Making Friends Quotes - Page 4

• [Yahya Khan] thought of nothing but acquiring beautiful cars, building beautiful homes, making friends with bankers, and sending money abroad.

  Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

  Beautiful, Home, Car

  Source: dhakadigest.net

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• You’ll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others, Potter. You don’t want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there.” He held out his hand to shake Harry’s, but Harry didn’t take it. “I think I can tell who the wrong sort are for myself, thanks,” he said coolly.

  J. K. Rowling

  Thinking, Hands, Want

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• I was a painfully shy, awkward kid, with low self-esteem and almost no social skills. Online, I didn't have a problem talking to people or making friends. But in the real world. interacting with other people - especially kids my own age - made me a nervous wreck. I never knew how to act or what to say, and when I did work up the courage to speak, I always seemed to say the wrong thing.

  Ernest Cline

  Real, Self Esteem, Kids

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• I want to ask him where that kitchen is. Where he's from. But he seems guarded. Or maybe it's me. Maybe making friends is a specific skill, and I missed the lesson.

  Gayle Forman

  Skills, Kitchen, Lessons

  Gayle Forman (2013). “Just One Day”, p.125, Penguin

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• I looked forward to making friends at school, but I had come late and friendships had already been formed. I couldn’t find my way into their world. They seemed to have a secret code I couldn’t decipher.

  Gloria Whelan

  School, Secret, World

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• The true essence of reconciliation is more than making friends with nonindigenous people. Our motto is united Australia, one that respects the land and the heritage of its indigenous peoples and provides justice and equity for all. I think reconciliation is about changing the structures that govern us and trying to influence opinion leaders in whatever way we can.

  Jackie Huggins

  Thinking, Essence, Australia

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• I've been involved in the sport since I was seven-years-old and I have learned so many things in life from it, such as making friends and discipline.

  Jenny Meadows

  Sports, Years, Things In Life

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• I have a lot of girl friends who are very adept at making friends, and guys are just not.

  Rashida Jones

  Girl, Guy, Adept

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• Compassion starts with making friends with ourselves.

  Pema Chodron

  Compassion

  Pema Chodron (2001). “Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living”, p.44, Shambhala Publications

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• A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends. Being an indispensable source of food, shelter, peace, and cultural support dedicatedly spending 9 billion dollars a month on helping people would be a formidable enemy of evil.

  Vanna Bonta

  Money, War, People

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• For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.

  Abdul Kalam

  Inspirational, Fighting, Men

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2003). “Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India”, p.108, Penguin Books India

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• Meditation practice is a way of making friends with ourselves. Whether we are worthy or unworthy, that's not the point. It's developing a friendly attitude to ourselves, accepting the hidden neurosis coming through.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Attitude, Meditation Practice, Friendly

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• Don't worry about making friends; don't worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can't hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can't stand you.

  Bear Bryant

  Hurt, Winning, Worry

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