1. A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.-~Elbert Hubbard
3. Don't stop giving love, even if you don't receive it. Smile and have patience. ~Unknown
4. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.-~Albert Camus
5. 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
6. Friends are the pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, sometimes they lean on you, and sometimes it's just enough to know that they are standing by. ~Unknown
7. Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief. ~Joseph Addison
8. Friendships multiply joys and divide grief. ~Thomas Fuller
9. From quiet homes and first beginnings, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends. ~Hilaire Belloc
10. I will not
drag you along;
I will not leave you alone;
I will stand by you
and have my hand there
for you to hold when you need to...
11. It's one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
12. My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life. ~Lee Iacocca
13. People say true friends must always hold hands, but true friends don't need to hold hands because they know the other hand will always be there. ~Unknown
14. "Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
'Pooh!' he whispered.
“Yes, Piglet?'
'Nothing,' said Piglet,
taking Pooh's paw.
"I just wanted
to be sure of you.'"
15. Some persons are given for a few hours; others, for a few days, or months, or years. And some are given for a life-time. But all are given for eternity, and if we could only know this to be true, we could accept the gift in this life with thanksgiving, and let it go in thanksgiving. For the love that passes between two persons, if it be truly love, is part of them forever, even though they may part, never to meet again. The gift of person to person, once given, is given for eternity. Yet only when we are able to say 'thank you' can we see that this is so. ~Philip Thatcher ~Being Human
16. To reveal something personal to another that does not reveal the best in you is to pay that person the highest tribute of friendship. ~Unknown
17. When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. 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 curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares. ~Henri Nouwen
18. What made us friends in the long ago when we first met? Well, I think I know. The best in you and the best in me hailed each other, because they knew that always since life began, our being friends was part of God's plan. ~Unknown
19. When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. 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 curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares. ~Henri Nouwen