Famous Quotes & Sayings

Marvin J. Ashton

Once upon hearing a friend's bashing comment I said, "Did you reach that conclusion on your own, or did it come through prayer?"

Marvin J. Ashton

A friend is a possession we earn, not a gift.

Mark Twain

An enemy can partly ruin a man, but it takes a good-natured injudicious friend to complete the thing and make it perfect.

Muhammad Ali

If you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

Muhammad Ali

Friendship is not something you can learn in college or some learning institution, no one knows how to become friends you just become but if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship you haven't learned anything

Oscar Wilde

Friendship never forgets. That is the wonderful thing about it.

Oscar Wilde

Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.

Madonna Ciccone

I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, but in the process I forgot that I was special too.

Madonna Ciccone

When my world seems to crumble all around, and foolish people try to bring me down, I just think of your smile face, and I'm flying.

Mac Davis

Who discreetly whispers you forgot to zip up your pants? You babe, you're my bestest friend.

Louis Kronenberger

Doubtless a good general rule for close friendships, where confidences are freely exchanged, is that what one is not informed about, one may not inquire about.

Liv Ullmann

Nobody is one block of harmony. We are all afraid of something, or feel limited in something. We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked to each other, not just pitter patter but real talk. We shouldn't be afraid, because most people really like this contact; that you show you are vulnerable makes them free to be vulnerable too. It's so much easier to be together when we drop our masks.

Michel de Montaigne

Judgement holds in me a magisterial seat, at least it carefully tries to. It lets my feelings go their way, both hatred and friendship, even the friendship I bear myself, without being changed and corrupted by them.

Michel de Montaigne

Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society.

Michel de Montaigne

I love a friendship that flatters itself in the sharpness and vigor of its communications.

Michel de Montaigne

Friendship that possesses the whole soul, and there rules and sways with an absolute sovereignty, can admit of no rival.

Mark Twain

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see. I sought my God, but my God eluded me. I sought my brother and I found all three ...

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Marian Anderson

Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

Marguerite Yourcenar

I believe that friendship, like love, of which it is a particular kind, requires nearly as much art as a successful choreography.

Maria Edgeworth

In real friendship the judgment, the genius, the prudence of each party become the common property of both.

Naomi Judd

Solitude is creativity's best friend, and solitude is refreshment for our souls.

Naomi Watts

Nicole was always there with her door open, her arms open, her ears open - just what you need.

Publilius Syrus

Friendship is stronger than kindred.

Publilius Syrus

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.

Publilius Syrus

We die as often as we lose a friend.

Publilius Syrus

The friendship that can come to an end, never really began.

Publilius Syrus

Friendship either finds or makes equals.

Nelson Mandela

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

Oprah Winfrey

What I know for sure is that if you can survive 11 days in cramped quarters with a friend and come out laughing, your friendship is the real deal. I know ours is.

Oprah Winfrey

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo..

Oprah Winfrey

You make me proud to spell my name woman... you make me proud to be your friend...