This is a compilation of thoughts and quotes that I have found or written recently, as well as many that I've collected throughout the years. Most thoughts are posted randomly, as I feel inspired. A listing of quotes can be found alphabetically (check the 2008 and 2009 archives listing), or by source.

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“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” – Proverbs 23:7

Monday, December 15, 2008

Friends Quotes

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1. It is a good thing to be rich, and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends. - Euripides

2. Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. Every friend increases the probability that you're at the center of a network, which means you are more eligible to get a wave of happiness. - James Fowler

4. A stranger is just a friend I’ve never met. - Will Rogers

5. A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself. - Heidi Wills

6. At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. — Albert Schweitzer

7. Angels are quiet friends who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly. - Unknown

8. The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with friendship. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

9. We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. - Robert Louis Stevenson

10. Friendship is like a tree. It is not measured on how tall it could be, but on how deep the roots have grown. - Varun Nayak

11. Good friends are like stars. They are so far away but you know they are always there to give a twinkle during your darkest days. - Unknown

12. A friend is someone who knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts who you have become and still invites you to grow. - Unknown

13. Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused! - Unknown

14. Friendship isn't about who you have known the longest. It's about those who came, stuck by you through it all, loved you unconditionally and never left. - Kelly Kendall

15. When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat. - Henry Miller

16. 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. - L. Peter

17. A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when your memory fails. - Donna Roberts

18. What is the definition of a friend? Friends are people who make it easier to live the gospel of Jesus Christ. – Robert D. Hales

19. A friend in the true sense is not a person who passively nods approval of our conduct or ignores improper behavior. A friend is a person who cares. – Marvin J. Ashton

20. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. – John 15:13-14

21. Among life’s sweetest blessings is fellowship with men and women whose ideals and aspirations are high and noble. Next to a sense of kinship with God comes the helpfulness, encouragement, and inspiration of friends. – David O. McKay

22. Friendship is a sacred possession. As air, water and sunshine to flowers, trees and verdure, so smiles, sympathy and love of friends to the daily life of man. To live, laugh, love one’s friends, and be loved by them is to bask in the sunshine of life. – David O. McKay

23. Shared joy is double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. - Swedish proverb

24. Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand. - Emily Kimbrough

25. Man is a knot into which relationships are tied. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

26. No road is long with good company. - Turkish Proverb

27. Trouble is part of your life, and if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough. - Dinah Shore

28. It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. - Marlene Dietrich

29. A true friend is one who thinks you are good egg even if you are half-cracked. -Anonymous

30. Friendship isn’t a big thing — it’s a million little things. - Anonymous

31. A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. - Grace Pulpit

32. It takes a long time to grow an old friend. - John Leonard

33. Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive. - Anais Nin

34. Friends are the sailors who guide your rickety boat safely across the dangerous waters of life. - Sare and Cate

35. Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. -Plautus

36. The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away. - Barbara Kingsolver

37. In my friend, I find a second self. - Isabel Norton

38. Let us be grateful to people who makes us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. - Marcel Proust

39. In everyone’s life, at sometime, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. - Albert Schweitzer

40. Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. - Ed Cunningham

41. Friends are the most important part of your life. Treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, but most importantly, treasure the memories. - Dave Brenner

42. One day I said, 'I will go out and look for my enemies', and on that day I found no friends. The next day I said, 'I will go out and look for my friends', and on that day I found no enemies. - Native American proverb

43. Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. - Helen Keller

44. Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness. - Euripides

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

46. A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley. - William Arthur Ward

47. 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

48. Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand. - Emily Kimbrough

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