21 thought-provoking quotes about friendship

Friendship is a relationship of equals.

Friends are people with whom we have things in common. They are people whose company we enjoy. They are people whom, if they called us at 3am because they were in trouble , we’d go out of our way to help them.

In short; they are people who really matter to us.

If you have one true friend, a real pal, then you are lucky. If you have two, then you are rich indeed.

Don’t make the mistake of assuming you have lots of friends.

Whilst you may be on good terms with lots of people, how many would be there shoulder-to-shoulder with you if you were in serious trouble?

Real friends will be there for you no matter what. Everyone else in your life are just people you know with varying degrees of familiarity.

Real friendship is a truly precious gift. So appreciate your real friends and let them know how much they mean to you.

Here are 21 thought-provoking quotes about friendship, to make you think and to remind you that having friends is really what makes life bearable.

We are social animals and we need other people. And the best people are the people we call friends. They are the ones with whom we choose to spend our time.

Quotes about friendship:

You cannot buy with gold the old associations. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Wishing to be friends is quick work but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. ~Aristotle
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. ~Woodrow Wilson
If you wanna find out who’s a true friend, screw up or go through a challenging time then see who sticks around. ~Karen Salmonsohn
Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything. ~Muhammad Ali
True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable. ~David Tyson Gentry
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ~Khalil Gibran
It’s the friends you can call up at 4.00 am that matter. ~Marlene Dietrich
Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives. ~Alexander Dumas
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. ~Oprah Winfrey
The language of friendship is not words but meanings. ~Henry David Thoreau
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar. ~Robert Breault
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. ~Samuel Butler
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. ~Elbert Hubbard
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~Marcel Proust
Friends are the family you choose. ~Jess C. Scott
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
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. ~Socrates
A friend who understands your tears is much more valuable than a lot of friends who only know your smile. ~Author Unknown
Friendship is delicate as a glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will always be cracks. ~ WaqarWaqar Ahmed
We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over. ~Ray Bradbury