100 Choosing Friends Quotes to Help You Make Wise Connections

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Famous Choosing Friends Quotes

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

Do you want to be wise? Choose wise friends — Charles R. Swindoll

Choose your friends wisely-they will make or break you. — J. Willard Marriott

Choose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you. — Yasser Arafat

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends. — Chinese Proverbs

When eating choose the place, when playing choose your friends. — Vietnamese Proverbs

You should make friends with good people. — Thai Proverbs

Choose your friends with caution; plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith. — Thomas S. Monson

Friends are the family that you choose. — Jess C Scott

Mindful choosing of friends and lovers, not to mention teachers, is critical to remaining conscious, remaining intuitive, remaining in charge of the fiery light that sees and knows. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Friends are the family we choose for ourselves. — Edna Buchanan

. . . success is a combination of many things, but a good character is the foundation of the kind of success that will bring you real happiness. Choose your friends wisely-they will make or break you. — J. Willard Marriott

My greatest talent is in my ability to choose good friends. It's about as important as things get. — Hunter S. Thompson

A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses. — Colin Powell

Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends. — Jacques Delille

Short Choosing Friends Quotes

  • Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. — Benjamin Franklin
  • Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected. — C.J. Langenhoven
  • Let your intimate friends be chosen from such as are better informed than yourself. — Robert Schumann
  • Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him. — Proverbs
  • Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill. — William Butler Yeats
  • Tell me who's your friend and I'll tell you who you are. — Proverbs
  • If you have bad friends, they lead you to bad. If you have graduated friends, they lead you to good. — Thai Proverbs
  • Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen. — Joineriana
  • Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us. — Indira Gandhi
  • If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself. — Aesop

Choosing Friends Image Quotes

Without friends no one would choose to live. - Aristotle quote

Without friends no one would choose to live. — Aristotle

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. - Aesop quote

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. — Aesop

Choosing friends quote A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forg
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

Kinds Of Friends Quotes

According to a new survey, 90% of men say their lover is also their best friend. Which is really kind of disturbing when you consider man's best friend is his dog. — Jay Leno

Talk with your daughters, Play with your sons. You need to be a better friend to them than anyone else. This society offers lots of evil friends. Before they make those kinds of friends, they need to find their best friend in you. — Nouman Ali Khan

People will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou

Choosing friends quote Patience is when you're supposed to be mad but you choose to understand.
Patience is when you're supposed to be mad but you choose to understand.

I don't like any kind of negativity. I try to be good to everyone, whether it's a love, a friend, an ex. I'll always try to treat people the way I want to be treated. — Sayings

When you don’t have many friends and you don’t have a social life you’re kind of left looking at things, not doing things. There’s a weird freedom in not having people treat you like you’re part of society or where you have to fulfill social relationships. — Tim Burton

A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double. — Toni Morrison

Choosing friends quote Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are, the more
Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are, the more selevtive you become.

You see, in this world, there's two kinds of people, my friend - those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig. — Clint Eastwood

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. — Mao Zedong

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. — Mother Teresa

If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that advocated "change," we would all be the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants. — Edward R. Murrow

Making New Friends Quotes

No one can go back and make a brand new start, my friend, but anyone can start from here and make a brand new end. — Dan Zadra

Whether fuel cell system development in central Oregon, wind power generation along the Columbia Gorge, or geothermal energy in southern Oregon, investing in new energy sources makes America more energy independent while creating good paying, environmentally friendly jobs. — Greg Walden

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day. — Dalai Lama

Choosing friends quote One of the most important decisions you'll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try
One of the most important decisions you'll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder.

Make new friends, but don’t forget the old ones. — Yiddish Proverbs

Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends. — Eminem

Borrow from your friends, and when they ain't got any more money, make new friends. — Irwin Corey

Choosing friends quote Be with those who bring out the best in you, not the stress in you.
Be with those who bring out the best in you, not the stress in you.

You Too? I thought I was the only one. — C. S. Lewis

Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold. — Unknown

From a simple, mammal perspective, you think you're going to make friends through the movie. You think, "Oh, this kind of humor that I play with will bring people that have a similar kind of humor. I'll make new friends," or something. You don't even think in terms of audience or of money. — Gaspar Noe

Every time I go to Comic-Con, I'm jacked. I want to dress up and walk the floor and answer questions, because I'm excited about it. It's like making new friends. — Mae Whitman

New Friends Quotes

New friends may be poems but old friends are alphabets. Don't forget the alphabets because you will need them to read the poems. — Unknown Author

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. — Anais Nin

My friends keep telling me I'm doing it with Mary Palmer. That's not true - I'm too busy masturbating to meet anyone new. — Roddy Piper

Choosing friends quote Your strongest muscle
Your strongest muscle

I've never felt that fear is my enemy. Fear is my friend. It offers me a chance to stay alert, keep growing, continue creating something new. If you don't take that sort of risk, you learn nothing. — Eartha Kitt

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. — Anais Nin

To keep a new friend, never break with the old. - Proverbs

To keep a new friend, never break with the old. — Proverbs

Choosing friends quote Two things you will never have to chase: true friends and true love.
Two things you will never have to chase: true friends and true love.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. — Anais Nin

I felt I had to share Idaho with my friend from New York because he'd shared New York with me, so I was going to share the beauty of nature with a man who went to museums and clubs late at night. But there was nothing to do where I lived at night. — Mariel Hemingway

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere. — Tim McGraw

Great power can come from memorizing scriptures. To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship. It is like discovering a new individual who can help in time of need, give inspiration and comfort, and be a source of motivation for needed change — Richard G. Scott

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More Choosing Friends Quotes

Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies. — Al Capone

The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for. — Mark Twain

Choosing friends quote One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts ... good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don't hurt. They're not painful. That's not just with somebody you want to marry, but it's with the friends that you choose. It's with the people you surround yourselves with. — Michelle Obama

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them. — W. Clement Stone

To come to know your enemy, first you must become his friend, and once you become his friend, all his defences come down. Then you can choose the most fitting method for his demise. — Ieyasu Tokugawa

Buy less, choose well: that's the maxim. Quality not quantity. That's the most environmentally friendly thing you can do. — Vivienne Westwood

In our friendships we have to be wise that we choose godly people to be our friends. Somebody might say, well does that mean that you should never have a lost person as your friend? No, I wouldn't say that. But you can't have the same intimacy with a lost person that you can with a godly person in whom the Holy Spirit is living. — Charles Stanley

I've invented Twofacebook, the antisocial network. You start being friends w/entire world & defriend people one by one. — Andy Borowitz

Choosing a romantic partner isn’t just about the romance—you’re also choosing a confidant, counselor, career advisor, therapist, investor, teacher, travel buddy, roommate, best friend, and business partner. Choose wisely. — Mark Manson

I find negativity is infectious and also very depressing. Choose friends who you admire and aspire to be like! Positive, driven and determined. — Martyn Ford

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country. — E. M. Forster

I don't have makeup on all the time, but when I want, I have fun with my friends choosing clothes and putting nail polish on. — Emma Watson

Evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of any relaitonship is your responsibility. You do not have to passively accept what is brought to you. You can choose. — Deborah

1. Find your own style and have the courage to stick to it. 2. Choose your clothes for your way of life. 3. Make your wardrobe as versatile as an actress. It should be able to play many roles. 4. Find your happiest colours - the ones that make you feel good. 5. Care for your clothes, like the good friends they are! — Joan Crawford

Choose your friends carefully. It is they who will lead you in one direction or the other. Everybody wants friends. Everybody needs friends. No one wishes to be without them. But never lose sight of the fact that it is your friends who will lead you along the paths that you will follow. — Sayings

In life you have a choice: Bitter or Better? Choose better, forget bitter. — Nick Vujicic

The better you are at surrounding yourself with people of high potential, the greater your chance for success. — John C. Maxwell

Pop and metal aren't friends. Each knows exactly where the other lives and tries to keep its distance. They choose different streets, neighborhoods, zip codes. — Dave Mustaine

I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully! — Danica McKellar

I choose my battles, Dresden. Not you." She looked up at me calmly. "Let me put this in terms that will get through your skull: My friend is going to save a child from monsters. I'm going with him. That's what friends do, Harry. — Jim Butcher

Our relatives are ours by chance, but we can choose our friends. — Jacques Delille

There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom. — William Penn

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never. — Albert Camus

Choose your friends and mates, not by the money in their bank account, creed, ethnicity, or color; instead, choose character, actions, heart, and soul. When we bleed, we bleed the same color. — Ana Monnar

A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses. Proverbs 27:19 — Bible

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose. — Tehyi Hsieh

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman. — Joseph Joubert

In Conclusion

Reading choosing friends quotes can also help us navigate through more complex issues such as choosing friends over relationships, or even choosing friends as family. These quotes can help us understand that it's perfectly fine to prioritize our friendships over romantic relationships at times, or to consider our friends as our chosen family. They can provide solace when we find ourselves in situations where friends are choosing sides, choosing others over us, or when we've made the mistake of choosing wrong friends. Don't these words of wisdom illuminate our path, helping us to make better decisions in the future? Ultimately, these quotes about choosing friends can serve as a tool, empowering us to build healthier, stronger, and more meaningful relationships.

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