Quotes about Friendship

We should always choose our books as God chooses our friends, just a bit beyond us, so that we have to do our level best to keep up with them.

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine

I am proud of the fact there is not a human being that I have got it in for. I never met a man I didn't like.

Friendless I can never be, for all mankind are my kindred, and I am on ill terms with no one member of my great family.

If you are foe, we do not fear you. If you are friend, your foes will be taught the fear of us.

We must remember that keys like intimacy, devotion, faithfulness and friendship with God are how you embrace the One who calls you and ultimately discover your calling.

I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other's company.

Last, this great "mountain of friendship" will also become for you a place of refuge.

It was amusement enough to be with a group of fearless and talkative girls, who said new things in a new language, who were ignorant of tradition and unimpressed by distinctions of rank; but it was soon clear that their young hostesses must be treated with the same respect, if not with the same ceremony as English girls of good family.

Knowing and being known—by design we enjoy human connections, and those connections are forged over time through normal interactions and questions that gradually ask for more. Such connections are the foundations for mutual help, and they are helpful in themselves since they are expressions of love.

Side by side is most suitable for helping.

Whatever our monument might be, we want it to be public, even if the public is one friend.