Friendship is a priceless treasure that enriches our lives with love,laughter,and support.In this article,we'll explore the profound wisdom and warmth found in friendship quotes.These words of inspiration and reflection remind us of the enduring power of genuine connections.From classic sayings to modern insights,we'll delve into a collection of friendship quotes that celebrate the beauty of companionship.Whether you're seeking heartfelt sentiments or words to share with your friends,this compilation of friendship quotes will touch your heart and inspire your relationships.
Friendship quotes: 
1. “Friends are relatives you make for yourself.”—Eustache Deschamps
2. “If you live to be a hundred,I hope I live to be a hundred minus one day,so I never have to live without you.”—Winnie the Pooh 
3. “Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.”—Bill Watterson,Calvin and Hobbes 
4. “Real friendship is when your friend comes over to your house and then you both just take a nap.”—Anonymous 
5. “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 
6. “Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with.Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.”–Thomas J.Watson 
7. “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love.Love risks degenerating into obsession,friendship is never anything but sharing.”―Elie Wiesel 
Meaningful friendship quotes: 
8. “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 
9. “A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”–Arnold H.Glasgow 
10. “Some people go to priests.Others to poetry.I to my friends.”—Virginia Woolf
11. "Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you."—Misty Copeland 
12.“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”—Walter Winchell 
13. “A friend can tell you things you don’t want to tell yourself.”–Frances Ward Weller 
14. "True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable."—David Tyson 
15. “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 
16. “There are three things that grow more precious with age;old wood to burn, old books to read and old friends to enjoy.”—Henry Ford 
True friendship quotes: 
17. “The love that comes from friendship is the underlying facet of a happy life.”–Chelsea Handler 
18. "As much as a BFF can make you go WTF,there's no denying we'd be a little less rich without them."—Gossip Girl 
19. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson 
20. “A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.”–Elbert Hubbard
21. “A single rose can be my garden…a single friend,my world.”–Leo Buscaglia 
22. “One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.”–Euripides 
23. "Best friends don’t necessarily have to talk every day.They don’t even need to talk for weeks.But when they do,it’s like they never stopped talking."–Unknown 
24. “You know what sucks about getting older?Your friends have known you for way too long.They’ve got too much on you.I want friends who still lie to me because they don’t want to hurt my feelings.I sadly kind of mean that.”–Nick Miller,New Girl 
Positive friendship quotes: 
25. “We made a deal ages ago.Men,babies,it doesn’t matter…We’re soulmates.”–Samantha Jones,Sex and the City 
26. “That’s how it goes,kids.The friends,neighbors,drinking buddies,and partners in crime you love so much when you’re young,as the years go by, you just lose touch.You will be shocked when you discover how easy it is in life to part ways with people forever.That’s why,when you find someone you want to keep around,you do something about it.”–Ted Mosby,How I Met Your Mother 
27. “Friends joke with one another.‘Hey,you’re poor.Hey, your momma’s dead.’That’s what friends do.”–Michael Scott,The Office 
28. “We’re sisters;you’re my family.What is you,is me.There’s nothing that you could ever say to make me let go.”–Blair Waldorf,Gossip Girl 
29. "Lose one friend,lose all friends,lose yourself."Why?"Because nothing else seemed important."―Boy Meets World 
30. "I found out what the secret to life is-friends.Best friends."—Fried Green Tomatoes
31. “There are friends,there is family,and then there are friends that become family.”—Unknown 
32. "Remember George,no man is a failure who has friends."—It's a Wonderful Life 
Humble friendship quotes: 
33. "The human spirit is more powerful than any drug and that is what needs to be nourished with work,play,friendship,family.These are the things that matter."—Awakenings 
34. “I still have friends from primary school.And my two best girlfriends are from secondary school.I don’t have to explain anything to them.I don’t have to apologize for anything.They know.There’s no judgment in any way.”—Emma Watson 
35. "Life is an awful,ugly place to not have a best friend."―Sarah Dessen 
36. "A strong friendship doesn’t need daily conversation and doesn’t always need togetherness.As long as the relationship lives in the heart,true friends will never part."–Unknown
37. "It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies,but a great deal more to stand up to your friends."—Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 
38.  “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 
39. “One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.”–George Santayana 
40. “I like to listen.I have learned a great deal from listening carefully.Most people never listen.”–Ernest Hemingway
Friendship quotes to brighten your day: 
41.  “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 
42. “There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.”–Jim Henson 
43. "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 
44. “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 
45. “The greatest gift in life is the gift of friendship,and I have received it;the greatest healing therapy is friendship.”—Hubert Humphrey 
46. “Never leave a friend behind.Friends are all we have to get us through this life—and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next.”—Dean Koontz 
47. “Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.”—Richard Bach 
48. “And what is a friend?More than a father,more than a brother:a traveling companion,with him,you can conquer the impossible,even if you must lose it later.Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love.Love risks degenerating into obsession,friendship is never anything but sharing.”―Elie Wiesel,The Gates of the Forest 
Friendship quotes about life: 
49. “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,Women Make the Best Friends:A Celebration 
50. “Friendship’s the wine of life.”—Edward Young,Night Thoughts
51. “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 
52. “A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden.”—Anonymous 
53. “True friends are those rare people who come to find you in dark places and lead you back to the light.”—Anonymous 
54. “Friendship isn’t about who you’ve known the longest.It’s about who walked into your life, said,“I’m here for you”,and proved it.”—Anonymous 
55. “One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.”–Lucius Annaeus Seneca 
56. “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 
Friendship quotes about happiness: 
57. “That’s when I realized what a true friend was.Someone who would always love you-the imperfect you,the confused you, the wrong you—because that is what people are supposed to do.”—R.J.L. 
58. “The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion,who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing…not healing,not curing…that is a friend who cares.”–Henri Nouwen 
59. “Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures,and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.”–Thomas Aquinas 
60. “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.”–Anna Deavere Smith
61. “Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.”–Eustace Budgell 
62. “When the world is so complicated,the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.”–Maria Shriver 
63. “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. “You find out who your real friends are when you’re involved in a scandal.”–Elizabeth Taylor 
Thoughtful friendship quotes: 
65. “Every friendship goes through ups and downs.Dysfunctional patterns set in;external situations cause internal friction; you grow apart and then bounce back together.”–Mariella Frostrup 
66. “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 
67. “Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody.You can’t have too many friends because then you’re just not really friends.”–Truman Capote 
68. “Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends,never lose a chance to make them.”–Francesco Guicciardini 
69. “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 
70.  “The great thing about new friends is that they bring new energy to your soul.”–Shanna Rodriguez
71.“Throughout life you will meet one person who is like no other.You could talk to this person for hours and never get bored,you could tell this person things and they will never judge you.This person is your soulmate,your best friend.Don’t ever let them go.”–Unknown 
72. “A friend is an emotional bond,just like friendship is a human experience.”–Simon Sinek 
Friendship quotes to make your friends feel special: 
73. “A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!”–Doug Larson 
74. “True friendship can afford true knowledge.It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.”–Henry David Thoreau 
75. “Each friend represents a world in us,a world possibly not born until they arrive,and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”–Anais Nin 
76. “Real friendship, like real poetry,is extremely rare—and precious as a pearl.”–Tahar Ben Jelloun 
77. “There is nothing better than a friend,unless it is a friend with chocolate.”―Linda Grayson 
78. "I think if I've learned anything about friendship,it's to hang in,stay connected,fight for them,and let them fight for you.Don't walk away,don't be distracted,don't be too busy or tired,don't take them for granted.Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together.Powerful stuff."—Jon Katz 
79. "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 
80.“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility,never an opportunity.”–Khalil Gibran
I love my friend quotes: 
81. "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 
82. "There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends.That magnet is unselfishness,thinking of others first;when you learn to live for others,they will live for you."—Paramahansa Yogananda 
83. "The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away."—Barbara Kingsolver 
84. "I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar,but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar."—Robert Brault 
85. "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 
86. "Every friendship travels at sometime through the black valley of despair.This tests every aspect of your affection.You lose the attraction and the magic.Your sense of each other darkens and your presence is sore.If you can come through this time,it can purify with your love,and falsity and need will fall away.It will bring you onto new ground where affection can grow again."—John O'Donohue 
87. "The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it."—Ralph Waldo Emerson 
88. "Friendship is like money,easier made than kept."–Samuel Butler 
Best friendship quotes: 
89. "Friendship—my definition—is built on two things.Respect and trust.Both elements have to be there.And it has to be mutual.You can have respect for someone,but if you don’t have trust,the friendship will crumble."―Stieg Larsson 
90. "In my friend,I find a second self."–Isabel Norton
91. “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 
92. “It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m.that matter.”–Marlene Dietrich 
93. “A good friend is like a four-leaf clover;hard to find and lucky to have.”–Irish Proverb 
94. “True friends are like diamonds—bright,beautiful,valuable,and always in style.”–Nicole Richie 
95. “Best friend:the one that you can be mad at only for a short period of time because you have important stuff to tell them.”–Unknown 
96. “We’ll be the old ladies causing trouble in the nursing home.”–Unknown 
Long distance friendship quotes: 
97. “Never let your best friends get lonelykeep disturbing them.”–Candlelight Publications 
98. "Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer."—Ed Cunningham 
99. "A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."—Bernard Meltzer 
100. "Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together."—Woodrow Wilson
101."Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy;they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."—Marcel Proust 
102. “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”—Thomas Aquinas 
103.“To the world you may be just one person,but to one person you may be the world.”—Dr.Suess 
104.“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave,and impossible to forget.”-G.Randolf 
Happy moment with friends quotes: 
105.“Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.”—John Evelyn 
106.“The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson 
107.“A friend is one of the best things you can be and the greatest things you can have.”—Sarah Valdez 
108.“A good friend is like a four-leaf clover;hard to find and lucky to have.”—Irish Proverb 
109.“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 
110.“Friends are the family you choose.”—Jess C.Scott
111.“When the world is so complicated,the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.”—Maria Shriver 
112.“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.”—Ed Cunningham 
Beautiful friendship quotes: 
113.“The greatest gift of life is friendship,and I have received it.”—Hubert H.Humphrey 
114.“There are three things that grow more precious with age;old wood to burn,old books to read,and old friends to enjoy.”—Henry Ford 
115.“True friends are never apart,maybe in distance but never in heart.”—Helen Keller 
116.“Friendship is accepting a person with all their qualities—good and bad.”—Mohanlal 
117.“It’s not that diamonds are a girl’s best friend,but it’s your best friends who are your diamonds.”—Gina Barreca 
118.“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 
119.“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.”—Eleanor Roosevelt 
120.“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”—Walter Winchell
Good friendship quotes: 
121.“There’s nothing like a really loyal,dependable,good friend.Nothing.”—Jennifer Aniston 
122.“A friend knows the song in my heart and signs it to me when my memory fails.”—Donna Roberts 
123.“We’re sisters;you’re my family.What is you,is me.There’s nothing that you could ever say to make me let go.”—Blair Waldorf,Gossip Girl 
124.“Friendship isn’t about who you’ve known the longest.It’s about who walked into your life, said,‘I’m here for you,’and proved it.”—Unknown 
125.“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 
126.“Never leave a friend behind.Friends are all we have to get us through this life—and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next.”—Dean Koontz 
127.“Don’t make friends who you are comfortable with.Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.”—Thomas J.Watson 
128.“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 
Sweet friendship quotes: 
129.“Friends…they cherish one another’s hopes.They are kind to one another’s dreams.”—Henry David Thoreau 
130.“A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself.”—Heidi Wills
131.“I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy.Let’s face it,friends make life a lot more fun.”—Charles R.Swindoll 
132.“Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.”—Misty Copeland 
133.“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.”—Oprah Winfrey 
134.“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”—Arnold H.Glasgow 
135.“Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.”—Eustace Budgell 
136.“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”—Maya Angelou 
Friendship quotes to share: 
137.“Share your smile with the world.It’s a symbol of friendship and peace.”—Christie Brinkley 
138.“There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends.That magnet is unselfishness,thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.”—Paramahansa Yogananda 
139.“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 
140.“Be genuinely interested in everyone you meet and everyone you meet will be genuinely interested in you.”—Rasheed Ogunlaru
141.“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy;they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”–Marcel Proust 
142. “When a woman becomes her own best friend,life is easier.”—Diane von Furstenburg 
143. “A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.”–Bernard Meltzer 
144. “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 
Friendship quotes about celebration: 
145. “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 
146.“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.”–Henry Ford 
147. “The greatest gift of life is friendship;and I have received it.”–Hubert H.Humphrey 
148. “While the number of friends may feed your ego,it will never satisfy your heart.”―Frank Sonnenberg 
149. “One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.”–Lucius Annaeus Seneca 
150.“Friends show their love in times of trouble,not in happiness.”–Euripides
151.“Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy,much the greatest is the possession of friendship.”–Epicurus 
152. “True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.”–St.Jerome 
Friend quotes to inspire and motivate you: 
153. “A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.”–Elbert Hubbard 
154. “Friendship is the fruit of fellowship.”―Lailah Gifty Akita 
155. “A good friend is like a four-leaf clover;hard to find and lucky to have.”–Irish Proverb 
156. “The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.”–Henry David Thoreau 
157. “Friendship improves happiness and abates misery,by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.”–Marcus Tullius Cicero 
158. “A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.”–Elbert Hubbard 
159. “Friendship is the fruit of fellowship.”―Lailah Gifty Akita 
160. “A good friend is like a four-leaf clover;hard to find and lucky to have.”–Irish Proverb
Cute friendship quotes: 
161. “The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.”–Henry David Thoreau 
162. “Friendship improves happiness and abates misery,by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.”–Marcus Tullius Cicero 
163. “Friendship is one mind in two bodies.”–Mencius 
164. “All love that has not friendship for its base,is like a mansion built upon the sand.”–Ella Wheeler Wilcox 
165. “Every friendship goes through ups and downs.Dysfunctional patterns set in;external situations cause internal friction;you grow apart and then bounce back together.”–Mariella Frostrup 
166. “There are no rules for friendship.It must be left to itself.We cannot force it any more than love.”–William Hazlitt 
167. “Friendship is always a sweet responsibility,never an opportunity.”–Khalil Gibran 
168. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”–Walter Winchell 
Unique friendship quotes: 
169. “Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.”—Miles Franklin 
170. “Dear George:Remember no man is a failure who has friends.”—It’s a Wonderful Life
171. “I get by with a little help from my friends.”—The Beatles 
172. “Ultimately the bond of all companionship,whether in marriage or in friendship,is conversation.”–Oscar Wilde 
173. “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 
174. “We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young.”–Letty Cottin Pogrebin 
175. “Friends are medicine for a wounded heart and vitamins for a hopeful soul.”–Steve Maraboli 
176. “If there is such a thing as a good marriage,it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.”―Michel de Montaigne 
Unconditional friendship quotes: 
177. “Friendship however is a plant which cannot be forced—true friendship is no gourd spring up in a night and withering in a day.”―Charlotte BrontĂ« 
178. “Friendship is selfless love,care,respect,and honor not a profitable opportunity.”―Santosh Kalwar 
179. “One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others,by means of love,friendship,and compassion.”―Simone de Beauvoir 
180. “Friends are honest with each other.Even if the truth hurts.”―Sarah Dessen
181.“Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention.Friendship is always an act of recognition.”―John O’Donohue 
182. “Without friends,no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.”―Aristotle 
183. “Friendships take minutes to make,moments to break,years to repair.”―Pierce Brown 
184. “.. a friend is someone who inspires,who challenges,who sends you in search of some truer sense of yourself.”―Steve Lopez 
Blessing friendship quotes: 
185. “A true friend is the greatest of all blessings,and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.”—Francois de La Rochefoucauld 
186.“To want friendship is a great fault.Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy,like the joys afforded by art or life.”—Simone Weil 
187. “Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects,and not crushed into corners.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson 
188. “A generous friendship no cold medium knows,Burns with one love,with one resentment glows.”—Alexander Pope 
189. “A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.”—Orison S.Marden 
190.  “Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.”—Arthur Schopenhauer
191. “Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as it is nourished   with kindness,sympathy,and understanding.”—Mary Lou Retton 
192. “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark,than alone in the light.”—Helen Keller 
Friendship quotes for forever bond: 
193. “One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about.”–Mindy Kaling 
194. “Things are never quite as scary when you have a best friend.”–Bill Watterson 
195. “Life is an awful,ugly place to not have a best friend.”–Sarah Desse 
196. “The only good thing about times of adversity is that you realize who your real friends and fans are–and the rest go away–which in my mind is an OK thing.”–Pete Wentz 
197. “A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.”—Doug Larson 
198. “My friends are everything without me but I am nothing without my friends.”―Santosh Kalwar 
199. “Things are never quite as scary when you have a best friend.”–Bill Watterson 
200. “Life is an awful,ugly place to not have a best friend.”–Sarah Desse
In conclusion,friendship quotes serve as timeless reminders of the bonds that tie us together and the profound impact of companionship on our lives.As we've explored these words of wisdom,we've discovered the enduring beauty of friendship.Whether you're looking for the perfect sentiment to share with a friend or seeking inspiration to nurture your relationships,the richness of friendship quotes continues to inspire and uplift.Let these quotes be a source of guidance and celebration as you cherish the incredible gift of friendship in your life. 
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