FRIENDSHIP
No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. -Anonymous
A friend is a present you give yourself. -Anonymous
They who have loved together have been drawn close; they who have struggled together are forever linked; but they who have suffered together have known the most sacred bond of all.
-Anonymous
Insomuch as any one pushes you nearer to God, he or she is your friend. -Anonymous
The strength and sweetness of friendship depend on sincerity tempered by sympathy.
-Anonymous
Friendship is the great opportunity to demonstrate our capacity for lofty and ennobling relationships without the motive of selfishness. -Appleby
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. -Aristotle
Life is sweeter, stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he is still there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love. -Benson
Friendship cannot be permanent unless it becomes spiritual. There must be fellowship in the deepest things of the soul, community in the highest thoughts, sympathy with the best endeavors. -Black
Friends should be chosen by a higher principle of selection than any worldly one. They should be chosen for character, for goodness, for truth and trustworthiness, because they have sympathy with us in our best thoughts and holiest aspirations, because they have community of mind in the things of the soul. -Black
Friendship is the positive and unalterable choice of a person whom we have singled out for qualities that we most admire. -Bonnard
Friendship is in loving rather than in being loved. -Bridges
It brings comfort to have companions in whatever happens. -Chrysostom
The whole fruit of friendship is in the love itself, for it is not the advantage, procured through a friend, but his love itself that gives delight. -Cicero
Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends. -Delille
The only way to have a friend is to be one. -Emerson
My friends have come unsought. The great God gave them to me. -Emerson
It is possible for two people who have wide differences of preference and opinion, of habits, of teaching, of training, of background and belief to enjoy the company of each other in many ways. Indeed, a diversity of friendships is one of life's real enrichments. To learn of the goodness of those who are unlike-their worth, their sincerity, their good hearts, their good minds, their good company-is rich and rewarding. It is wonderful to have a wide range of choice friends who can be counted on, friends who can be enjoyed and loved and trusted. Such is the meaning of friendship. -Evans
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for. -Home
Blessed are they, who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another. -Hughes
We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop that makes it run over, so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one that makes the heart run over. -Johnson
Those are our best friends in whose presence we are able to be our best selves. -Kohler
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer. -Fontaine
Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you and you will be surprised what a happy life you will live. -Schwab
Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. -Seneca
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in continue firm and constant. -Socrates
It is a noble and great thing to cover the blemishes and excuse the failings of a friend; to draw a curtain before his weaknesses and to display his perfections; to bury his shortcomings in silence but to proclaim his virtues on the housetop. -South
A friend will be sure to act the part of an advocate before he will assume that of a judge.
-South
A true friend is the gift of God, and he only who made hearts can unite them. -South
By friendship you mean the greatest love, the greatest usefulness, the most open communication, the noblest sufferings, the severest truth, the heartiest counsel, and the greatest union of minds of which brave men and women are capable. -Taylor
Some friendships are made by nature, some by contract, some by interest, and some by souls. -Taylor
Constantly look for a new friend, a truly first-class person, one who has the courage to criticize, to demand your best self, a person who has different interests and different beliefs from yours, a friend for whom you can render a constructive service. Devote energy toward making such friends. Retain them, never let them go, and continue making new friends until you die. -Terhune
In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then recognition of interdependence. -Van Dyke