Friendship Quotes

“Make us worthy to have a friend.”

“We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn't matter.”

“What do we ask of friendship except to be taken for what we pretend to be — and without having to pretend.”

“And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.”

“But oh! the blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearlessly on any subject; with whom one's deepest as well as one's most foolish thoughts come out simply and safely. Oh, the comfort — the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person — having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.”

“One of the trickier challenges of our time is remembering which subject you must never bring up in the presence of which friend.”

“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.”

“It has been suggested that the Three Hours for Lunch Club is an immoral institution; that it is founded upon an insufficient respect for the devotions of industry; that it runs counter to the form and pressure of the age; that it encourages a greedy and rambling humour in the young of both sexes; that it even punctures, in the capsule of efficiency and determination by which Great Matters are Put Over... But Food is not the chief object of its quest. It is true that Man, bitterly examined, is merely a vehicle for units of nourishing combustion; but on the occasions when the Club feels most truly Itself it rises above such considerations.”

“Those who expect too much of their friendships have few friends.”

“The strongest marriage is between two who seek the same God, the strongest friendship between two who flee the same devil.”

“It's not how many friends you can count, it's how many of those you can count on.”

“Just what is a friend; do you ask of me? I think it is one who will ever be Loyal and loving, what e'er may betide; One who will always stand close by our side With faith and trust and a fond, cheery smile Of understanding for us all the while; One who is ready to give us a hand As we struggle on through the shifting sands Of time: an honest, sincere friend is one Who will share our sorrows, our joys, our fun; And we know in him we can ever trust Till the time our bodies return to dust!”