50 Meaningful Friendship Quotes

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





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





3. 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





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





5. 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




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





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





8. 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





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




Bonds of friendship are like no other




10. "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






11. "Friendship is like a china cup, once broken can be mended, but the crack is always there."
    Nozipho Buthelezi
    
    
    
    
12. 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!



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





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





15. The best antiques are old friends.
    Author Unknown





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




The best relationship is true friendship




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





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





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





20. 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





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





22. 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!




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





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





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





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





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





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




A friend's smile
never goes out of style




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





30. "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.



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





32. 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





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





34. 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."




35. 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





36. "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





37. 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!



38. 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




39. "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





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




41. 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





42. 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




43. 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."



44. "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
    
    
    
45. 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




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




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




48. 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



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




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