Friendship Quotes

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless.

Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.

The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you're actually helping to make America stronger.

You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

In my public service, I treasure my friendship with law enforcement officers. I admire what they do and support them in every aspect of their job. I have always looked upon law enforcement officers as my friends.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it.

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.

Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation.

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

Things have gone beyond my wildest expectations and dreams, and I feel like I've been given so many blessings in my life, between my friendship with the guys in the band, our wonderful audience, being able to play this music, and then my family.

The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

For me my friendship with Omar Rodriguez from Mars Volta that friendship really means a lot to me because he's another creative person who works as hard as I do.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Opposition is true friendship.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.