To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed ~ That can make life a garden.

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes.

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.

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.

An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.

Friends are born, not made.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

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.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

There are no such things as strangers, only friends we haven't met yet.

Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away - and leaves behind only silence.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can by trying to get other people interested in you.