Friendship quotes (Part 3)

More inspirational words about the tie that binds... and bonds.



Life is fortified by many friendships.
To love and to be loved,

is the greatest happiness of existence.

~ Sydney Smith ~

These are the things I prize

And hold of dearest worth:

Light of the sapphire hills,

Shelter of the forests,

Comfort of the grass,

Music of birds, murmur of the little rills,

Shadows of clouds that swiftly pass,

And after showers

The smell of flowers

And of the good brown earth---

And best of all, along the way,

Friendship and mirth.

~ Henry Van Dyke ~

A fiery sunset, tiny pansies by the wayside,

The sound of raindrops tapping on the roof---

What an extraordinary delight to share

simple wonders with a true friend!

With wide eyes and full hearts,

We come to cherish what others have missed.

~ Anonymous ~

What the heart gives away is never gone….

It is kept in the hearts of others.

~ Robert St. John ~

Every act of kindness

Moves to a larger one

Till friendships bloom to show

What little deeds have done.

~ June Masters Bacher ~

Dear friends, no matter how we find them,

are as essential to our lives as

breathing in and breathing out.

~ Lois Wyse ~

You entered my life in a casual way,

and saw at a glance what I needed.

There were others who passed me

or met me each day,

but never a one of them heeded.

~ Grace Stricker Dawson ~

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul,

is too good to be believed.

When friendships are real,

they are not glass threads or frost work,

but the solidest things we know.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

A true friend is the gift of God…

He only Who made hearts can unite them

~ Robert South ~

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are.

Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart.

Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.

~ Anonymous ~

Friends are of utmost importance.

We love, trust, get hurt, sometimes get mad,

but we love and trust anyhow,

because that’s the best way

to let our friendships grow.

~ Anonymous ~

If you can help anybody even a little, be glad;

up the steps of usefulness and kindness,

God will lead you on to happiness and friendship.

~ Maltbie D. Babcock~

There’s happiness in little things,

There’s joy in passing pleasure;

But friendships are from year to year,

The best of all life’s treasure.

~ Anonymous ~

Live to shed joys on others.

Thus best shall your own happiness be secured.

~ Henry Ward Beecher ~

May happiness touch your life today

as warmly as you have touched the lives of others.

~ Anonymous ~

Whatever is true, whatever is noble,

whatever is right, whatever is pure,

whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable if anything

excellent or praiseworthy---think about such things.

~ Philippians 4:8 NIV~

What made us friends in the long ago

When we first met?

Well, I think I know;

The best in me and the best in you

Hailed each other because they knew

That always and always

since life began

Our being friends was part of God’s plan.

~ George Wester Douglas ~

Such is friendship,

That through it we love places and seasons;

for as bright bodies emit rays to a distance,

and flowers drop their sweet leaves

on the ground around them,

so friends impart favor even to places where they dwell.

~ St. John Chrysostom ~

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action

of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

~ Mother Teresa ~

The human heart, at whatever age,

opens to the heart that opens in return.

~ Maria Edgeworth ~