There's something about childhood friends that you just can't replace. — Lisa Whelchel
Friends are friends forever, if the Lord's the Lord of them. — Michael W. Smith
When they finished laughing they were on their way to being not just friends, but the dearest of friends, the sort of friends whose lives are shaped by the friendship. — Robin McKinley
One of the most enduring friendships in history - dogs and their people, people and their dogs. — Terry Kay
True friends, like ivy and the wall Both stand together, and together fall. — Thomas Carlyle
There's no friends like the old friends. — James Joyce
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
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
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
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
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
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
Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are, the more selevtive you become.
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
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
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
Be with those who bring out the best in you, not the stress in you.
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
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
Your strongest muscle
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
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
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
Two things you will never have to chase: true friends and true love.
Cheese, wine, and a friend must be old to be good. — Reinhold Niebuhr
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
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
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
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
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'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered. — A. A. Milne
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
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
Lifelong Love Quotes
You'll never experience the joy and tenderness of a lifelong love unless you fight for it. — Chris Fabry
Getting better from depression demands a lifelong commitment. I've made that commitment for my life's sake and for the sake of those who love me. — Susan Polis Schutz
Why does a man who is truly in love insist that this relationship must continue and be "lifelong"? Because life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic. Who would want to wake up halfway through an operation? — Cesare Pavese
Physical attraction was about aesthetics, not sexual performance, not mental stimulation. Without a mental connection, a remarkable sexual performance yielded no lifelong guarantees. It was only lust. And lust was not love. — Eric Jerome Dickey
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
In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock. — Edward Abbey
But as a Scot with a lifelong love of Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good to miss. Simply put there is no more creative an act than creating a new nation. — Sean Connery
To be in love involves the most irresistible conviction that one will go on being in love until one dies, and that possession of the beloved will confer, not merely frequent ecstasies, but settled, fruitful, deep-rooted, lifelong happiness. — C. S. Lewis
The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. — Alan Cohen
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
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
Oldest Friends Quotes
We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young. — Letty Cottin Pogrebin
In swimming, everyone calls me grandma, because I'm the oldest there. Then with my friends, I'm the youngest and I'm the baby. It's definitely bizarre. — Amanda Beard
He knew. I could see it in his face. Look, if someone gets infected you've got between ten and twenty seconds to kill them. It might be your brother or your sister or your oldest friend. It makes no difference. And just so you know where you stand - if it happens to you, I'll do it in a heartbeat. — Selena
You're nice,' Cushie told him, squeezing his hand. 'And you're my oldest friend.' But they both must have known that you can know someone all your life and never quite be friends. — John Irving
I have three kids, the oldest is 18 and her friends are going to see it The Aristocrats because they told her they're going to see it, especially her guy friends. — Bob Saget
As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Peter Dinklage is one of my oldest friends from New York! — Sam Trammell
Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from. — Beau Bridges
Bjork is one of my oldest friends so we share the friendship and common roots. That is what we build on when we work together. — Sjon
Long Friendship Quotes
A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. — Douglas Pagels
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
When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship - when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us. — Oswald Chambers
There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have a large vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendship between those engaged in furthering the evolution of consciousness has a quality impossible to describe. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Instant gratification is the kiss of death. That mindset hurts anything it touches. Business, health, politics, friendship, relationship, finances. It attracts short-term thinkers and is turned off by long-term thinkers. Don't fall for this trap. — Patrick Bet-David
You know, Sal, for a long time would hate taking elevators with me. Because he knew when those doors closed I was going to do something stupid to embarrass him. So he'd opt to take the stairs a lot. — Joe Gatto
When the night has come and the land is dark and the moon is the only light we see. No, I won't be afraid, no, I won't be afraid, just as long as you stand, stand by me. — Ben E. King
If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall. Or the mountain should crumble to the sea. I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear, just as long as you stand by me. — Ben E. King
When I recollect the treasure of friendship that has been bestowed upon me I withdraw all charges against life. If much has been denied me, much, very much has been given. So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart I shall say that life is good. — Helen Keller
A long-term marriage has to move beyond chemistry to compatibility, to friendship, to companionship. It is certainly not that passion disappears, but that it is conjoined with other ways of love. — Madeleine L'Engle
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
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
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
We'll be friends until forever, just you wait and see — A. A. Milne
Very Good Friends Quotes
We need American foreign policy that tells the world very clearly that it is bad to be our enemy and good to be our friend. — Marco Rubio
Frog said, 'I wrote 'Dear Toad, I am glad that you are my best friend. Your best friend, Frog.' 'Oh,' said Toad, 'that makes a very good letter.'Then Frog and Toad went out onto the front porch to wait for the mail. They sat there, feeling happy together. — Arnold Lobel
If a man can tell if he's been successful in his life by having great friends, then I have been very successful. — Johnny Ramone
I liked being Doc Holliday. It's fun to be insightful and aristocratic, to stand up for your friend and make sacrifices for him. It was fun to be arrogant like he was and have the goods to back it up. He was a very noble character. Although, let's not forget, he did kill a lot of people. — Val Kilmer
I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important. — David Rockefeller
William Holden and I weren't just good friends. He was my very best friend. I feel his loss very much still. — Glenn Ford
If it was Europe, I just picked a country that I hadn't been to, but I didn't try to check up on what was going on in the country or anything like that. I just went and had a good time and met a lot of very nice people who are still my friends. — Lee Hazlewood
Lucy Fry and I became very good friends on the set…I called her ‘Royal Higness’ & she answered, ‘Yes, my Guardian. — Danila Kozlovsky
My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and power - are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul? — Plato
Patriotism can be good or bad. Knee-jerk patriotism can be very bad. I'm patriotic almost to the point of self-consciousness, but I love my country the way I love a friend or a child who I would correct if she was going the wrong way. Who I expect the very best from. — Emmylou Harris
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
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
I'm 40 years old now and I have my friends from five years old up to 40, over 20 lifelong friends I have. And you can't keep that. You can't have that kind of friendship with people for 40 years from childhood friends if you're not an honorable person and if you're not a respectful person. And that's exactly what I am. — Tony Vlachos
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
The process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift in such a case, but the growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair. — Sarah Orne Jewett
I'm a very honorable person. I have lifelong friends from birth, from grammar school, from five years old. — Tony Vlachos
I went to elementary school in Goodeve, Saskatchewan, a small Ukrainian town. I played a lot of hockey, a lot of ball. Because of that I fit in - everyone wanted me on their team. The guys knew I was a hunter, and they were farmers. They just accepted that. I have lifelong friends from Goodeve. — Perry Bellegarde
I promised myself as a kid that I would not become that guy. So I have my finger on the pulse of what is going on and I love relevant music today. We are talking about artists like Kendrick Lamar, School Boy Q, Absoul, that whole crew. Of course Evidence and Alchemist, those guys are my brothers and I love those guys, they have been lifelong friends but I have always sort of looked up to them artistically. — Shane Bunting
In a proper pub everyone there is potentially, if not a lifelong friend, at least someone to lure into an argument about foreign policy or the Red Sox. — Barbara Holland
I grew up with a lot of Muslim friends, and the whole idea of revelation has been a lifelong interest of mine. — Deepak Chopra
A complaint is a chance to turn a customer into a lifelong friend. I say that seriously, not as some press release baloney. — Richard Branson
I've always loved playing live shows. I love traveling, seeing the country. I've made a lot of lifelong friends on the road at shows. It's so neat to see that so many of our fans have become friends. There are these nice little groups of "X People" everywhere. — Exene Cervenka
I'm glad I went through the training because I've met such great mentors and lifelong friends/collaborators along the way. Also, any training (acting, movement, dance, piano, singing, etc) allowed me to hone my skills and find an inner space of self-generating creativity. — Jade Hassoune
I know of no common interest that exceeds gardening as a source of lifelong friendships, nor as a means of making new friends almost constantly. — Allen Lacy
I've seen lifelong friends drift apart over golf just because one could play better, but the other counted better. — Stephen Leacock
I have lifelong friends. My oldest friend, Herbie, has been a friend since I was 9. I've had bonds for over 50 years with people. — Larry King
I claim to have been a lifelong and wholly disinterested friend of the British people. — Mahatma Gandhi
lifelong enemies are, I think, as hard to make and as important to one's well-being as lifelong friends. — Jessica Mitford
When it comes to books...They're like lifelong friends to me; I need to know they're there, even if I don't check in with them on a regular basis. — Vendela Vida
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