Inspirational Quotes on Friendship

“It is much safer to reconcile an enemy than to conquer him; victory may deprive him of his poison, but reconciliation of his will.”

“No man can expect to find a friend without faults, nor can he propose himself to be so to another. Every man will have something to do for his friend, and something to bear with in him. Only the sober man can do the first; and for the latter, patience is requisite. It is better for a man to depend on himself than to be annoyed with either a madman or a fool.”

“When two friends part they should lock up one another's secrets, and interchange their keys.”

“God has made no one absolute. The rich depend on the poor, as well as the poor on the rich. The world is but a magnificent building; all the stones are gradually cemented together. No one subsists by himself alone.”

“He's what we really need. If your friend is sick and dying, the most important thing he wants is not an explanation but for you to sit with him. He's terrified of being alone more then anything else. So God has not left us alone.”

“Four of the Ten Commandments deal with our relationship to God while the other six deal with our relationships with people. But all ten are about relationships.”

“To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith.”

“Whenever you face obstacles, crises and dilemmas and your confidence is in your associates more than in God--it is a sign your faith is deteriorating.”

“Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.”

“Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.”

“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”

“Let those be thy choicest companions who have made Christ their chief companion.”

“Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is.”

“God send me a friend that will tell me of my faults.”

“It the best to be with those in time, that we hope to be with in eternity.”

“Make not thy friends too cheap to thee, nor thyself to thy friend.”

“If thou would'st be borne with, then bear with others.”

“Let friendship creep gently to a height; if it rushes to it, it may soon run itself out of breath.”

“Make not a bosom friend of a melancholy soul: he'll be sure to aggravate thy adversity, and lessen thy prosperity. He goes always heavy loaded; and thou must bear half. He's never in a good humor; and may easily get into a bad one, and fall out with thee.”

“A good friend is my nearest relation.”