Quotes about Companionship
A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.
— John Maxwell
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.
— Ecclesiastes 4:9
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
— Proverbs 18:24
Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with.
— Robert Brault
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
— Cicero
Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.
— Mortimer Adler
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
— Samuel Johnson
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
— Epicurus
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.
— Charles Dickens
True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.
— Henry David Thoreau
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