Best Friend Quotes

• A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

  Charles Kingsley

  Love, Friendship, Trust

  Charles Kingsley (2008). “Daily Thoughts (EasyRead Comfort Edition)”, p.47, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don't take them for granted. Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff.

  Jon Katz

  Love, Friendship, Powerful

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• 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

  Life, Friendship, Future

  Lois Wyse (1996). “Women Make the Best Friends: A Celebration”

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• A True friend is one who sees a fault, gives you advice and who defends you in your absence.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  True Friend, Giving, Advice

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• Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Friendship, True Friend, Heart

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  Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Friendship, Good Friend

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• A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Friendship, True Friend, Heart

  "Gabriel Garcia Marquez: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 18, 2014.

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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.

  Albert Camus

  Love, Friendship, Happy

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• There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Friendship, Good Friend

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• A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

  Jim Morrison

  Friendship, Being Yourself, Freedom

  "Indulge In Your Friendships — The Best Reinvention Of Them All" by Kathi Sharpe-Ross, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 1, 2013.

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• My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

  Aristotle

  Friendship, Fake Friends, True Friend

  Aristotle (1953). “Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics”

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• When I say that I love you, I don't say it out of habit or to make conversation. I say it to remind you that you're the best thing that's ever happened to me.

  Kaitlyn

  Daughter, Love You, Mother Daughter

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• I'm 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

  Inspirational, Friendship, Success

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• A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Brother, Good Friend

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.36, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I didn't find my friends; the good Lord gave them to me.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Friendship, Good God, Lord

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• Good friends are those who care without hesitation, who remember without limitation and who love even without communication

  Philippos Syrigos

  Friendship, Communication, Good Friend

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• friends are like stars. You do not see all the time, but you know they are there

  Tonya Hurley

  Friendship, Stars, Knows

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

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Motivational, Friendship, True Friend

  Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.295

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• You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.

  Trenton Lee Stewart

  Family, Good Friend, Blood

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  When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Life, Friendship, True Friend

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• 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.

  Octavia Butler

  Friendship, Letting Go, Goodbye

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• 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.

  Dalai Lama

  Brother, Heart, Rich Or Poor

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• The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Friendship

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• Making a hundred friends is not a miracle. The miracle is to make a single friend who will stand by your side even when hundreds are against you.

  John Spence

  Single, Good Friend, Thinking

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  Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

  George Washington

  Friendship, Confidence, Inspiration

  George Washington (1852). “The Life of General Washington: First President of the United States”, p.94

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