Friendship Quotes

The chosen family. Quotes about the people who show up, stick around, and make life better.

18559 quotes

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles."
Nelson Mandela
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"Friendship with oneself is all important, because if you do not love yourself ably, you cannot love others successfully."
Eleanor Roosevelt
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"The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it."
Eleanor Roosevelt
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"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too?"
Jorge Edwards
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"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even when you are slightly cracked"
Jorge Edwards
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships."
Abraham Lincoln
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"The only true way to defeat an enemy is to make a friend of him."
Abraham Lincoln
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"A friend is one who has the same enemies you have."
Abraham Lincoln
A
"I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down."
Abraham Lincoln
J
"Friendship is forged in the crucible of shared experience and mutual respect."
Jorge Edwards
N
"The depth of friendship is measured not in years but in moments of truth."
Nelson Mandela
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"Friendship with oneself is all important, because if one is not at peace with oneself, one cannot be at peace with others."
Eleanor Roosevelt
E
"Life was meant for good friends and great adventures."
Eleanor Roosevelt
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"Friendship is a two-way street; if it's one-sided, it's not friendship."
Eleanor Roosevelt
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"In a decadent age, the scion of a noble family can dream of recovering his position in society through strength of character and the support of true friends."
Winston Churchill
"The golden way is to be friends with all."
Mahatma Gandhi
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Martin Luther King Jr.
J
"Friendship sustained through distance is friendship tested and proven."
Jorge Edwards
A
"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships."
Abraham Lincoln
A
"A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have."
Abraham Lincoln
"Friendship is the mirror of the soul"
Miguel Ángel Asturias
"A true friend knows you when you are silent"
Miguel Ángel Asturias
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"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Nelson Mandela
"The greatest friendship is with oneself."
Gioconda Belli
"True friendship mirrors the best parts of ourselves."
Gioconda Belli
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"Real friendship is just mutual understanding of each other's loneliness."
Kathy Acker