Friendship Quotes

Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.

No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.

The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

We have a saying in the Marine Corps and that is 'no better friend, no worse enemy, than a U.S. Marine.' We always hope for the first, friendship, but are certainly more than ready for the second.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

I think friendship is more important than love, but that love that grows out of friendship is the very best of all.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

I have discovered that my interest in my dear pupil, Mabel, has ripened into a far deeper feeling than that of mere friendship. In fact, I know that I have learned to love her very sincerely.

I've learned that friendship does not equate business, business does not equate friendship.

Love, friendship, networking - these are all critical connections and the foundation of a healthy, happy life.

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.

I take friendship very seriously.

You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.

From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.

Great is the victory, but the friendship of all is greater.

To build a friendship takes so much time and so many years. To ruin it, just seconds.