Friendship Quotes

These 77 quotes on friendship come straight from the QuotePlace collection — lines by poets, philosophers, leaders and artists across the centuries. Open any card to read the quote on its own page and meet the author behind it.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. — Kahlil Gibran
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Kahlil Gibran
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. — Rumi
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.
Rumi
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. — Kahlil Gibran
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
Kahlil Gibran
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. — Confucius
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Confucius
He who does not trust enough will not be trusted. — Lao Tzu
He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.
Lao Tzu
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. — William Shakespeare
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.
William Shakespeare
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. — Oscar Wilde
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Oscar Wilde
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. — Charles Dickens
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.
Charles Dickens
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. — Charles Dickens
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
Charles Dickens
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. — J.K. Rowling
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
J.K. Rowling
The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart. — Kwame Nkrumah
The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.
Kwame Nkrumah
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them. — Ernest Hemingway
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
Ernest Hemingway
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. — Helen Keller
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Helen Keller
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle
My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. — Desmond Tutu
My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.
Desmond Tutu
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. — Cicero
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
Cicero
Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. — Sitting Bull
Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.
Sitting Bull
Don't go outside your house to see flowers. My friend, don't bother with that excursion. Inside your body there are flowers. — Kabir
Don't go outside your house to see flowers. My friend, don't bother with that excursion. Inside your body there are flowers.
Kabir
Give me your hand and we will dance; give me your hand and you will love me. — Gabriela Mistral
Give me your hand and we will dance; give me your hand and you will love me.
Gabriela Mistral
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. — Thomas Aquinas
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
Thomas Aquinas
Give others confidence, give others joy, give others hope, give others convenience. — Hsing Yun
Give others confidence, give others joy, give others hope, give others convenience.
Hsing Yun
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. Be water, my friend. — Bruce Lee
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. Be water, my friend.
Bruce Lee
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.' — C. S. Lewis
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'
C. S. Lewis
The wound inflicted by fire heals; the wound inflicted by the tongue does not. — Thiruvalluvar
The wound inflicted by fire heals; the wound inflicted by the tongue does not.
Thiruvalluvar
Be loyal and trustworthy. Do not befriend anyone who is lower than yourself in this regard. When making a mistake, do not be afraid to correct it. — Confucius
Be loyal and trustworthy. Do not befriend anyone who is lower than yourself in this regard. When making a mistake, do not be afraid to correct it.
Confucius
Once a brother, always a brother, no matter the distance, no matter the difference, and no matter the issue. — Byron Pulsifer
Once a brother, always a brother, no matter the distance, no matter the difference, and no matter the issue.
Byron Pulsifer
Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. — Richard Bach
Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck.
Richard Bach
Associate with people who are likely to improve you. — Seneca
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
Seneca
Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof. — Richard Bach
Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.
Richard Bach
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. — Aristotle
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.
Aristotle
The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships. — Tony Robbins
The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships.
Tony Robbins
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time — like to have a friend takes time. — Georgia O'Keeffe
Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time — like to have a friend takes time.
Georgia O'Keeffe
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. — Richard Bach
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Richard Bach
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. — Albert Schweitzer
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.
Albert Schweitzer
My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read. — Abraham Lincoln
My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.
Abraham Lincoln
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. — Mark Twain
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Mark Twain
An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language. — Martin Buber
An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.
Martin Buber
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