Quotes about Friendship
The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money
— Mark Twain
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship
— Henry Ward Beecher
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment
— Seneca
Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anybody else in the world
— Eleanor Roosevelt
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine
— Thomas Jefferson
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor 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
We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
— Aristotle
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
— George Washington
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
— Leo Buscaglia
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
— Elbert Hubbard
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new
— Ralph Waldo Emerson