Being A True Friend Quotes

Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Keep what is worth keeping and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing…that is a friend who cares.

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

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

True friendship’s laws are by this rule express’d,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth.