Companions Quotes

The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the vexations, and the amusements of life, his companions behold him as one of themselves - the creature of habits and infirmities.

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions.

My ideal travel companions are my family.

Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.

My professional acting life, stage and screen, has brought me public support, emotional fulfillment and material comfort. It has brought me together with fine people, good companions with whom I've shared the inevitable lot of all actors: flops and hits.

Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.