Friendship Quotes
for your cards, scrapbooks or journals

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have,
and one of the best things you can be.

~ Douglas Pagels

True friends are always together in spirit.

~ Lucy Maud Montgomery

But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end.

~ William Shakespeare

The most beautiful discovery
true friends make
is that they can grow separately
without growing apart.

~ Elisabeth Foley

A friend knows the song in my heart
and sings it to me when my memory fails.

~ Donna Roberts

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo,
but what you want is someone who will take the bus
with you when the limo breaks down."

~ Oprah Winfrey

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.

~ Albert Camus

Friendship is something
you consider for a moment,
but cherish for an eternity.

~ Tim Traynor

Love is like the wild-rose briar;
Friendship is like the holly-tree.
The holly is dark when the rose briar blooms,
But which will bloom most constantly?

~ Emily Bront

A true friend

unbosoms freely,

advises justly,

assists readily,

adventures boldly,

takes all patiently,

defends courageously,

and continues a friend

unchangeably.

~ William Penn

The best way to mend a broken heart
is time and girlfriends.

~ Gwyneth Paltrow

Some people come into our lives
and leave footprints on our hearts
and we are never ever the same.

~ Flavia Weedn

A single rose can be my garden...
a single friend, my world.

~ Leo Buscaglia

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

~ Seneca

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

~ Charles Dickens

The ideal of Friendship
is to feel as one while
remaining two.

~ Thoreau

Friendship is a word
the very sight in print
makes the heart warm.

~ Augustine Birrell

We have been friends together
In sunshine and in shade.

~ Caroline Sheridan Norton

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

~ Emerson

Let us be grateful
to people who make us happy,
they are the charming gardeners
who make our souls blossom.

~ Marcel Proust

Friendship

is the inexpressible comfort

of feeling safe with a person,

having neither to weigh thoughts

nore measure words.

~ George Eliot

Two are better than one;

because they have a good reward for their labor.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow:

but woe unto him that is alone when he falleth;

for he hath not another to help him up."

~ Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

A friend loves at all times.

~ Proverbs 17:17

My friend,
Briefly we walk together on life's journey.
Your voice is compassion, understanding.
Aware of their power, you offer words gently, as a gift.
You paint a canvas of cause and effect, impartial and dispassionate.
No triumph in your voice, nor gleam of passion in your eyes; only infinite patience.
I walk tall beside you.

(contributed by Hans Schmidt, Australia)

Thank you for your gifts of love and friendship.

(words contributed by Susan Wain, USA)

Don't be dismayed at 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
(quote contributed by Marci Penner, USA)

A bond so true,
that's shared by few...
I'll call you my friend,
until the very end...

~ Author Unknown
(quote contributed by Shrish Viyas Hargoon, South Africa)

One of the Friendship Quotes Contributed by a Reader

Thoughts of you always make me smile.
You are forever on my mind.

~ Jeanne Burgunder

Friendship ...
There's a wonderful thing that gold cannot buy,
a blessing that's rare and true,
and that's the gift of a wonderful friend,
like the friend I have in you.

~ Author Unknown

Without you here ...
I get a really empty feeling.

~ Author Unknown

Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.

~ Author Unknown

Warm memories
of good times
and happiness
always turn
to thoughts
of a wonderful friend
like you.

~ Author Unknown

Sometimes in life, you find a special friend.
Someone who changes your life just by being a part of it.
Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop.
Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world.
Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door
just waiting for you to open it.
This is forever friendship.

When you're down and the world seems dark and empty,
your forever friend lifts you up in spirit
and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full.
Your forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times and the confused times.

If you turn and walk away, your forever friend follows.
If you lose your way, your forever friend guides you and cheers you on.
Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay.
And if you find such a friend, you feel happy and complete because you need not worry.
You have a forever friend, and forever has no end.

~ Author Unknown

The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with,
never saying a word, and walk away
feeling like that was the best conversation you've had.

~ Author Unknown

I believe in angels,
the kind Heaven sends.
I am surrounded by angels,
but I call them my best friends.

~ Author Unknown

If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you made me smile,
the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand.

~ Author Unknown

Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.

~ Author Unknown

The best friendships
can't be explained.

~ Author Unknown

Friends are kisses blown to us by angels.

~ Author Unknown

You are my soul sister
and partner in crime.

Life is fun
because I have
YOU!

Whenever I count my blessings...
I count you twice!

I'm so grateful
you are in my life.

My life is much richer
because of our friendship.

Thoughts of you
always make me
SMILE.

Your friendship
is a beautiful gift
from God.

I treasure your friendship.

Thank you for being my friend.

Do not protect yourself by a fence
but rather by your friends.

~ Czech Proverb

The road to a friend's house is never too long.

~ Danish Proverb

A friend to everybody and to nobody is the same thing.

~ Spanish Proverb

Shared joy is a double joy;
shared sorrow is half a sorrow.

~ Swedish Proverb

Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.

~ Swedish Proverb

Only your real friends
will tell you
when your face is dirty.

~ Sicilian Proverb

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

~ Nigerian Proverb

No road is long with good company.

~ Turkish Proverb

One who looks for a friend without faults will have none.

~ Hasidic Saying

Who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure.

~ Jewish Proverb