Top 88 Friend Quotes

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Friendship is one of the greatest things you can experience. With that in mind, check out the top 88 friend quotes.

#88 – 80. Friend Quotes

88. “Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives.”-Alexander Dumas

87. One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

86. Friendship is one mind in two bodies. – Mencius

85. Keep your friends close, your enemies even closer. – Sun Tzu

84. “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”-Helen Keller

83. “If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.”– Winnie the Pooh

82. “In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”-Khalil Gibran

81. “Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”-Albert Camus

80. “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” -Marcel Proust

#79 – 70. Friend Quotes

79. Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. – Khalil Gibran

78. “A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence; which costs us nothing.”-John Tillotson

77. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”-Walter Winchell

76. “How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give ’em.”– Shel Silverstein

75. “Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.”-Washington Irving

74. “A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.”-Leo Buscaglia

73. “What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”– Confucius

72. “Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.”-Muhammad Ali

71. “There is nothing I wouldn’t do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature.”-Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

70. Little friends may prove great friends. – Aesop

#69 – 60. Friend Quotes

69. “A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.”-William Shakespeare

68. “Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.” -Ally Condie

67. “Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.”– Mark Twain

66. “Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success.”– Oscar Wilde

65. “Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.”-Amy Poehler

64. “Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way.”-Charles Kingsley

63. There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. – Thomas Aquinas

62. Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. – Aesop 

61. “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”– C.S. Lewis

60. “A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.”-Arthur Brisbane

#59 – 50. Friend Quotes

59. Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. – Helen Keller

58. “I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.”– Plutarch

57. “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

56. “The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?”-Eugene Kennedy

55. “An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”-Buddha

54. Friendship increases by visiting friends but visiting seldom. – Ben Franklin

53. “If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart… I’ll always be with you.”– Winnie the Pooh

52. “A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.”-Donna Roberts

51. Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness. – Euripedes

50. “If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”– Zig Ziglar

#49 – 40. Friend Quotes

49. “A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.”-Bernard Meltzer

48. “The best time to make friends is before you need them.”-Ethel Barrymore

47. “A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”-Arnold H. Glasgow

46. “In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.” -John Churton Collins

45. “Some people go to priests, others to poetry, I to my friends.” -Virginia Woolf

44. A true friend is the best Possession. – Ben Franklin

43. “For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”— Audrey Hepburn

42. “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”-Elisabeth Foley

41. Who is mighty? He who makes an enemy into a friend. – Hebrew (on friends and foes)

40. “Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.”-Friedrich Nietzsche

#39 – 30. Friend Quotes

39. “Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.”-Oscar Wilde

38. Keep your friendships in repair. – Samuel Butler

37. “No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”-Alice Walker

36. “A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” -Donna Roberts

35. “There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.”-Jim Henson

34. “Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.”– Oscar Wilde

33. A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself. – Jim Morrison

32. “True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.”-David Tyson

31. “You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.” -Laurence J. Peter

30. “In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”– Albert Schweitzer

#29 – 20. Friend Quote

29. “A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad.”-Arnold H. Glasgow

28. No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend. – Ben Franklin

27. The road to a friend’s house is never long. – Danish Proverb

26. “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.”-Woodrow T. Wilson

25. You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks. – Eskimo (on friends and foes)

24. “One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.”-Clifton Fadiman

23. “Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm & constant.”’– Socrates

22. “I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”– Ernest Hemingway

21. “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.”-Dale Carnegie

20. “Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.”– William Arthur Ward

#19 – 10. Friend Quote

19. “Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over.”-Octavia Butler

18. “There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one’s self, the very meaning of one’s soul.” -Edith Wharton

17. “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”-C.S. Lewis

16. “Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.”-Ed Cunningham

15. “One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.”– George Santayana

14. “Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.”-Henry David Thoreau

13. “Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.”-Thomas J. Watson

12. The best mirror is an old friend. – George Herbert

11. “A good friend is a connection to life — a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.” -Lois Wyse

10. “Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

#9 – 1. Friend Quote

9. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”-Elbert Hubbard

8. Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: What! You too? I thought that no one but myself. – CS Lewis

7. “A friend can tell you things you don’t want to tell yourself.” -Frances Ward Weller

6. “Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.”-Charles Lamb

5. “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”– Friedrich Nietzsche

4. “Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don’t over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness. “– Leo F. Buscaglia

3. “Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”-Aristotle

2. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”-Martin Luther King Jr.

1.“The language of friendship is not words but meanings.”-Henry David Thoreau

Ideas for the top 88 friend quotes were taken from the following sources. ^[1]Keepinspiring.me – 119 Quotes on Friendship To Warm Your Best Friend’s Heart…^[2]The Positivity Blog – 74 Inspiring Friendship Quotes^[3]Wise Old Sayings – Friendship Sayings and Quotes