Friends are the family that you choose. — Jess C Scott
There's no friends like the old friends. — James Joyce
Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams. — Henry David Thoreau
One of the most enduring friendships in history - dogs and their people, people and their dogs. — Terry Kay
Top 10 Friends For Life Quotes
Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. — Omar Khayyam
The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship. — Joseph Addison
Come let us be friends for once. Let us make life easy on us. Let us be loved ones and lovers. The earth shall be left to no one. — Yunus Emre
I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually. — Frank Sinatra
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
People will never forget how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou
Remember: In the end, you're not living to impress your friends or your relatives or your coworkers. All of life is for Jesus. — Chris Tomlin
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. — Marcel Proust
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. — Dr. Seuss
Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends — John Lennon
Friends For Life Image Quotes
Two things you will never have to chase: true friends and true love.
True Friends For Life Quotes
As you go through life's rich tapestry, you realize that most people you meet aren't fit to shine your shoes. It's a sad fact, but it's true. A good friend is someone who'd hide you if you were on the run for murder. How many of them do you know? — Lemmy Kilmister
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. — Baltasar Gracian
Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives. — Paulo Coelho
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff. — Jon Katz
It costs to be a friend or to have a friend. There is nothing else in life except motherhood that costs so much. It not only costs time, affection, patience, love, but sometimes a man must even lay down his life for his friends. There is no true friendship without self-abnegation, self-sacrifice. — Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies. — Richelle Mead
Friends are the sunshine of life.
I draw strength from spirit, from the divine light. I draw strength from the love my sister and I have for each other, from my nieces, Christina and Isabella, and the true friendships I have in my life that are based in being real with each other and mutual love and support. — Agapi Stassinopoulos
All friends are not for life, but if you have a true friend, you have a life. — Lois Wyse
Let us remember that desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. In addition, it is our actions and our desires that cause us to become something, whether a true friend, a gifted teacher, or one who has qualified for eternal life. — Dallin H. Oaks
I chose life over death for myself and my friends... I believe it is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all. — Ernest Shackleton
Thug Life Quotes
During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams — Tupac Shakur
Everybody’s at war with different things…I’m at war with my own heart sometimes. — Tupac Shakur
Never surrender, it's all about the faith you got: don't ever stop, just push it 'till you hit the top and if you drop, at least you know you gave your all to be true to you, that way you can never fall — Tupac Shakur
The best thing in life are free.
I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me. — Tupac Shakur
All the Hennessy and weed can't hide, the pain i feel inside, its like I'm living just to die. — Tupac Shakur
Why am I dying to live if I'm just living to die. — Tupac Shakur
I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It is not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel all alone
Life's a wheel of fortune and it's my chance to spin it. — Tupac Shakur
No one knows my Struggle, they only see the Trouble. Not knowing it's hard to carry on when, No one loves you. — Tupac Shakur
What doesn’t kill me can only make me stronger — Kid Ink
Never surrender, it's all about the faith that you got. — Tupac Shakur
Friends For A Lifetime Quotes
Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. — Richard Bach
Teaching children how to be eco-friendly at preschool age is just so obvious and so fantastic. It creates habits that they get into for a lifetime and then they put pressure on their parents. — Tana Ramsay
The Democrat Party has had a friendly, supportive relationship with every communist regime on this planet in my lifetime. And now all of a sudden their buddies, the Soviets, i.e., Putin and the Russians, have abandoned them and are now sabotaging them for the purpose of election. — Rush Limbaugh
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
I reckon I probably worked for Euripides a long time ago. I do think we have many Earth walks and it's possible that he's an old friend. Does that sound too stupid for words? Quite frankly I think I've been an actor in so many lifetimes. — Joyce DeWitt
Scott: Friends don't let friends drive drunk. Nora: Are you trying to appeal to my conscience? Scott: How can you turn down a once-in-a-lifetime chance to drive the 'Stang? Nora: How about you sell me the 'Stang for thirty dollars? I can even pay cash. Scott: Drunk, but not that drunk, Grey. — Becca Fitzpatrick
If anything, we older people yearn for a peaceful world even more than young people do. We are the ones who lost friends or relatives in some war. We are the ones who have lived a lifetime of seeing and reading about human suffering. — Dennis Prager
Lifelong Friends Quotes
Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you. — Margaret Bourke-White
My lifelong friend and mentor Frank Barsalona is gone. And the music business as we knew it went with him. — Steven Van Zandt
I come here tonight as a sister, blessed with a brother who is my mentor, my protector and my lifelong friend. And I come here as a wife who loves my husband and believes he will be an extraordinary president. — Michelle Obama
Keep people in your life ...
The growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair. — Sarah Orne Jewett
I count myself really fortunate that I have some lifelong friends. The best thing about a friend is when you are being your own worst enemy a friend can help snap you out of it. — Amy Grant
After an acquaintance of ten minutes many women will exchange confidences that a man would not reveal to a lifelong friend — Page Smith
Count you age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
Cheese, wine, and a friend must be old to be good. — Reinhold Niebuhr
A blessed companion is a book! A book that, fitly chosen, is a life-long friend. A book — the unfailing Damon to his loving Pythias. A book that — at a touch — pours its heart into our own. — Douglas William Jerrold
Marriage, friends, is a lifelong feast; love is no light lunch. — Garrison Keillor
I think for me it's just a matter of staying keyed into my lifelong friends from New York and family. And, you know, I'm pretty solitary. I'm a homebody. So I don't get out much to get into trouble — Debra Messing
Friends Forever Quotes
A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Close friends are truly life's treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves. With gentle honesty, they are there to guide and support us, to share our laughter and our tears. Their presence reminds us that we are never really alone. — Vincent Van Gogh
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. — Donna Roberts
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience this is the ideal life.
We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere. — Tim McGraw
No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. — Francois Mauriac
We are forever looking outside ourselves, seeking approval and striving to impress others. But living to please others is a poor substitute for self-love, for no matter how family and friends may adore us, they can never satisfy our visceral need to love and honor ourselves. — Susan L. Taylor
If you have good friends, no matter how much life is sucking, they can make you laugh.
We tend to take a great deal for granted, because you feel like you're going to live forever. It's only if you lose a friend, or maybe have a near-death experience, [that] many events and people in your life suddenly attain real significance. — Brandon Lee
George Jones may be gone but his music will live on forever. What a great voice and a great friend. — Ray Stevens
I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true — A. A. Milne
My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever. — George R. R. Martin
Long Lasting Friendships Quotes
People will walk in and walk out of your life, but the one whose footstep made a long lasting impression is the one you should never allow to walk out. — Michael Bassey
It's friendship and community that embed a new identity and help behaviors last over the long run. — James Clear
Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as long as it is nourished with kindness, empathy and understanding. — Unknown
When a woman becomes her own best friend, life is easier.
The loving person makes other people feel good, and he is usually a happy person himself. He is able to form strong, long-lasting friendships. — Benjamin Spock
A friend's loyalty lasts longer than their memory. Over the course of a long friendship, you might fight with your friend, even get angry with them. But a true friend will forget that anger after a while, because their loyalty to their friend outweighs the memory of the disagreement. — Matthew Reilly
It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree. — Elbert Hubbard
I think in all of us there is a profound longing for friendship, a deep yearning for the satisfaction and security that close and lasting friendships can give. — Marlin K. Jensen
And it occurred to me that friendship was a lot more dependable, not to mention long-lasting, than love. — Lisa Kleypas
All male friendships are essentially quixotic: they last only so long as each man is willing to polish the shaving-bowl helmet, climb on his donkey, and ride off after the other in pursuit of illusive glory and questionable adventure. — Michael Chabon
I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them. — Paul Getty
Friendship Forever Quotes
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Relationships may change throughout the gift of time, memories stay the same forever in my mind. — Jackie Robinson
Not forever does the bulbul sing In balmy shades of bowers, Not forever lasts the spring Nor ever blossom the flowers. Not forever reigneth joy, Sets the sun on days of bliss, Friendships not forever last, They know not life, who know not this. — Khushwant Singh
Because of baseball I smelled the rose of life. I wanted to travel, and to have nice clothes. Baseball allowed me to do all those things, and most important, during my time with the Crawfords, it allowed me to become a member of the brotherhood of friendship which will last forever. — Cool Papa Bell
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo. — Oprah Winfrey
Best friends listen to what you don't say. — Samantha Norman
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. — Bruce Lee
You Too? I thought I was the only one. — C. S. Lewis
Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who are forever trying to invest themselves with importance by calling important people by their first names in or out of print. Such first-naming for effect makes me cringe. — John Mason Brown
Friendships come and go, but families are forever. — Kenny Rogers
Friendship And Life Quotes
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart — Eleanor Roosevelt
A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers. — Ruth Graham
I have always looked at life as a voyage, mostly wonderful, sometimes frightening. In my family and friends I have discovered treasure more valuable than gold. — Jimmy Buffett
Friends are those rare people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer. — Ed Cunningham
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion. — Simone de Beauvoir
The best things in life are free. And it is important never to lose sight of that. So look around you. Wherever you see friendship, loyalty, laughter, and love...there is your treasure. — Neale Donald Walsch
If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. — Desmond Tutu
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. — Hubert H. Humphrey
If there is no friendship with them [the poor] and no sharing of the life of the poor, then there is no authentic commitment to liberation, because love exists only among equals. — Gustavo Gutiérrez
Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life. — James F. Byrnes
Enduring Friendship Quotes
A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Friends are "annuals" that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a "perennial" that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect. There's a place in the garden for both of them. — Erma Bombeck
The culture of drink endures because it offers so many rewards: confidence for the shy, clarity for the uncertain, solace to the wounded and lonely, and above all, the elusive promises of friendship and love. — Pete Hamill
Job endured everything - until his friends came to comfort him, then he grew impatient. — Soren Kierkegaard
Think to Thank. In these three words are the finest capsule course for a happy marriage, formula for enduring friendship, and a pattern for personal happiness. — Thomas S. Monson
In these fast and fickle times, it’s nice to know that there are some things you can always count on: the enduring brilliance of the last page of The Great Gatsby; the near-religious harmonies of the Beach Boys’ “California Girls”; and the lifelong friendship of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. — Sarah Vowell
To ask me whether I could endure to live without friends is absurd. It is easy enough to live out of material sight of friends, but to live without human love is impossible. — John Muir
It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy. — Saadi Shirazi
To be truthful i am not entirely sure what people mean when they talk of happiness. There are moments of joy and laughter, the comfort of friendship, but enduring happiness? If it exists i have not found it — David Gemmell
Finally ... You have accomplished your mission in going there tonight - you were 'seen,' and you furnished your host and hostess with the sincerest proof of your great love and friendship for them - you endured their cocktail party. — Letitia Baldrige
Bonds Of Friendship Quotes
Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation. — Oscar Wilde
The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when. — Simon Sinek
And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty. — Margaret Cavendish
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. — Abraham Lincoln
Wayne put me right here, that's who I get the paper wit. I hope that my success never alters our relationship. — Drake
Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue — William Penn
A true bond of friendship is usually only possible between people of roughly equal status. This equality is demonstrated in many indirect ways, but it is reinforced in face-to-face encounters by a matching of the posture of relaxation or alertness. — Desmond Morris
It is a curious thing in human experience, but to live through a period of stress and sorrow with another person, creates a bond which nothing seems able to break. — Eleanor Roosevelt
The United States was the first country to recognize Israel in 1948, minutes after its declaration of independence, and the deep bonds of friendship between the U.S. and Israel remain as strong and unshakeable as ever. — Barack Obama
Shared laughter creates a bond of friendship. — Lee Grant
To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
No human being should ever have to fear for his own life because of political or religious beliefs. We are all in this together, my friends, the rich, the poor, the red, white, black, brown and yellow. We share responsibility for Mother Earth and those who live and breathe upon her ..never forget that. — Leonard Peltier
I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don't take them for granted. Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff. — Jon Katz
In the best of times, our days are numbered anyway. So it would be a crime against nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were designed in the first place: the opportunity to do good work, to enjoy friends, to fall in love, to hit a ball, and to bounce a baby. — Alistair Cooke
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. — Melody Beattie
The aim of human life is to know thyself. Think for yourself. Question authority. Think with your friends. Create, create new realities. Philosophy is a team sport. Philosophy is the ultimate, the ultimate aphrodisiac pleasure. Learning how to operate your brain, learning how to operate your mind, learning how to redesign chaos — Timothy Leary
Having friends around for a pleasant evening is one of life's most cherished joys as far as I am concerned. But when those with me are fellow believers, how much greater that joy is, for we know that it's rekindled, one day in eternity. — James Stewart
Only music clarifies, reconciles, and consoles. But it is not a straw just barely clutched at. It is a faithful friend, protector, and comforter, and for its sake alone, life in this world is worth living. Who knows, perhaps in heaven there will be no music. So let us live on the earth while we still have life! — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But on the Plains one's friends have an opportunity to prove their mettle. — Buffalo Bill
Do a little more than you're paid to. Give a little more than you have to. Try a little harder than you want to. Aim a little higher than you think possible, and give a lot of thanks to God for health, family, and friends. — Art Linkletter
The Voice There is a voice inside of you That whispers all day long, "I feel this is right for me, I know that this is wrong." No teacher, preacher, parent, friend Or wise man can decide What's right for you--just listen to The voice that speaks inside. — Shel Silverstein
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. — Thornton Wilder
Cancer changes your life, often for the better. You learn what's important, you learn to prioritize, and you learn not to waste your time. You tell people you love them. My friend Gilda Radner used to say, 'If it wasn't for the downside, having cancer would be the best thing and everyone would want it.' That's true. If it wasn't for the downside. — Gilda Radner
Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life. — Daniel Handler
Sometimes it's strange being me. I travel the world meeting people, I'm surrounded with friends and my life is full, but all the time I am confronted by a young man I have nothing in common with. He is me, but he is not me now. In fact I have been me now for longer than I was him, but no one wants to know about me. — Eddy Merckx
My school life was very much a wandering experience. I was having trouble in school and I was not making a lot of friends. So coming home and actually improvising on the piano and just coming up with melodies was an escape for me. — Josh Groban
It can literally change someone's life; it's very positive for young teenagers to get into cosplay if they do it with their friends or with supervision from their parents - it can really foster their social skills. — Yaya Han
I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down. — Abraham Lincoln
I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to make a lot of sacrifices. I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people. Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream. — Lionel Messi
You’re my best friend, Shmuel,’ he said. ‘My best friend for life. — John Boyne
Friends are an indispensable part of a meaningful life. They are the ones who share our burdens and multiply our blessings. A true friend sticks by us in our joys and sorrows. In good times and bad, we need friends who will pray for us, listen to us, and lend a comforting hand and an understanding ear when needed. — Beverly LaHaye
The silver friend knows your present and the gold friend knows all of your past dirt and glories. Once in a blue moon there is someone who knows it all, someone who knows and accepts you unconditionally, someone who is there for life. — Jill McCorkle
Be grateful, for gratitude can bring life to life, it can turn a meal to a feast, resentment to love, a grudge to forgiveness, an enemy to a friend, a disease to hope, and you to enough. — Steven Bartlett
The goal of the martial arts is not for the destruction of an opponent, but rather for self-growth and self-perfection. The practice of a martial art should be a practice of love - for the preservation of life, for the preservation of body, and for the preservation of family and friends. — Dan Inosanto
Life is not a game of Space Invaders — you don’t get points for all the money you rack up in the game — but many people treat it as though it were. They just keep earning and earning, trying to maximize their wealth without giving nearly as much thought to maximizing what they get out of that wealth – including what they can give to their children, their friends, and the larger society now, instead of waiting until they die. — Bill Perkins
He looked down and did something quite out of character for him: he took hold of Shmuel's tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly. "You're my best friend, Shmuel," he said. "My best friend for life. — John Boyne
The most intimate motions within the depths of our souls are not completely our own. For they belong also to our friends, to humankind, to the universe, and the Ground of all being, the aim of our life. — Paul Tillich
For the mission's sake, our country's sake, and the sake of the men who carried the Division's colors in the past battles - who fought for life and never lost their nerve - carry out your mission and keep your honor clean. Demonstrate to the world there is "No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy" than a U.S. Marine. — James Mattis
At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I've grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe. — Chris Van Allsburg
I think pop culture is the greatest subject matter out there - 'Other People's Lives,' as we wrote about on the last Duran Duran album. Most ideas for great songs come from real situations, something your friend said to you the night before, the girl that just left, or something traumatic in your life. — Nick Rhodes
ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. His success was documented and laid out for him. He came to the first show I had in Memphis, and it was very nice. He sort of treated me like an equal, because we were both fresh in the business. We got to be great friends and kindred souls. — Roy Orbison
In 1967, I signed up for the Army where I earned an equivalency diploma, then went on to join the Special Forces. That was really was the turning point in my life. I became more disciplined and focused. I went overseas and was in combat, got wounded a couple of times, lost a lot of good friends but matured a great deal. — Richard Carmona
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