Friends Quotes - Page 31

• True friends are the whole world to one another; and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others; for there is no relish to me in the possessing of anything without a partner.

  Seneca the Younger

  True Friend, Delight, World

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• You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends.

  Hillary Clinton

  Fighting, People, Sad Relationship

  "The Agenda". Book by Bob Woodward, June 6, 1994.

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• Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Men, Geography And History

  Address to the Canadian Parliament, May 17, 1961.

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• Your mate doesn't live by bread alone; he or she needs to be 'buttered up' from time to time.

  Zig Ziglar

  Family, Marriage, Needs

  Zig Ziglar (2004). “Courtship After Marriage: Romance Can Last a Lifetime”, p.103, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Hearts will break - yet brokenly, live on.

  Lord Byron

  Inspirational, Friendship, Heart

  George Gordon Byron, “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt. Canto Iii.”

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• Every aspect of your life, whether it's a task or relationship, personal or professional, will be based on love and joy. And when you get right down to it, nothing else really matters.

  Martha Beck

  Business, Joy, Tasks

  Martha Beck (2008). “Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live”, p.338, Harmony

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• One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closest friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one.

  Ann Landers

  Funny, Country, Health

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• Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.

  Joyce Brothers

  Friendship, Taken, Mean

  "On Being Blonde: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Most Infamous Blondes" by Paula Munier, (p. 69), 2004.

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• The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Friendship, Pests, Guests

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• If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.

  Saint Augustine

  Friendship, Hands, Two Friends

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• Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Friendship, Old Friends, Antiques

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• Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Life, Friendship, Thank You

  Mary Kay Ash (1995). “Mary Kay, You Can Have it All: Lifetime Wisdom from America's Foremost Woman Entrepreneur”, Prima Lifestyles

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• Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Friendship, Forgiveness, Two Friends

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• The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Funny, Friendship, Depressing

  Rita Mae Brown (1989). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, Bantam

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• Friends are discovered rather than made; there are people who are in their own nature friends, only they don't know each other; but certain things, like poetry, music, and paintings are like the Freemason's sign, they reveal the initiated to each other.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  People, Painting, Made

  Harriet Beecher Stowe (1871). “My Wife and I: Or, Harry Henderson's History”, p.191

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• A friend is the hope of the heart.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Heart

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.507, Library of America

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• A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall. So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey which catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the highroad to his reason.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Friendship, Heart, Winning

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45”, p.83, Library of America

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• All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.

  George Harrison

  Happy Birthday, Funny Birthday, Cake

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• Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution.

  Mao Zedong

  Enemy, Firsts, Revolution

  Mao Tse-Tung, Zedong Mao (1977). “Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung”, Pergamon

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• Friendship is the ideal; friends are the reality; reality always remains far apart from the ideal.

  Philibert Joseph Roux

  Reality, Remains, Ideals

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• Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

  Confucius

  Friendship, True Friend, Good Friend

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• Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Political, Campaigns, Tents

  Quoted in N.Y. Times, 31 Oct. 1971

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• Many merry Christmases, many happy New Years. Unbroken friendships, great accumulations of cheerful recollections and affections on earth, and heaven for us all.

  Charles Dickens

  Friendship, Christmas, New Year

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• Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us - never cease to instruct - never cloy.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  True Friend, Book, Library

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• I'm so happy because today I found my friends - they're in my head.

  Kurt Cobain

  Friendship, Happiness, Today

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