret sorrows? No, it is that he tells you his secret joys. Many people will confide their secret sorrows to you, but the final mark of intimacy is when they share their secret joys with you.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.

the ideas and experiences we exchange with others grow into us like vines and reveal themselves in our mannerisms and language and outlook on life. If you want to make a sad person happy, start by planting them in a community of optimists.

Americans also don't need to be taught how to give. We don't need to be taught how to take care of each other or how to be charitable.

The people that are my friends and are easy to get along with, they make me feel like I'm a boss at loving people.

The best parent, the best sibling, the best friend and even God are more interested in being with you, than above you,

How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.

Live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. 1 PETER 3:8

Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.