Quotes about friendship

Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear to dig the dust enclosed here; Blest be the man that spares these stones, and curst be he that moves my bones.

William Shakespeare

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

Plato

Death is an old friend; I know him well. I lived with him, ate with him, slept with him; to meet him again does not frighten me death is as necessary as birth, as happy in its own way.

Robert A. Heinlein

The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you’re actually helping to make America stronger.

Michelle Obama

Friendship can’t end just because you change your life.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friends, genuine friends, are attracted by a warm heart, not money, not power. A genuine friend considers you as just another human being, as a brother or sister, and shows affection on that level, regardless of whether you are rich or poor, or in a high position; that is a genuine friend.

14th Dalai Lama

If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. But if a friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow me to share it, I should feel it most bitterly.

Oscar Wilde

The Bush Administration’s failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world.

Barack Obama

Being able to make friends and keep them, welcoming others and sharing with them, a guide, philosopher and friend. One like this will be praised.

Buddha