One word for our friendship

In this post I’d like to share the best friendship quotes I’ve found in the past 10+ years.

Because few things have such a huge impact on happiness and the enjoyment, depth and plain fun of life as the friendships we have.

It could be the friendships with our partners, family members, co-workers and the people we have known for a few years now or since we were kids.

Or even with people we have never even met at the other side of the world or the pets we love.

So I’d like to start this year by looking back and share some of the best advice on this topic from the people who have walked this earth over the past hundreds and thousands of years.

This is 136 thought-provoking, beautiful, sometimes poignant and sometimes funny quotes on friendship.

And if you want even more inspiration then I’d recommend this collection of quotes on self-care and this one filled with quotes on never giving up.

[Note: the original version of this post contained 74 quotes but it has now been updated with 60 additional quotes on friendship.]

136 Inspiring and Helpful Friendship Quotes

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

“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

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

“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

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

“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

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

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

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

“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

“A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.”
– Unknown

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

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

“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

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

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

“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

“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

“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

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

“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

“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

“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

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

“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

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

“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

“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

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

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

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

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

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

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

“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

“Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they’re trying to find someone who’s going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.”
— Anthony Robbins

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

“There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found
While journeying east and west –
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.”
– Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“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

“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.”
– William Hazlitt

“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

“Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained strange to one another, because one of them attracted by virtue of similarity, the other by difference.”
– Emil Ludwig

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

“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”
– Donald Miller

“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

“If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.”
– Maxwell Maltz

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

“The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.”
— Henry David Thoreau

“People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.”
— Joseph F. Newton Men

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

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

“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate. “
– Linda Grayson

“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.”
– Gloria Naylor

“It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.”
– Marlene Dietrich

“There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.”
– Diana Cortes

“Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.”
— Miles Franklin

“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.”
– Epicurus

“Whenever you’re in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.”
– William James

“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.”
– Tennessee Williams

“The tender friendships one gives up, on parting, leave their bite on the heart, but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
– Abraham Lincoln

“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. I am arrived at last in the presence of a man so real and equal, that I may drop even those undermost garments of dissimulation, courtesy, and second thought, which men never put off, and may deal with him with the simplicity and wholeness with which one chemical atom meets another.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

“If it’s very painful for you to criticize your friends — you’re safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that’s the time to hold your tongue.”
– Alice Duer Miller

“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

“Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.”
– Bill Watterson

“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”
– Unknown

“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”
– Carl W. Buechner

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

“A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.”
– Len Wein

“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.”
– Elbert Hubbard

“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.”
– Elie Wiesel

“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.”
– Ray Bradbury

“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”
– Maya Angelou

“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

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

“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.”
– Seneca

“A man’s friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.”
– Charles Darwin

“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.”
– Euripides

“Friends are people who know you really well and like you anyway.”
– Greg Tamblyn

“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.”
– Marcus Tullius Cicero

“True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.”
– St. Jerome

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

“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

“One of the tasks of true friendship is to listen compassionately and creatively to the hidden silences. Often secrets are not revealed in words, they lie concealed in the silence between the words or in the depth of what is unsayable between two people.”
– John O’Donohue

“A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself.”
– Heidi Wills

“Awards become corroded. Friends gather no dust.”
– Jesse Owens

“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself — and especially to feel, or not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at any moment is fine with them. That’s what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is.”
– Jim Morrison

“Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.“
– Samuel Butler

“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”
– Baltasar Gracian

“Friends are the family you choose.“
– Jess C. Scott

“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.”
– Henry Ford

“The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.”
– Henry David Thoreau

“Friends are relatives you make for yourself.“
– Eustache Deschamps

“Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God’s greatest gifts. It involves many things, but above all the power of going out of one’s self and appreciating what is noble and loving in another.”
– Thomas Hughes

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

“A friend to all is a friend to none.”
– Aristotle

“A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.“
– Markus Zusak

“Do not save your loving speeches for your friends till they are dead; do not write them on their tombstones, speak them rather now instead.”
– Anna Cummins

“We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.”
– Orson Welles

“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means 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.”
– Henri Nouwen

“All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.”
– Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“Friends are the siblings God never gave us.”
– Mencius

“If we treated ourselves as well as we treated our best friend, can you imagine?”
– Meghan Markle

“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

“Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.”
– Sicilian Proverb

“Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.”
– Richard Bach

“There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.“
– Sylvia Plath

“Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn’t seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.“
– Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends.”
– Jacques Delille

“Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected.”
– C.J. Langenhoven

“Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.”
– Anna Deavere Smith

“Some people arrive and make such a beautiful impact on your life, you can barely remember what life was like without them.”
– Anna Taylor

“A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have.”
– Irish Proverb

“Where there are friends, there is wealth.”
– Titus Maccius Plautus

“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.”
– Charles Caleb Colton

“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

“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
– Benjamin Franklin

“True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.”
– Henry David Thoreau

“Make new friends, but keep the old; Those are silver, these are gold.”
– Joseph Parry

“The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.”
– Mark Twain

“A true friend stabs you in the front.”
– Oscar Wilde

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

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

“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

“Things are never quite as scary when you have a best friend.”
– Bill Watterson

“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky.”
– S.E. Hinton

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The royal road to a man’s heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.”
— Dale Carnegie

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

“To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.”
– Brandi Snyder

Friendship is one of the most beautiful things. Friends inspire us, support us, help us to grow, make us feel valued and loved. Friendship can be described as a flower that must be consistently watered and maintained in order to grow and grow well. Though social networks has played important roles in providing the opportunity for friends to connect, the best way to maintain cordial relationship with your friends is to send a cool message as you think of them. On this page we present you a wide collection of nice friendship quotes and friendship messages that will help to express your feelings and show your friends how much you appreciate their friendship.

True friendship quotes

I want to thank you for not paying attention to my damaged façade and being able to see right through it. You see the real me, and that’s all that matters when it comes to friendship. You’re my ride or die. 

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You know why I love you? Even when it rains, and I feel like a giant black cloud, you never fail to show your love and support, turning my sadness into a rainbow with your sunshine. You have no idea how much it means to me. 

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You’ve showed me that it doesn’t matter what we have in life. What matters is who keeps us company in our darkest hour. I can’t imagine a better friend than you, buddy. Thank you for you. 

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Do you know why you’re the best friend in the whole world? Because you’ve taught me to treat myself the way I treat you, and I have never been happier. You have a heart of gold, mate. 

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Do you know what I like the most about you? The fact that you actually want to know how I’m feeling when you ask, and you actually listen when I talk. I still can’t believe that I am lucky enough to have you as my friend. 

Friendship quotes

How can I be mad at you? I have so much important stuff to tell you. Not talking to you is torture, so I’ve officially decided that we will never fight again. Let’s make a pinky promise just like we used to!

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Bernard Meltzer once said, that “a true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.” Lord knows I’m all types of cracked. Thank you for being my friend despite all that.

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“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.”Isn’t it the perfect description of our friendship? Albert Camusdefinitely knew something about us. 

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Do you know what Oscar Wilde said? “Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.” I thought of you when I read that. Thank you for being the most interesting interlocutor I have ever known.

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As Maya Angelou once said, “a friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” I’m so glad that a perfect stranger became my best friend! Thank you for being with me through all these years, mate. 

Friendship sayings

The best adventures start with friendship. A friend makes every journey so much more exciting and unforgettable; everywhere you go, always take your friend with you. You won’t regret it. 

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Even the most complicated situations become easier when you have a friend by your side. Take care of those who takes care of you, and you’ll see how much your life will change. 

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A good friend is someone who can drop everything just to be with you when you need it the most. Don’t forget to be that person for someone you consider your friend. Friendship is about being there for each other. 

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Real friends are hard to find, but it’s actually hard to lose ones as well. Friends fight and stop talking to each other on regular basis, but they never disappear. What’s yours will always be yours. 

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Friendship is giving without expecting anything in return. The most amazing thing is that your friend will always pay you back, no matter what, because this is how real friendship works. 

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Nice messages for friends

I can’t express how important our friendship is for me. I don’t think I would be able to stay strong through all this time without your endless support and very special love. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me.

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We have so much in common, yet we are so different. We share a ton of memories and crazy experiences, and I’m sure there’s so much more to come. There’s no one else I’d rather be on this adventure with than you.

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Having a friend like you is a true blessing. I feel like you are one of a kind. When I think of you, I immediately feel better, safer, calmer. I want to thank you for being the most wonderful human being the world.

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I love spending time with you. I enjoy every second of our adventures, and It’s crazy how much love and support you are able to give me every time we talk. My best friend has the most amazing soul. 

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Friendship is an adventure of a lifetime. It’s full of ups and downs, but together friends can cope with every difficulty on their way. May God bless every one of us with a best friend. Nothing is impossible when you have a right person by your side. 

Short friendship quotes

Having a friend like you means being the happiest person alive. I can’t even think of a world without you in it. The warmth that you give me each and every day fills my heart with so much love. I love you, buddy.

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Friendship is something you can’t buy or sell. It’s priceless. Therefore you have to take care of it and make sure your friends are happy. Each and every day. 

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A friend is a person who will fill your heart with light in your darkest hour. It’s someone who will do anything to make you smile when you are about to cry. Love and appreciate your friends.

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I still can’t believe that I was lucky enough to meet you. Our friendship means everything to me. I would sacrifice myself for you, and I know you would do the same for me. I love you, mate.

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Real friendship is a miracle. People are so different, and finding someone who you’re comfortable with is so rare. I love you for being my best buddy for all these years. Thank you for everything.

Friendship wishes

Our friendship is something that makes me smile in my darkest hours. I appreciate it more than anything else in the world, and I know you feel the same way. That’s why our relationship is so strong. 

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To understand if someone is a real friend you have to be on the battlefield together. That’s when you know if this person is ready to stay with you no matter what. I know you would do anything for me, buddy. Thank you for that. 

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A friend like you is someone who is slowly becoming a part of me, and I actually don’t mind that. We understand each other so well, and I want it to last forever, mate. 

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Friendship is helping your best buddy even when you feel down. It’s supporting your friends even if you don’t agree with them. I’m so happy to have someone I can call my true friend. Thank you for that, mate.

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My mom has always told me that I have high expectations, and it will be hard for me to find a friend. But guess what? I have one, and I think it makes you a perfect human being. 

Cute friendship messages

Friendship is like a silent, unbreakable promise “you are my friend no matter what“.

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Think twice before calling someone your friend. But if it happened, never think twice whether to call this person your friend in public. Friendship never tolerates ambiguity and distortions – it needs to be clear.

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If you want to have a perfect friend, you also have to be perfect. But nobody’s perfect, that’s why we have to accept and learn to love all the drawbacks of our dear friends.

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Friends are not things. We mustn’t choose them, trade them, lose them… Friends are living beings who must be very close and dear to our hearts, that’s why we should love, appreciate and take care of them.

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You may have money, fame or power, but if you never know what real friendship is, you’ll never know the real happiness.

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Best friend quotes

Friendship is about sharing everything: happiness, sorrows, mood, ideas, opinions, home, money, food. Sharing is what makes friendship so unique and pleasant.

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Friends are just like fishes – it takes time to catch a good one,
Just like I caught you,
So be good, or I will fry you, buddy!

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The most pleasant company is the company of your friends. The most interesting communication is the one with your friends. The most exciting life is the life shared with your friends.

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A real friend is someone who knows that you’re not perfect and have drawbacks, but he will never tell it anybody – on the contrary, a true friend will tell them all that you’re the most amazing man on the planet.

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Choosing friends means choosing your surroundings. It determines our intellectual and emotional development and most often has a tremendous impact on our life and our personality. Our friends are the mirror that gives us the submission of ourselves.

Useful friends are not these whom you use for personal purposes – these are friends who are able to make you happy, when you’re upset; who are able to inspire you when it seems that no hope is left.

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Friends have to quarrel to know whether their friendship is true. A real friend will never drag his friend through the muck in public – on the contrary, he will say how great, kind and honest his friend is.

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We should remember and care about our friends not only while we’re together, but when they’re far away. Long-distance friendship is the strongest one.

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The most important thing is quality, not quantity. That’s why we have to strive to have good, reliable and understanding friends, but not false and lying fakes.

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They say that the best way to know your friend is on the road. And it doesn’t matter whether it’s the road in a journey or the road of life. Time will straighten it all and show the real faces of the people we call friends.

When we were kids, we had many friends, because we were opened and naive. But as we grow older we start to choose our surroundings very carefully, because we understand that friends characterize ourselves and our life. Nobody wants to see something terrible in the mirror.

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One really strong, noble and long-lasting friendship is worth a hundred of fake and unworthy friends.

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Friendship is the most amazing phenomena. Without any kinship, friends feel a special connection. Without any romantic entanglement, friends feel deep love for each other. True friendship is the purest relationship that one can ever have.

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It’s priceless to know that if you’re in trouble, your friend will come to help you and if you’re happy, your friend will home to make you doubly happy.

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The only difference between friends and lovers is that the first don’t need any kisses or hugs to prove their feelings to each other.

Being a friend to everybody is being a friend to nobody. Friendship is a lot deeper than it may seem from the first time. And if you manage to stand all the tests , you’ll reach the true meaning of it.

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Nowadays it’s easier to find a girlfriend or a boyfriend than a real, honour and devoted friend. That’s why we should appreciate our friends and never let them down.

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Sometimes it’s better to give up on your own opinion or position than on your best friend. Compromises will pave the way to a strong and infinite friendship.

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Never regret loosing friends. If they disrespect you, betray or use you, they’re never worth keeping them so close to you. It is not true friendship – it’s only a waste of time.

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There’s a recipe of a strong and long friendship. The ingredients are: common interests, respect, understanding, the ability to listen, kindness and generosity. If you strictly abide by this recipe, you’ll get an unbelievable friendship!

Real friends should have eaten salt and sugar together and stood the test of time. Real friends won’t give up on their friendship, because they know that together they’re invincible and, what is more important, happy.

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A real friend is an extension of you, of your body and your soul. He’s like a safe place, where you can put your secrets and be sure that they will never go beyond it, because your friend’s heart is yours and vice versa.

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Real friends are these who have much in common: preferences and something they both dislike, hobbies and attitude. Real friends are soulmates, who understand and respect each other.

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Friendship has many amazing qualities, but the main of them all is the opportunity to be yourself and not to be afraid to be got wrong. Friendship makes us take off our masks and see who we really are.

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A man is the supreme value only when somebody really needs him, only when somebody appreciates and loves him. And friendship is the best way to understand how precious and unique you are.

There are 7 billion people on this planet, but I genuinely think that you are the best one. I’m so lucky to have you, buddy. I’ll do anything to make this friendship last forever. 

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For me friendship is not about talking to each other 24/7, it’s about knowing that someone’s got your back no matter what. I have that feeling, because I have you, fella. God bless you for that. 

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It is not necessary to have a friend who has the same interests. I appreciate our friendship cause we can share our experiences and knowledge, which makes us both smarter. Love you for that, buddy.

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Even if I had to choose from an insane amount of people, I would still choose you to be my friend. Because it’s not about particular qualities that I appreciate in you. It’s just you in general. Love you, fella!

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To be your friend means to be the happiest person in the world. I’m so lucky to have you, because you are the funniest and kindest human being in the whole universe. I appreciate you so much, fella, and I will do anything to make our friendship last forever.

You understand the value of friendship only when you lose it. That’s why it’s so important to enjoy and appreciate every minute spent with your friend and try to save relationships despite everything.

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Really great things are those that include many little things that live in peace and understanding. Even the Universe is not that giant at all: it consists of planets, asteroids, galaxies… Friendship also works this way and is made of many pleasant little things.

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If you want to save and enrich friendship, you have to learn to forgive. Friendship requires self-sacrifice and the ability to accept our friends just the way they are. You’ll understand that friendship is worth it eventually.

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A best friend is someone you trust better than yourself. It’s someone who you love stronger than yourself. It’s someone whose interests you’re ready to put above your own interests if it’s necessary. A real friendship doesn’t tolerate egoism.

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A real friend is like a doctor: he knows where it hurts and knows how to heal all wounds. But still there’s one difference: unlike doctor, your friend doesn’t need to ask any questions to know what’s wrong with you. He intuitively knows the right treatment and the ways to make you happy.

Friendship is almighty and invincible. It has many unique properties. You may share happiness and grief with you friend, and the first will be multiplied and the second will diminish. It’s a real magic, isn’t it?

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What does true friendship mean?
It means understanding, but not agreement.
Also friendship means to forgive, but not to forget.
It means, that even if contact is lost, memories will last forever.

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Always try to spend some time for your true friends, even though you are very busy.
Cause one day you can get free time, but there will be no friends around you.

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A real friend means the world. A wonderful, sometimes incomprehensible, but still close and dear one to your own world. And together you mean a whole Universe.

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What is friendship? It is when you give and expect nothing in return. It’s when you take and know that your friend expects nothing in return. Real friendship is pure and selfless.

Respect the friends who have time for you in their busy schedule,
But truly love and trust only those friends, who never look at their schedule when you really need them.

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I don‘t need words to talk about friendship, because I‘m lucky to have an amazing person, who understands even my silence.

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It‘s good to have money and buy the things, but never forget to make sure that you haven‘t lost something important that money can‘t buy – friends.

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Love is like a call – you can miss it,
While true friendship is like a text message – it will wait for you, till you open it.

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When you are happy, you wish to be with the person who you love the most,
But when you are sad, you wish to be with the person who loves you the most.

I have born under a lucky star,
Cause I found a true friend as you are!

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The privilege of true friendship is that we can talk total nonsense, and the best part is that we respect that nonsense.

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Sharing memories, secrets and smiles that touch the heart.
Laughter, long talks, when we are near or far apart.
I am so glad that from being strangers
We have grown to perfect friends!

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Best friends are those, who don‘t have any expectations from each other, but sincerely do care for each other.

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Just want let you know that my silence doesn‘t mean that I forgot you or do not care about you,
Cause true friendship is like the air, it‘s always around you, even if you cannot see it.

How to Say Thank You to a Friend

Having great friends is one of the many joys in life. Your friends are always there for you, from listening to your rants, giving you advice, having fun times together to being there when times get tough or when life gets messy. A useful friend synonym might be «confidante». If you have a few friends that fill this role in your life, you might have considered sending them a message to let them know how much they mean to you. 

 However, finding the right words to say can feel tricky. How do you explain your emotions on paper? It’s not like you’re saying thank you to your boss. This mean something! How do you let someone know how much you care about them? What’s the best way to show appreciation letter to a friend? In this article, we’ll cover a few ideas on the 15 best ways to say «Thank You For Being A Friend.» Write an appreciation message that really connects.

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Why Should I Tell My Friend I’m Thankful For Our Friendship?

Writing thank you messages for friends is one of the nicest things that you can do. It shows them how much they mean to you and tells them what their friendship means to you. It can make both of your feel happier to send an «appreciating-a-friend» message. If it’s true friendship, you should let them know what they mean to you.

 There are no rules when it comes to telling your friend just how grateful you are for having them in your life. Still, there are some great times throughout the year when sending a card, letter, e-mail, or even Facebook message could be appropriate, such as birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, graduations, promotions, or weddings. However, you aren’t limited to special days to send appreciation messages. You can send good friends a thank you note and appreciation message any day of the year! Send a gratitude letter to friend (or foe) today!

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15 Ways To Tell Your Friend «Thank You»

Try the thankful quotes for friends, whether a birthday letter for a best friend or just a chum. Use them as-is or as a jumping off point for your own ideas. Sending your gratitude is a great way to make a good friend an even better friend and acknowledge their role in your life.. Try them with your next appreciation post. Express recognition so that your recipient really gets it.

1) I’m so thankful for this friendship. The advice cards you used to send me meant so much. There’s nothing more in the world that I appreciate than you being here for me through all the ups and downs in life. 

2) You have always been there for me unconditionally. It’s been a tough journey, but you’re my inspiration. You are the one that I can go to when everything else seems hard or impossible in my life. Thank you for being here, friend! 

 3) Thanks so much for always being around. It’s a comment on how much we mean to each other. I’m so lucky to have such a wonderful friend who knows what I’m thinking without having to say a single word. I’m thankful to have you as a friend in my life! 

 4) Thanks for all of the laughs, advice, and sweet (and naughty) memories throughout time. You are indeed a fantastic friend in my life who brings me happiness when I’m down. When I see you it’s a sign that my life is back in control.

5) I’m so thankful to have you as a dear friend and confidant in my life! I love our awesome and crazy friendship. Remember that grad party where you took care of me all night? Throughout our friendship, you’ve provided me with so many unforgettable memories. Thanks for always being here for me! 

 6) I always hoped to have a friend like you. I can’t account for why you like me so much, but I’m so thankful that you are in my life, and I appreciate all of our time together. 

7) True friends are there through the ups and downs, supporting each other through hard times and good times. Having you as my friend is one of the best things that could ever happen to me. Thank you for accepting me just as  I am. You’re genuinely one of the best friends I’ve ever had, and only you would understand that!  

Thank you so much for the thoughtful and generous gift. You’re such a sweet friend. You are a wonderful person and friend. I’m so thankful to have you in my life! 

 9) I’m so lucky to have you in my life, friend. Recently I realized this. You deserve all of the happiness in the world. Thanks for being such a fantastic friend to me!  

  10) I am truly blessed that we get to be friends. You’re one-of-a-kind, and I appreciate everything about you You’re kind of a big deal in my book. Thank you for being a true friend, and God bless you.  

 11) Whenever life gets hard, and I don’t know where to turn, I feel so thankful that I always have your shoulder to lean on. I love your funny ways and I couldn’t ask for a better friendship than yours. I’m so glad you’re in my life and thanks for all that you do! I know we’ll be friends forever.

 12) In case I haven’t mentioned how important you are to me lately, my life would not be as great without your support and love lifting me up. Best friends listen first and foremost, and that’s you. Thanks for always being a kindly friend. 

 13) I appreciate you always speaking your truth and telling me things I don’t want to hear but need to hear. It may not be a pleasure to hear, but it’s always helpful. You’re a great friend, and I am thankful for your friendship. 

 14) You’re such an amazing friend. You are the greatest friend that I could ever ask for. You mean so much to me, even though I might not tell you every day. But I know what your response would be! I love you, friend! 

 15) You have been a great friend to me, and I appreciate you more than anything. I know it’s hard to communicate instead of holding things in, but I’m thankful that you’re always willing to tell me the truth. Forever grateful for your friendship!

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Three Ways To Make Your Note Stand Out

Before choosing what you want to say, you might want to consider how to make your not a little extra special for your friend. Here are three ways to make your note stand out.

Another way to make your thank you card stand out is by attaching it to a thoughtful gift. You can get creative and send your friend their favorite candy, a bouquet, a care package, or even a gift card to their go-to dining establishment. While it doesn’t have to be huge, these thoughtful little gestures can make your friend feel super special! A thoughtful gift makes a nice complement to a thoughtful thank you note. You don’t need party supplies if the party’s in your card.

Worried that your writing is repetitive? Don’t use common words. Instead of «amazing» use an amazing synonym like «stellar.» But really, you don’t need to worry about what you say as long as you say what’s true for you. This way to make your thank you card special is by speaking from the heart. It’s the best way to generate an emotional thank you message. No matter what, it’s always best to say something that comes directly from how you feel instead of reading a generic template or phrase online. Keep your friends sayings short and to the point. Better to use your own words instead of repeating friend appreciation quotes from others. Let them know why they are important and memorable in your life! Remember that the opening, middle and letter closing you choose all matter!

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Tell Them You Love Them, But They Probably Already Know

If you want to tell your friend that you care, send them a thank you card! We hope that this blog post has helped inspire your next note, and we wish you the best of luck in writing it. And if you need help with the end of your thank you card, we can help.