138 Meaningful Friendship Quotes

1. Among the finest gifts of life is friendship, good and true - The kind of friendship I have found so nicely in you. Author Unknown
   Quotes For A Friend




2. Unless my heart might serve a worthy friend - for his sweet sake, I'll go to earth's far end. Ardeen Foster, Master - Not Man
   Famous Poems





3. The key to friendship with God is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude toward what you do. Brother Lawrence
   Poems About God
   A relationship with God changes not only your life, but the life of those around you




4. God cares, he places friends in our lives to inspire us in the good times and the bad. Sam Fickinsen
   Christian Poems




5. I'm so thankful for friendship. It beautifies life so much. Lucy M. Montgomery
   Be Thankful Quotes





6. "You need friendships that build you up and never tear you down." Larry Hagner, The Dad's Edge
   Poems of Encouragement
   A friend should be a source of encouragement and support, if they do not encourage and support you they are not a friend they are just an acquaintance.




7. Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love. Fred Rogers
   Forgiveness Quotes




8. 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. Goethe
   Garden Poems





9. Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. Woodrow T. Wilson
   Famous Poems About Life
   A great quote that holds much truth, think of the times in your life when you need help or support - friends are there when we need them




10. For all the friends to us so dear....my heart breaks out in joy and sings Thanksgiving. Cobb, Thanksgiving
    Thanksgiving Poems




11. Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation. J. C. Ryle
    Quotes About The Bible




12. Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer. Jean de La Fontaine
    Valentines Day Poems




13. I believe—that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that. Unknown, I Believe That
    I Believe Poems




14. Say well has friends, some here, some there, but do well is welcome everywhere. Unknown, Do Well
    Good Poems




15. ...a smile is always sure to bring you new friends day by day. Edgar Nye, Keep Smiling
    Smile Poems




16. The years may pass, but our friendship will last. Age really doesn't matter we always will laugh and chatter. Catherine Pulsifer, In A Blink
    Birthday Poem For Friend




17. Love is friendship set on fire and you are my spark. Unknown
    Love Poems For Husband




18. I'll be rich wherever I may go, because I've had a friend, and I have known a peaceful joy that some one trusted me Christine Grunt Curless, Abundance
    Abundance Poem




19. No other friend thy place can fill - though absent we shall claim thee still Grinnell Willis, Dear Friend
    Goodbye Poems




20. Your friends may be few, let them feel that in you and your word they can ever depend John Imrie, Never Go Back On A Friend
    Life Mottos




21. The roads of happiness are lined, not with the friends of royal splendor, but with the loyal friends and kind Edgar A. Guest, The Roads of Happiness
    Poems About Happiness




22. Happiness and friendship take away the hardship Catherine Pulsifer, Rainbows & Lollipops
    Birthday Poems





23. "Somebody once said that love may not be any part of friendship but friendship must always exist for love to be happy." Sydney Smith
    No relationship survives without love!
    Short Love Poems




24. When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character. W. Somerset Maugham
    Quotes About Character




25. Being grandparents sufficiently removes us from the responsibilities so that we can be friends. Allan Frome
    Quotes on Grandparents




26. Narrow-minded men and women...will only give you distorted ideas of life, ideas that will change the sunniest and most healthful disposition into one morose, churlish and ill-natured. Be careful then, whom you choose for your companions. Unknown, Choose Your Companions Well
    Poems For Teenagers




27. A sister is a sibling who usually becomes a friend. But a friend in a stronger way than your regular friendships. Catherine Pulsifer
    Sister Poems




28. Home is where the friends that love to our hearts are given Unknown, Where Is Home?
    Poems About Home




29. Friends are the most important part of your life. Treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, but most importantly, treasure the memories. Dave Brenner
    Encouragement Quotes




30. But now we older and friends we are - you even let me borrow your car - I couldn't ask for a better brother Kate Summers, The Best
    Brother Poems




31. A daughter is a friend one who sticks with you to the end. Catherine Pulsifer, A Daughter Is
    Poems About Daughter




32. Living friendly, feeling friendly, acting fairly to all men, seeking to do that to others they may do to me again. Joseph Hobbins, You Ask Me How I Live
    Words To Live By




33. Saying goodbye is not the end because we will always be friends! Catherine Pulsifer
    Saying Goodbye Poem




34. Flowers are like friends; they bring color to your world. Author Unknown
    Flower Poem




35. This day hath parted friends that ne'er before were parted; it hath knit new friendships William Cullen Bryant, Summer Evening
    Summer Poems




36. Love is friendship that has caught fire. Ann Landers
    What Is Love Poem




37. Graduation is more than just saying, goodbye to a classroom of books.it's leaving behind great friendships Julie Hebert, We're Graduating
    A New Chapter In Life




38. That friend, and the greatest of all earthly friends is Mother Burton A. Washburn, Mother! The Greatest Of All Earthly Friends
    Mothers Day Poems




39. ... learn that hope of gain marks friendship’s worth, that love unselfish is the gift of few. Susan M. Day, Mistakes
    Poems About Mistakes




40. What shall I do, my friend, when you are gone forever? Mary Clemmer, What Shall I Do
    Funeral Poems





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




42. Blessings are like friends, I hold, who love and labor near us. We ought to raise our notes of praise while living hearts can hear us. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Thanksgiving Chorus
    Thanksgiving Day Poem




43. Dandelions are just friendly little weeds who only want to be loved like flowers. Heather Babcock
    Dandelion Poems




44. Rather feel a brother's hand clasped in mine, as friendship's vow than in pomp and pride to stand with a crown upon my brow. Edgar A. Guest, A Choice
    Life Choices




45. Union, friendship and devotion, is the cord of love, the golden twine. J. J. Thorne, Sweet Is Contentment
    Poems About Contentment




46. A sister in a friend will come and go but a friend in a sister will always remain. Author Unknown
    Sister Quotes




47. My brother is a true friend of mine, he is always loyal and true. No matter what the situation he always comes through Catherine Pulsifer, You Are The Best Brother
    Brother Poems From Sister




48. If you want friends, be friendly. Unknown, If
    Poems About Stress




49. The friendship of the good and true is more to me than gold, John Imrie, Friendship
    Easy Poems to Memorize




50. Thanks...for the friendship that reaches a kindly hand. Christie Lund, Thanks
    Be Thankful Poems




51. Show friendship's bond is strong and sweet - thus, hand-in-hand, friends understand the meaning true — "God-be-with-you!" John Imrie
    Good-bye Means Not Farewell




52. If with promises you've broken, you have chilled the hearts of men; it is vain to look for friendship for it will not come again. Edgar A. Guest, An Easy World
    Poems About Truth




53. The smile of friendship crowns the day, and hearts are young though heads be grey: friends never part! John Imrie
    To My Friends





54. 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
    While family is important there is a difference between family and friends. As Julie states we choose our friends!
    Poems About Family




55. Be glad, and your friends are many; be sad and you lose them all John A. Joyce, Love and Laughter
    Which Type Are You




56. You are richer today than you were yesterday if...made a new friend today Unknown, You Are Richer Today
    You Don't Have To Be Rich




57. ...summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever. George R.R. Martin
    Winter Poems




58. When friendship is exercised, it places happiness there. J. J. Thorne
    Hopes Of Joy




59. A sister is a sibling who usually becomes a friend. But a friend in a stronger way than your regular friendships. Catherine Pulsifer
    Sister Poems




60. No New Year can overthrow this our friendship that has grown from the years that now are flown Unknown, Let The New Year Be
    The Old Year And The New




61. Now we both move on but our friendship will never be gone! Catherine Pulsifer, So Fast
    Graduation Wishes For A Friend




62. Today you're more than, just a grandmother to me. You're my friend, and someone I aspire to be. Julie Hebert, To My Grandmother
    Grandma Poems




63. But let us remember that while it is the true friendship of man that Jesus offers us, it is also that of God. Robert Boyd, Christ Our True Friend
    I Love To Think Of Jesus




64. Love is like a friendship caught on fire. Bruce Lee
    What Is Love Poem




65. Be glad, and your friends are many; be sad, and you lose them all Ella Wheeler Wilcox
    Solitude Poem




66. When a friend falls, dare to be the first to extend a hand. Steve Maraboli
    Dare To Be




Friends together
can conquer life's stormy weather



67. 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
    Never take a friendship for granted, always express appreciation and thanks.
    Thank You Friend




68. Love cannot bind us more truly in golden or silken chain; like friends, we'll journey together Eloise A. Skimings, I Wish You
    New Year Poems




69. Don't imagine you are wasting time for others that you spend: you can rise to wealth and glory and still pause to be a friend. Edgar A. Guest, It Isn't Costly
    Poems About Money




70. Grown men are wearisome at times, and selfish pleasures jar, But sons and dads throughout the world the truest comrades are. Edgar A. Guest, The Finest Fellowship
    Only A Dad




71. The generous man robs none of gladness- and never scorns old friends for new. Richard Henry Stoddard, Roses, I See The Sweetest Roses
    Rose Poems




72. Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man. Sam Walter Foss, The House By The Side Of The Road
    Poems About Helping Others




73. There's joy for us a-plenty, there are tasks for us to do, and life is worth the living, for the friends we know are true. Edgar A. Guest, The New Days
    A New Day Poem





74. The friend of tomorrow is the one who has remained through the swamps and quagmires of life. Theodore W. Higgingsworth
    Difficult Times Quotes
    And, we all have the swamps and quagmires in this life - true friends stick with us no matter how deep the swamp




75. You've always been there for me this I knew. You're not just a Mother, but a dear friend too. Charley, For Mom
    For Mom




76. The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends Shirley MacLaine
    Poems About Travel




77. When a man meets a friend with a cloud on his brow, and a look that shows worry and fret, he should use every effort to lighten his care... Quincy Kilby
    A Laugh Pays Best In The End




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





79. "May laughter fill your home, relieve your stress, and strengthen your friendships." Catherine Pulsifer
    Laugh Quotes
    Laughter keeps friendships strong.




80. A friendly smile will open doors of friendship and relieve others hardship. Catherine Pulsifer, A Friendly Smile
    A Friendly Beaming Smile




81. 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
    New Friends and Old Friends
    A great analogy that supports the foundation of friendship.




Bonds of friendship are like no other



82. My only prayer is, while I live, - God make me worthy of my friends! Frank Dempster Sherman, Joy In Life
    Poems About Joy





83. "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
    Faithful Friends
    The author is referring to our pets, true companionship and affection can be found in them




84. A true friend is one who cares - friends like this are so rare Catherine Pulsifer, A True Friend Is One...
    True Friendship Poems





There is a bond between friends that should never be broken!



85. Although you aren't our real Dad - to us, you've been a friend, we are so lucky and so glad. Julie Hebert, To Step Dad From Us
    Step Dad Poems
    
    
    
86. For This One Hour I can be grateful...for friends, and for a hundred other blessings William Arthur Ward
    For This One Hour
    
    
    
87. My books, my friends in solitude...whose silent voices gently speak in the great thoughts I love to seek. Unknown, Friends In Solitude
    Poems About Books





88. How blessed could we be, to have found each other?
    I can tell you one thing, I wouldn't want any other. Julie Hebert
    Friends Are A Blessing




89. To have no patrons but sincere good friend to whom we're bound by naught but friendship ties Patience Strong, Independence Day
    Shadows




90. The climate of our days is influenced...more by the friends we make than by the people we meet; William Arthur Ward
    Service To Others




91. Wisdom teaches:....the miracle of love; the meaning of friendship William Arthur Ward, Wisdom Teaches
    Wisdom Poems





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!


92. Are you willing... To stop asking how much your friends love you, and to ask yourself if you love them enough Henry VanDyke, Ready To Keep Christmas
    Christmas Card Poem





93. Best friendships are roots. Jerry Jenkins, Twelve Things I Want my Kids to Remember
    Best Friend Poems
    The closeness we develop with people happens over time.




94. ... a friend's face when seen again sets the heart-pulses ringing Arthur Linton, Rain
    Nature Poems




95. There's nothing like a good old hug...a friend to share the moments with to talk with and to listen John McLeod, There Is Nothing Like
    Welcome Friends




96. Love unites us friends together, our union sweet and dear ; J. J. Thorne
    Love Is




97. ...do you value a friendship enough to take but a few minutes out of your day to send communication of concern, greetings, congratulations, or of hope and encouragement. Byron Pulsifer
    Forget-Me-Not




98. ...mother - patient kind and true, no other friend in all the world will be so true to you. Poet Unknown
    You Only Get One Mother




The best relationship is true friendship



99. A great friend gives expecting nothing in return Jennifer Price
    Desiderata Poem
    This quote reflects a key to success in friendship.




100. ...true friends will walk with us in the good times and in the hard times. Byron Pulsifer
     A Mile With Me




101. The light of friendship cheers the darkest way — when constantly it sheds its blessed ray Arthur Franklin Fuller, Gray Ballad
     Blessings Abundance





102. Make new friends, but keep the old; those are silver, these are gold. Joseph Parry
     Short Positive Quotes




103. .... true friends, who give of themselves and their resources, do not expect to get anything in return. Byron Pulsifer
     A Friend's Greeting




104. Our dark-day friends...like glints of sun come smiling through with summer in their words and eyes! NIxon Waterman, Our Dark-Day Friends
     To Know All Is To Forgive All




105. The joy of this world, when you've summed it all up, is found in the making of friends. Edgar A. Guest
     The Making Of Friends




106. Let the friends around you know the love you have before they go, show it now. Chas. R. Skinner, Now
     Kindness Poems





107. 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
     Poems About Hope




108. If you have a friend worth loving, love him. Yes, and let him know Rev. Charles A. Eubanks, Kinship
     Planting Seeds of Kindness





109. Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. Alexander Eastman
     Poems About Character




110. For sweet it will be in death's darksome hour, to feel and to know, some kind friend is nigh. Mary C Ryan
     Tis Only A Rosebud





111. Friends should be like books, easy to find when you need them, but seldom used. Ralph Waldo Emerson
     Book Quotes
     A famous Emerson quote that holds much truth. Never use a friend, it can destroy a relationship.




Share laughter and tears
but with one who is dear!




112. May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty. Irish Saying
     Irish Blessing Quotes




113. The generous man robs none of gladness. And never scorns old friends for new. Richard Henry Stoddard, Roses, I See The Sweetest Roses
     Rose Poems





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




115. Relationships flourish when all the little things you do and say become your habit not your exception. Byron Pulsifer
     When You Forget Valentines Day





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




A friend's smile
never goes out of style




117. True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable. David Tyson
     Meaningful Poems
     The intimacy and closeness among people can be felt even when there is no verbal communication.




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





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.



119. "Close friends become family and family is the true center of the universe." Dave Marinaccio
     Thinking Of You Poems




120. So, another year passes, another year older
     Be happy, be joyful, don't let your heart get colder Catherine Pulsifer, Birthday Wishes
     Birthday Poems For A Friend




121. To be a friend a man should close his eyes to the faults of others and open them to his own. Wilfred Peterson, You My Friend
     Message For Best Friend




122. 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
     Be The Best You Can Be
     Never let money override your relationships





123. 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
     Short Inspirational Quotes
     The camaraderie between people develops relationships




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."




124. 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
     Strong Quotes





125. "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
     Train Of Life Poem
     A bond and an affinity develops friendships




126. My prayers shall first be upward sent for those dear friends of mine who lent Encouragement. Douglas Malloch, Encouragement
     Famous Poets




127. The moral is, don't be too frank, it gits you nuthin' at the bank, just keep your thoughts beneath your hood, I'm tellin' you for your own good. Berton Braley
     Frankness Between Friends




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



128. Through good luck or woe, the sweetest pal I know, my Mother! Tiny Stoufer, My Mother
     Poems About Mothers





129. As gold more splendid from fire appears; thus friendship brightens by the length of years. Thomas Carlyle
     Poems On Aging




130. Light your fire and never fear, life was made for love and cheer. Henry VanDyke
     Inscriptions For A Friend's House




131. The world is wide, and many friends are dear, and friendships true Unknown
     We Love But A Few




132. 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
     When Your Feeling Down Quotes




133. Think of me as one who will ever befriend, and the warm hand of friendship ever will lend. Lillian E. Curtis, Think Of Me
     High School Graduation




134. The smile of friendship crowns the day, and hearts are young though heads be grey: — Friends never part! John Imrie
     To My Friend



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."




135. "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
     Appreciation Quotes
     
     
     
136. 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
     Humourous Quotes





137. 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
     Be Kind to Animals




Life is always sweeter
With a friend by your side



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