It may be hard work sometimes, but a friend's hand and voice make it easy.

I want nothing from you; I ask nothing of you; why cannot we be friends?'

(He) was surely an excellent friend. He took an interest in you. He asked no idle questions and made no vague professions; but he entered into your situation, he examined it in detail, and what he learned he never forgot.

... meanwhile we should be good friends. We should take time to know each other better and act in accordance with further knowledge.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

One's own soul, and the passions of one's friends--those were the fascinating things in life.

Your friendship is dearer to me than any fame or reputation.

The more firmly fixed became the realisation that the girl's friendship had meant so much to me, the more I came to miss it;

Remember the friends around you, who centre all their hopes in you.

Do not despair. To be friendless is indeed to be unfortunate, but the hearts of men, when unprejudiced by any obvious self-interest, are full of brotherly love and charity. Rely, therefore, on your hopes; and if these friends are good and amiable, do not despair.

You Know She's Your True *Best Friend* When You Have A Smile ..On Your Face
But She Still Knows Something's Wrong*

From your corner of the world You reached out with your loving words and in your gentle manner you touched my heart.

We change our opinions of ourselves so often. What the outside world thinks is only a small part of our image.

May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
May the rains fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again .....
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand

"Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away - and leaves behind only silence."

"You can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can easily offend one in an hour."

"In times of prosperity friends will be plenty; in time of adversity not one in twenty."

"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend"

"The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend."

"Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families."

"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow."

A friend is one who knows all about you and likes you anyway."

"A friend can tell you things you don't want to tell yourself."

"Silence is the true friend that never betrays."

"Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes."

"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine."

"Friends are born, not made."

"My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life."

"Hold a true friend with both your hands."

"I do not want a friend
Who smiles when I smile
Who weeps when I weep
For my shadow in the pool
Can do better than that."

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same."

"A friend is a gift you give yourself."

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

"You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel as if you've lost a friend."

We have shared so much laughter
and shared so many tears.
We may not be sisters by birth,
but always we knew that
we were always sisters by
heart.”

“Friendship is a priceless gift That cannot be bought or sold But its value is far greater Than a mountain made of gold For gold is cold and lift”

"To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed ~ That can make life a garden."

"Silence is the true friend that never betrays."

"Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes."

"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine."

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow ~ Don't walk behind me, I may not lead ~ Just walk beside me and be my friend."

"An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship."

"Friends are born, not made."

"A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."

"My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life."

"Hold a true friend with both your hands."

"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light."

"There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential."

"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"

"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you."

"Remember friends as you pass by,
As you are now so once was I.
As low as I you once must be,
Prepare yourself and follow me."

"I do not want a friend
Who smiles when I smile
Who weeps when I weep
For my shadow in the pool
Can do better than that."

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same."

"A friend is a gift you give yourself."

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache:
Do be my enemy - for friendship's sake.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

Before you borrow money from a friend, decide which you need more.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

A real friend is a person who, when you've made a fool of yourself, lets you forget it.

Without friends there is no meaning.

After all, if growing up is war, then the friends who grew up with you deserve a special respect. The ones who stuck by you shoulder to shoulder, in a time when nothing was certain, all life lay ahead, and every road led home.

Friendship is a horizon -- which expands whenever we approach it.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.

Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favours for big ones.

True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.

For a friend that one loves seven verst is close by.

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.

We are old friends now, united in that unchangeable friendship which is born and cemented amidst extreme dangers.

Fair weather friends are not worth much.

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.

Old friends cannot with impunity be sacrificed for new ones.

Equals make the best friends.

We must make friends in prosperity if we would have their help in adversity.

He is not to be trusted as a friend who mistreats his own family.

It shows an evil disposition to take advantage of a friend in distress.

If you are a friend, why do you bite me so hard? If an enemy, why do you fawn on me?'

No one can be a friend if you know not whether to trust or distrust him.

When twilight drops her curtain down And pins it with a star Remember that you have a friend
Though she may wander far.

my heart swelled with pride to think you were my dearest friend.

Friendship Quotes: Lyrical

"Just to prove i was right that it's harder to be friends than lovers and you shouldn't try and mix the two, cause if you do and then you're still unhappy, then you know that the problem is you."

"If you should die before me, ask if you could bring a friend."

"Mother my friends are no longer my friends And the games we once played have no meaning I've gone serious and shy and they can't figure why So they've left me to my own daydreaming." -

"And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It's hard to find a friend. It's hard to find a friend."

"I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay."

"You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend."

"When I'm with you I feel like I could die and that would be alright, alright."

"Lean on me, when you're not strong, and I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on, for it won't be long, 'til I'm going to need somebody to lean on."

"In good times, in bad times I'll be on your side forever more, that's what friends are for." -

"That's what friends are for" "I think about you all the time, but I don't need to think".

"Without you, there'd be no sun in my sky, there would be no love in my life, there'd be no world left of me."

"Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is before you can meet again. And meeting again after a moment or a lifetime is certain for those who are friends." -

"I get by with a little help from my friends."

"Hey my friend, I see your eyes are troubled, care to sare your time with me?"

"You've got troubles, I've got 'em too. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you. We'll stick together to see it through cause you've got a friend in me."

"Best friends just won't leave your side"

"Once upon a blue moon a wish apon a star, you find someone to help you find out who you are, I never thougth that love could feel the way you make me do, so as a token of our love, I say these words to you."

"Take my hand, and hold on tight, don't let go, don't you dare even try, there are so many roads to travel, so much still to find, and with the help of our lord, I want you to help me try and reach for the sky."

"Thats what a friend is for, when your lost in darkness and searching for the light, to help you through those lonely nights, when everything around you fails just hold out your hand, and i'll come running, thats what a friend is for."

"Earthyly friends may prove untrue, doubts and fears asail, but one still loves and he cares for you. One who will not fail."

"Turns out not where but who you're with that really matters"

"See you and me have a better time than most can dream of"

"Hey my friend, it seems your eyes are troubled. care to share your time with me"

"Let me be the one you call If you jump, I will break your fall, lift you up and fly away with you into the night If you need to fall apart, I can mend a broken heart, If you need to crash, then crash and burn, you're not alone"

"We've gone our own ways and I know its for the best, but sometimes I wonder will I ever have a friend like you again?"

"Even if we never talk again after tonight, please remember that I am forever changed by who you are and what you meant to me"

I was just wondering if you'd come along to hold up my head when my head won't hold on. I'll do the same if the same is what you want, if not I will go alone."

"Do what you will, always walk where you like, your steps, do as you please I'll back you up."

"See you and me have a better time than most can dream of, better than the best, so we can pull on through, whatever tears at us, whatever holds us down, and if nothing can be done, we'll make the best of what's around."

"A friend is always good to have, but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down at me."

"I did try to come back and listen You never it..I didn't wish it But I did hear every answer ever question It's all about protection stil through the sunlight days I wait Track a ghost through the fog The sun is burning me And you come running out in the wind with me The ocean is your blanket..."

"I pull you from your tower, take away your pain, show you all the beauty you posess if you'd only let yourself believe"

"I won't be the one who's going to let you down Maybe you'll get what you want this time around The trick is to keep breathing"

"Once there was a darkness, a deep and endless night, you gave me everything you had and oh, you gave me light"

"If I had only one friend left, i'd want it to be you."

"As we go on.. We remeber... All the times, we had together... As our lives change...come whatever We will still be friends 4-Ever "

"At the shrine of friendship Never say die, Let the wine of friendship never run dry."

"Ill stand by you, take me into your darkest hour, i wont let nobody hurt you, ill stand by you, and, ill never desert you"

"Don't you worry. Sometimes you've just got to let it ride. The world is changin' right before our eyes. Now I've found you there're no more emptiness inside... if we're hungry, love will keep us alive."

"Every now and then we find a special friend, who never lets us down, who understands it all, reaches out each time you fall, you're the best friend that I've found."

"I hope you got all the answers and you've come to understand That people and things are always going to change And you can't stop them now."

"For a shield from the storm, for a friend, for a love to keep me safe and warm...I turn to you. For the strength to be strong, for the will to carry on...for everything you do, for everything thats true, I turn to you."

" When I'm lost in the rain, In your eyes I know I'll find the light to light my way And when I'm scared, losing ground When my world is going crazy You can turn it all around and when I'm down you're there Pushing me to the top You're always there, giving me all you've got "

"And I will take you In my arms.. And hold you right where you belong. 'Till the day my life is through.. This I Promise You."

"I'll give you stregnth, I'll give you hope. Keeping your faith that is gone. And the one you should call was standing there all along."

"Don't want to leave, but we both know sometimes it's better to go. Somehow I know we'll meet again, not sure quite where and I don't know just when you're in my heart, so until then, smile, don't want to cry saying goodbye."

"Let's make a resolution. I'll drink to that. Let's always stay friends. Friendship is thicker than blood...That depends...Depents on trust. Depends on true devotion. Depends on love. Depends on not denying emotion..."

"Time isn't what makes a friendship last...It's love and devotion that keeps the tie between souls."
- Sent by Christina

"The best antiques are old friends."
The next five quotes were sent in by Ashley "When the silences are no longer akward, you know you are around friends."

"Friendship is a special kind of love."

"The secret to friendship is being a good listener."

"A true friend is someone you can trust with all your secrets."

"Gems may be presious, but friends are priceless."

"You my friend, I wiil defend. And if we change, we'll love you anyway."
- Sent by Jeffery Sherian

"If you have more than one friend, you have more than your share!"
- Sent by Sunpreet Singh

"Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say."

"A person is only complete when she has a true friend to understand her, to share all her passions and sorrows with, and to stand by her throughout her life."
- Sent by Jennifer L.

"Material things can't make the soul whole. The only the love, trust, and loyalty of friends can do that."
Sent by Andy Spak

"Friendship is not friendship without trust, without it I walk alone."
- James P. Michels Jr.

"Friendship is the golden ribbon that ties the world together."
- Sent by Kristina Kentigian

friendship is talking to your best friend without words."
- Sent by Ralph Rusconi.

"A true friend is the one who knows more about you than yourself and still loves you>"
- Sent by Suzie

The next three sent in by Irma Berbis
"Friendship is the golden thread that ties all hearts together"
- Sent by Kim

"Money might make you wealthy, but friends makes you rich."
"You don't make friends, you earn them."

"When your looking for a friend don't look for perfection, just look for friendship."
" A friend is someone who sticks (hangs) to you at all times, and a friend is someone who you trust...."
- sent by Winnie Chau

"How do you know you've found your best friend. When you are ready to talk to them about anything, even though they know everything about you already."

"A friend with break your heart, a friend will mend it, a friend will provide you with every feeling in the world, good and bad. A friend is emotion incarnate."
These next two sent in by Rena

"Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, but somewhere in the middle we've become best of friends."

"When we are grown, we'll smile and say we had no cares in childhoods day, but we'll be wrong. 'Twill not be true, I've this much care... I care for you."

"A faithful friend is a strong defence and he that hath found one hath found a treasure"
- sent by Cris

"Friends are those who norish the spirit"
- sent by Cris

"I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me. I'd like to be the help that you've been always glad to be; I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day, as you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way."
- Edgar A. Guest (sent by Rena)

"A friend loves you, makes you feel alright, troubles are not troubles when you talk, listen and accept you as you are, because you will feel the same and love the same......."
- Sent by Mike

"Try to be governed by your loves and not your hates and find goodness and beauty where you can."
- Sent by Brandon Merenda

"It is better to be thought of as a fool, rather than open your mouth to remove all doubt."
- Sent by Bill

Keep your eyes upon me, keep me in your sight, Help me don the crooked road, lead me to the light. The road I'm on is dark, I'm not sure if I know the way, Yet with you right beside me, I'm certain I won't stray. Protect me from the world, I know we'll make it through, Give me all the strength I need..... Let me lean on you."
- Megan Stroup (Sent by Lauren)

"No lapse of time or distance of place can lessen the friendship of those who are truly persuaded of each other's worth."
- Unknown

"Friendship is what gets you through the bad times and helps you enjoy the good times"
- Sent by Kate

"Friends are angels following you through life"
- Sent by Melissa

"Friends are like pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up and sometimes they lean on you."
- Sent by Sharon

"You cannot say you've lost a friend. If a friendship is capable of ending, it is because it never existed."
~ Sent by Mayza Blanco Martinez

"A world without a friend, what would it be? It would be like a world without water, something you need. Friends are like glass, once broken, they are hard to fix. Keep your friends, as you would keep your water."

"The music may stop now and then, But the the strings will remain forever..."
- Sent by Yuslina

"Friend derives from a word meaning "free." A friend is someone who allows us the space and freedom to be."

"Having someone who understands is a great blessing for ourselves. Being someone who understands is a great blessing to others."

"Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts."
- Maragret Lee Runbeck

"Scatter seeds of kindness everywhere you go;
Scatter bits of courtesy--------
watch them grow and grow.
Gather buds of friendship;
Keep them till full-blown;
You will find more happiness
than you have ever known.
- Amy R Raabe

"We cannot tell the precise moment when a friendshipt is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, There is at last one drop that makes it run over. So in a series of kindness there is at last one drop that makes the heart run over."
Sent by Collen

"Any day is sunny that's brightened by a smile...Any friendship blossoms if it's tended to with style."

"The better you know someone, the less there is to say. Or maybe, there's less that needs to be said."

"Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness..."
- Richard Bach

"The most beautiful discovery that true friends can make is that they can grow separately without growing apart."
-Elizabeth Foley

"You only meet your once in a lifetime friend... once in a lifetime."
- Little Rascals

"A circle is round it has no end, that's how long I want to be your friend!"
- Anonymous

"A friend is like an oreo, its not always that great, but it always gets better!"
- Erin Westbrook

"A best friend is a sister that destiny forgot to give you."

"One loyal friend is better than ten thousand family members."

"You just remined me of what's really important in life, friends, best friends."
- Fried Green Tomatoes

"Times of need are not enough to prove your friendship."
Sent by Kristen

"If your trusted and people will allow you to share their inner gardern...what better gift?"
- Fred Rogers

"A friend is someone who reaches for your hand, but touches your heart."
- Kathleen Grove

"Friends are like Peanut Butter ... it sticks to the roof of your mouth .like a friend sticks to you.... and it feels as if they never go away.!"

"True friendship, unlike love, always lasts forever."
Sent by Chatterbox

"To the world you are someone, but to someone you are the world."
Sent by Lisa

"A friend will be there for you when things are good...but a TRUE friend will be there for you when things are good and also when things are very bad...and just when it feels like you will never smile again...she can put a smile on your face with just with a hug!"
Sent by Kathrine

"A real friend is not one who only entertain you, but one who cares about you, one who will be there when you cry"
Sent by David

"Best friends are better than boyfriends."
- Sent by Mavis Jukes

"As I reach a time of complete uncertainty, friends are my most precious asset."
Sent by Josylan

"There is no distance too great between friends, for love gives wings to the heart."
Sent by Elizabeth E. Koehler

"Where there is love there is life."

"A friend will strengthen you with her prayers, bless you with her love, and encourage you with her hope."

! " I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me. . . I'd like to be the help you've always been glad to be; I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day, as you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way."
Sent by Jenny Mcgehee

"A friend is like a rainbow. They brighten your life when you've been through a storm."
Sent by Jenna Palmer

"A friend in kindergarten is the one who sat next to you and let you have the pretty red crayon, when only the ugly black one was left."
Sent by Liz

"True friendship is one that lasts even though one friend's sole has left this earth"
Sent by Jennifer

"A reassuring presence, A LIGHT when times are dark, A hand reaching out, Is what friendship is about."

Author Unknown - Sent by Laure Schnackenberg

"We always thought we'd look back on our tears and laugh, but we never thought we'd look back on our laughter and cry."
-Author Unkown, sumitted by Amanda

When I'm asked what one happy thought is I always say knowing that no matter how big the fight is I will always havea best friend.
- Smitten_Kitten

"Dont walk on front of me, i may not follow~ dont walk behind me i may not lead~ just walk beside me and be my friend."

"Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes."

"I believe in Angels, the ones that heaven sends
I believe in Angels, but i call them my best friends"
-Sent in by Micaela K

"Friendship is like a popsicle on two sticks, when the friendship breaks, so does the popsicle, making everything a mess"
-Sent in by Paul

"Even on the road to hell a flower will make you smile."
-365Tao -Sent in by Tara

"Dreams are wishes casted upon stars, so catch a shining one ~ take your friend's hand~ and hold on forever"
-Traci Brown

The following seven quotes were sent in by Susannah Thomson
"You are you and I am I,

You do your thing and I'll do mine,
and if in the end we meet up together,
it is beautiful."
-Boy Meets World

"Love doesn't make the world go round, it makes the ride worthwhile."
-F.P. Jones

"All our young lives we search for someone to love, someone who makes us complete. We choose partners and change partners. We dance to a song of heartbreak and hope, all the while wondering if somewhere and somehow there is someone searching for us."
-The Wonder Years

"We laughed
until we had to cry.
We gave love,
right down to our last goodbye.
We were the best
we thought we'd ever be
Just you and me,
for just a moment...

"You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back."
-Barbara DeAngelis

"My wish upon this shooting star is that your heart be happy."
-Gilbert

"If we discovered that we had only 5 minutes left to say what we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them."
-Christopher Morley

"A friend you have to buy, wont be worth what you pay for him."
-Sent in by Maris B

"I can doubt my friends, but I can believe in our friendship."

"IF YOU TREAT YOUR FRIEND AS THEY SHOULD BE, THEY WILL BECOME ONE OF THE CROWD. IF YOU TREAT YOUR FRIEND AS THEY OUGHT TO BE TREATED, THEY WILL BECOME AN INDIVIDUAL."

"True friends, like ivy and the wall stand together and both together fall."

The following two quotes were sent in by Cheryl.

"Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious things."
-Randolph S. Bourne

"With clothes the new are the best, with friends the old are the best."
"Friendship is like thighs, they are always sticking together."
-Sent in by Leesa and Ashley

"If you are going to gain anything in life, gain a friend, they will always be there, and that makes all the difference in the world."
-Sent in by Steve

"True friends are never apart, maybe in distance, but not in heart"
- Sent in by Louisa

"A real friend will tell you when you have spinach stuck in your teeth."
-Sent in by Nadine Cooper

The following two quotes were sent in by Louisa

"Shared sorrow is half sorrow, shared joy is double joy"

"Most people come into our lives and quickly leave. It is the special few that come in and leave a footprint in our hearts. and we are forever changed."

"There is an exquisite melody in every heart. If we listen closely, we can hear each other's song. A friend knows the song in your heart and responds with Beatiful harmony."
-Sent in by soumya

The following two quotes were sent in by Beth Miklius.

"Friends are like flowers, beautiful flowers; friends are like flowers in the garden of life."

"True friendship is sitting together in silence and feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had."

"If we were leaving in a world where to say i love you would make more sense, i would always say you i love you"
-Ozge Dilsiz

"Choose your friends carefully you never know who is on your side, and remember the truth shall prevail. "
-LINK

"False friends aren't always that bad because it shows you about yourself and teaches you to be strong and life goes on."
-Josh Wojo

"Remember that every good friend was once a stranger"
-Sent in by André

"They say 'you only regret the things you never do.' Then why do I regret.
Friends LOVE misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too luck or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots.

If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.

If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers.

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.

If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.If your friend is already dead, and being eaten by vultures, I think it's okay to feed some bits of your friend to one of the vultures, to teach him to do some tricks. But ONLY if you're serious about adopting the vulture.

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.