Quotes about Connection
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.
— George Washington
The rule for us all is perfectly simple. Do not waste time bothering whether you love your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him
— CS Lewis
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
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
— Aristotle
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 advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.
— Henri Nouwen
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
— Leo Buscaglia
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
— Seneca
A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
— Francis de Sales
In order to have friends, you must first be one.
— Elbert Hubbard
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
— Cicero
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
— Dale Carnegie
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
— Aristotle