Friends
"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art...it has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival."
-C.S. Lewis
"A friend is: a push when you're stopped; a word when you're lonely; a smile when you're sad."
- Anonymous
"Only a life lived for others is worth living."
- Albert Einstein
"Friends are the pillars on your porch. Sometime they hold you up, sometimes they lean on you, and sometimes it's just enough to know that they are standing by."
- Unknown
"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 he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I don't need a certain number of friends, only a number of friends I can be certain of."
- Unknown
"My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life."
-Lee Iacocca
Don't walk in front of me,
I may not follow
Don't walk behind me,
I may not lead
Just walk beside me
and be my friend.
- Unknown
"It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them."
-La Rochefoucauld
"Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again after moments or lifetimes is certain for those who are friends."
- Richard Bach
"People are like autumn leaves--found almost anywhere. True friends are like diamonds--beautiful, precious, and rare."
- Unknown
"Friendship is never an accident. It is always the result of high intentions, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution. It represents the wise choice of many alternatives."
- Unknown
"A friend is someone who knows you as you are, understands where you've been, and still invites you to grow"
- Unknown
"Faithful friends are a strong defense: and he that hath found such friends hath found a treasure."
- The Bible
"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The only rose without a thorn is friendship."
- Unknown
"A friend listens to our words but hears our heart."
- Unknown
"There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential."
-Rusty Berkus
"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own."
- Benjamin Disraeli
"Friendship is one mind in two bodies."
- Mencius
"Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends."
- William Butler Yeats
"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."
- Bernard Meltzer
"If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country."
- E. M. Forster
"My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me."
- Henry Ford
"Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice."
- Anonymous
