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The Golden Thread: 61 Famous Quotes About Friendship

"A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Famous Quotes About Friendship

Friendship is one of life’s most precious gifts. It is a bond built on understanding, trust, and mutual caring. True friendship enlightens our hearts, enriches our lives, and can get us through our darkest times. The hallmarks of genuine friendship include loyalty, empathy, and companionship.

Friends are the family we choose for ourselves. They know us deeply and love us unconditionally. Throughout history, many prominent figures have commented on the profound importance of friendship. The following collection of famous quotes eloquently captures the essence, meaning, and value of true friendship.

From humorists to philosophers, poets to novelists, these diverse minds share their wisdom and insights about this most resplendent of human connections. May their thoughtful words inspire you to nurture your friendships and appreciate their immeasurable worth.

Here’s a list of famous quotes about friendship:

  1. “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
  2. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
  3. “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
  4. “True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” – David Tyson
  5. “Friendship is not about people who act true to your face. It’s about people who remain true behind your back.” – Unknown
  6. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
  7. “Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.” – George Eliot
  8. “A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  9. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  10. “Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.” – John Evelyn
  11. “A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.” – Leo Buscaglia
  12. “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” – Elie Wiesel
  13. “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
  14. “A friend is someone who can see the truth and pain in you even when you are fooling everyone else.” – Unknown
  15. “Friendship is like a rainbow between two hearts.” – Unknown
  16. “In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.” – Khalil Gibran
  17. “Friendship is the most constant, the most enduring, the most basic part of love.” – Ed Cunningham
  18. “The language of friendship is not words but meanings.” – Henry David Thoreau
  19. “A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.” – Len Wein
  20. “Friendship isn’t about who you’ve known the longest. It’s about who walked into your life, said ‘I’m here for you,’ and proved it.” – Unknown
  21. “Friendship is not a big thing. It’s a million little things.” – Unknown
  22. “A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad.” – Arnold H. Glasow
  23. “Friendship is the only flower that blooms in all seasons.” – Unknown
  24. “Friendship is the gift that keeps on giving, and is a blessing to be treasured.” – Unknown
  25. “A true friend is someone who lifts you up when you’re down, and whose presence makes every moment brighter.” – Unknown
  26. “There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” – Linda Grayson
  27. “A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden.” – Unknown
  28. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
  29. “Friendship isn’t about who you’ve known the longest. It’s about who walked into your life and said ‘I’m here for you’ and proved it.” – Unknown
  30. “True friends don’t judge each other, they judge other people together.” – Unknown
  31. “Best friends: it’s not a label, it’s a promise.” – Unknown
  32. “Friends are the family you choose.” – Unknown
  33. “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” – Elie Wiesel
  34. “There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.” – Jim Henson
  35. “A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” – Donna Roberts
  36. “There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.” – William Butler Yeats
  37. “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” – A.A. Milne
  38. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
  39. “Friendship isn’t a big thing – it’s a million little things.” – Unknown
  40. “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
  41. “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” – Oprah Winfrey
  42. “People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.” – Joseph Fort Newton
  43. “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elisabeth Foley
  44. “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” – Jane Austen
  45. “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
  46. “The language of friendship is not words but meanings.” – Henry David Thoreau
  47. “Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.” – Euripides
  48. “A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.” – Unknown
  49. “Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.” – Oscar Wilde
  50. “A good friend knows all your stories, but a best friend helped you write them.” – Unknown
  51. “A friend to all is a friend to none.” – Aristotle
  52. “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” ― Thomas Aquinas
  53. “If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn’t follow. I’d be at the bottom to catch them when they fall.” ― Unknown
  54. “A friend who understands your tears is much more valuable than a lot of friends who only know your smile.” ― Unknown
  55. “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” ― C.S. Lewis
  56. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
  57. “A friend is one who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
  58. “True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.” – Charles Caleb Colton
  59. “A true friend is someone who sees the good in you even when you can’t see it yourself.” – Helen Keller
  60. “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
  61. “The greatest gift of friendship is its unconditionality.” – Richard Bach

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