65 Meaningful Friendship Quotes

1. Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
   Woodrow T. Wilson




2. The foundation for a meaningful friendship, one that is based on mutual respect and caring, starts the moment you meet someone.
   Roger Horchow, Sally Horchow, The Art Of Friendship





3. "Somebody once said that love may not be any part of friendship but friendship must always exist for love to be happy."
   Sydney Smith




4. Friendship is love, without either flower or veil.
   J. C. and A.W. Hare





5. For friends aren't like family, they are someone you choose. They love you not because they have to, but because they want to.
   Julie Hebert




6. As friendship must be founded on mutual esteem, it cannot long exist among the vicious.
   Horace Smith





7. "I know we will be forever friends, can't imagine a time when our friendship would end."
   Julie Hebert




8. Friendship hath the skill and observation of the best physician; the diligence and vigilance of the best nurse; and the tenderness and patience of the best mother.
   Lord Clarendon





9. I appreciate you, my friend - the one who is always there when I need a shoulder to cry on, a hand to hold, or simply someone to laugh with.
   Catherine Pulsifer




Friends together
can conquer life's stormy weather



10. When saying "Thank you" you have an opportunity to let family or friends know how much their deed, words, or kindness meant to you.
    Robyn Freedman Spizman, The Thank You Book





11. Friends like you are far and few
    You're an example of a friend that is true.
    Catherine Pulsifer, I Appreciate You




12. Thank you for being you, for sharing your love with me . . .
    for inspiring me to accept myself, for helping me see the unique beauty in imperfection . . .
    for showing me that love is something you do; something not just to be said, but also to be shown.
    Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You





13. The friend of tomorrow is the one who has remained through the swamps and quagmires of life.
    Theodore W. Higgingsworth




14. A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks.
    Richard Bach





15. Our friendship is so amazing I can't believe we're here,
    I can only wish that you and I will never shed a tear.
    Julie Hebert, Come Walk With Me




16. You are my friend, for you have smiled with me,
    My help and hope in fair and stormy weather
    Nixon Waterman, You Are My Friend





17. "May laughter fill your home, relieve your stress, and strengthen your friendships."
    Catherine Pulsifer




18. New friends may be poems but old friends are alphabets. Don't forget the alphabets because you will need them to read the poems.
    William Shakespeare




Bonds of friendship are like no other




19. "They bring a joy, a healing power that shines out far and wide.....
    The ever patient, faithful friends to keep watch by your side!"
    John McLeod




20. A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.
    Maya Angelou






21. "Friendship is like a china cup, once broken can be mended, but the crack is always there."
    Nozipho Buthelezi
    
    
    
    
22. How blessed could we be, to have found each other?
    I can tell you one thing, I wouldn't want any other.
    Julie Hebert





Short but Meaningful

While these friendship quotations may be short, they contain significant words that are indicative of what a friendship means. Many time you will find the wisest and deepest words can also be the briefest number of words!



23. A friend should be loved freely for himself, and not for anything else.
    St. Augustine, Friendship Thoughts




24. A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks.
    Richard Bach





25. Best friendships are roots.
    Jerry Jenkins, Twelve Things I Want my Kids to Remember





26. The best antiques are old friends.
    Author Unknown





27. A true friend indeed you are, someone I can always trust.
    Julie Hebert, True Friend




The best relationship is true friendship




28. "A great friend gives expecting nothing in return."
    Jennifer Price





29. "You need friendships that build you up and never tear you down."
    Larry Hagner, The Dad's Edge





30. Make new friends, but keep the old; those are silver, these are gold.
    Joseph Parry





31. Hope as you may for the dearest of friends is not given to you unless you at first are that dear friend to someone else.
    Byron R. Pulsifer





32. Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.
    Alexander Eastman





33. Friends should be like books, easy to find when you need them, but seldom used.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson




Share laughter and tears
but with one who is dear!




34. May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty.
    Irish Saying





35. Friendship is not threatened by honest criticism. It is strengthened.
    Charles Swindoll





36. "A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down."
    Arnold Glasow





37. May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam.
    Irish Saying





38. Empathy is about standing shoulder to shoulder with a friend, facing life together.
    Tracy Wilde, Finding the Lost Art of Empathy





39. Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
    Mark Twain




A friend's smile
never goes out of style




40. True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.
    David Tyson





41. "Old friends, like old wines, don't lose their flavor."
    Jewish Proverb





Inspirational And Uplifting

Be motivated and inspire others by these inspirational and uplifting quotations. Quotations expressing heartfelt affection that shows the comfort and relationship between companions.



42. "Close friends become family and family is the true center of the universe."
    Dave Marinaccio





43. Friends like you are far and few
    I always can count on you.
    So when I think of you
    I am thankful for all you do.
    Kate Summers, Every Time I Think Of You





44. Friends we have been through these years
    We shared good times and our fears
    Catherine Pulsifer, Congrats My Friend





45. This understated, overrated, the friendship we have found,
    Is nothing more than two compadre's standing in the crowd.
    Julie Hebert, My One True Friend




Bernard Meltzer said it well:
"A true friend is someone who thinks that
you are a good egg even though he knows that
you are slightly cracked."




46. A friend to chide me when I'm wrong my inmost soul to see;
    And that my friendship proves as strong for him as his for me.
    John Quincy Adams, Faithful Friend





47. "I think there is a thread that runs through each friendship and keeps it going no words necessary. Each knows what the other knows about him through good times and bad."
    Lauren Bacall





48. The key to friendship with God is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude
    toward what you do.
    Brother Lawrence




Life brings us many a pleasure
But you my friend are truly a treasure!



49. Growing up you were such a pain....
    And now the years have passed so fast
    Our friendship is strong and will always last.
    Samatha Lynch, We Grew Up




50. "Did I choose you? Did you choose me? And what difference does it make? All that really matters, friend, is that we choose together."
    Lois Wyse





51. As gold more splendid from fire appears;
    thus friendship brightens by the length of years.
    Thomas Carlyle




52. A friendship is what I was looking for,
    And a friendship is what I found.
    Our interests the same, we love the same games,
    Finding ourselves on common ground.
    Julie Hebert, For You My Best Friend





53. You are a true example of the Proverb: "A good companion shortens the longest road." You have shortened many a long road for me. Thank you!
    Sam Fickinsen




54. Friends are one of the treasures in life and I just want you to know that I treasure your friendship!
    Catherine Pulsifer




We don't realize how important we are at times.
As famous words state:
"To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world."




55. "Friendship is, strictly speaking, reciprocal benevolence, which inclines each party to be solicitous for the welfare of the other as for his own. This equality of affection is created and preserved by a similarity of disposition and manners."
    Plato
    
    
    
    
56. For dogs are very special friends and wondrous in their ways,
    They bring a joy, a healing power that shines out far and wide
    John McLeod, The Ever Patient Faithful Friend




57. "Being a friend can help relieve others stress, and, your friends can help relieve your stress!"
    Catherine Pulsifer




58. Sharing what is real about you is the key to building real relationships with others.
    Michelle Tillis Lederman, The Connector’s Advantage




59. Affirm and correct a child while he is young, and your relationship with him will grow into a healthy respectful friendship later in life.
    Den Trumbull, Loving by Leading




Life is always sweeter
With a friend by your side



60. Life's journey's have more meaning with the companionship of people that you enjoy.
    Victoria L. Adenson




61. Be a friend. The pay is bigger (Though not written by a figure)
    Than is earned by people clever in what's merely self-endeavor.
    Edgar A. Guest, Be A Friend




62. So doff the sable weeds you wear and whistle something gay
    The friend you've lost through frankness would have failed you anyway.
    Strickland Gillilan, Put To The Test




63. It's doing your job the best you can
    And being just to your fellow man;
    It's making money - but holding friends
    Berton Braley, The Recipe




64. My prayers shall first be upward sent
    For those dear friends of mine who lent
    Encouragement.
    Douglas Malloch, Encouragement




65. Planning a successful vacation with friends can be an enjoyable wonderful bonding experience. 
    Deanna Williams, Planning a Vacation with Friends