Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming. — William Hazlitt
Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way. — Charles Kingsley
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. — Thomas Jones
Adversity tests the sincerity of friends — Aesop
He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life. — Sophocles
The friendship that can cease has never been real. — St. Jerome
Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound. — Proverbs
Don’t allow the grass to grow on the path of friendship. — American Proverbs
A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative. — George Ade
Losing Friendship Image Quotes
Losing my homies in a hurry, they're relocating to the cemetery. — Tupac Shakur
I knew when I met you an adventure is going to happen.
Inspirational Quotes
Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran
Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly — Paulo Coelho
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 POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker
Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle
Friendship Quotes
Love, friendship, laughter... Some of the best things in life really are free. — Bob Marley
Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses. — Ann Landers
The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being. — Konrad Lorenz
To be honest with you, I don't have the words to make you feel better, but I do have the arms to give you a hug, ears to listen to whatever you want to talk about, and I have a heart; a heart that's aching to see you smile again. — Laura Ortiz
Lost Friendship Quotes
You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your 'friends — Mark Twain
If friends disappoint you over and over, that's in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be self-centered, you need to recognize that and take care of yourself; people aren't going to change simply because you want them to. — Oprah Winfrey
I get by with a little help from my friends. — John Lennon
Strangers are just friends waiting to happen — Rod McKuen
You do not lament the loss of hair of one who has been beheaded. — Joseph Stalin
Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.
I loved you like a man loves a woman he never touches, only writes to, keeps little photographs of. — Charles Bukowski
It is when we are most lost that we sometimes find our truest friends. — Cynthia Rylant
Get not your friends by bare compliments but by giving them sensible tokens of your love. — Socrates
Demons run when a good man goes to war. Night will fall and drown the sun when a good man goes to war. Friendship dies and true love lies. Night will fall and the dark will rise when a good man goes to war. Demons run but count the cost; the battle's won but the child is lost. — Steven Moffat
The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.
Black women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us. We do not fear losing friends, allies, or jobs. — Maxine Waters
Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people -- your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way. — Barbara Bush
You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends. — Joan Jett
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way. — Barbara Bush
There's something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it's not something that you get over. I don't believe there's a healing process. — Chris Cornell
A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family. You still gotta stand up and be that guy even when you ain't having great things. Because you've gotta be the spokesperson for your people. — Young Jeezy
Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them. — Francesco Guicciardini
Friendship Broken Quotes
Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends. — Mary Catherwood
Ingratitude is a nail which, driven into the tree of courtesy, causes it to wither; it is a broken channel, by which the foundations of the affections are undermined; and a lump of soot, which, falling into the dish of friendship, destroys its scent and flavor. — Giambattista Basile
The best way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends. — Gwyneth Paltrow
If I got rid of my demons, I'd lose my angels.
The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical. Even further beyond any other emotional pain one can feel. It is the betrayal of a friend. — Heather Brewer
One is so apt to think of people's affection as a fixed quantity, instead of a sort of moving so with the tide, always going out or coming in but still fundamentally there: and I believe this difficulty in making allowance for the tide is the reason for half the broken friendships. — Freya Stark
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant. — Buddha
I lost myself trying to please everyone else. Now I'm losing everyone while I'm finding myself.
Friends are just enemies who don't have enough guts to kill you. — Judy Tenuta
Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after. — Walter Savage Landor
Make as many friends as you can, but don't build your life on them alone. It's an unstable foundation. — Sean Covey
Life is loneliness, broken only by the gods taunting us with friendship and the odd bonk — Christopher Moore
Lost Friend Quotes
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring. — Oscar Wilde
Oh my friends, we are loaded with countless church activities, while the real work of the church, that of evangelizing and winning the lost is almost entirely neglected. — Oswald J. Smith
The song is ended, but the melody lingers on. — Irving Berlin
I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.
Good friends we have had, oh good friends we've lost along the way
In this bright future you can't forget your past
So dry your tears I say. — Bob Marley
Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex. — Jane Austen
I'm just a careful person around wheels and stuff like that. I try to be as cautious as I can, cause I lost friends to motorcycle accidents and car accidents. So I don't ever play around anything like that. — Gucci Mane
The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground...they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us. — Alexandre Dumas
I just lost my best friend, I have been crying hysterical for a full day. — Bam Margera
The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong. — Pierre Charron
I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress. — Amber Tamblyn
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
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
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
It's friendship and community that embed a new identity and help behaviors last over the long run. — James Clear
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
Friend Betrayal Quotes
There are three signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he betrays his trust. — Elijah Muhammad
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
Silence is the true friend that never betrays. — Confucius
Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't. — Judy Holliday
Silence is a true friend who never betrays. — Confucius
Everyone suffers at least one bad betrayal in their lifetime. It’s what unites us. The trick is not to let it destroy your trust in others when that happens. Don’t let them take that from you. — Sherrilyn Kenyon
To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. — Malcolm X
The lesser the friends, the lesser the chances of betrayal. — Tupac Shakur
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. — Aesop
A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out. — Shannon Alder
Old Friendship Quotes
Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends. — Hafez
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
We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young. — Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Say what you want about aging,
it's still the only way to have old friends. — Robert Breault
There is no friend like the old friend, who has shared our morning days,
No greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise:
Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold;
But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
I had a friend, Melissa, who was 28 years old. She was my best friend's wife, and she was my wife's best friend. She died of breast cancer. When she passed away back in 2004 was the last time I cried. — Jason Aldean
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
You can't choose between Love and Friendship. They're like a package: You either get both or you lose both — Jaejoong
When I'm lost in the rain, In your eyes I know I'll find the light to light my way And when I'm scared, losing ground When my world is going crazy You can turn it all around and when I'm down you're there Pushing me to the top You're always there, giving me all you've got — Christina Aguilera
I have often urged my young friends, when faced with an adversary, to "play polo" with him; i.e., not to go at him bald-headed but to ride side by side with him and gradually edge him off your track. Never lose your temper with him. If you are in the right there is no need to, if you are in the wrong you can't afford to. — Robert Baden-Powell
I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated. — Nancy Reagan
There are two types of people-anchors and motors. You want to lose the anchors and get with the motors because the motors are going somewhere and they're having more fun. The anchors will just drag you down. — Robert Wyland
May the hinges of friendship never rust, nor the wings of love lose a feather. — Edward Ramsay
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
When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous. We are timid only when there is something we can still cling to. — Carlos Castaneda
Never indulge in people who follow a negative path because they will take you with them on the road of ruin. Show them the way to positivism even if there's a risk of losing their friendship. — Siddharth Katragadda
People aren't defined by their relationships. The whole point is being true to yourself and not losing yourself in relationships, whether romances or friendships. — Sayings
There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something. — Kenny Rogers
We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence. — Philibert Joseph Roux
Money can't replace friendship, I'd rather have no money than losing you. — Patrick Star
True happiness comes only by making others happy—the practical application of the Savior's doctrine of losing one's life to gain it. In short, the Christmas spirit is the Christ spirit, that makes our hearts glow in brotherly love and friendship and prompts us to kind deeds of service. — David O. Mckay
It is bitter to lose a friend to evil before one loses him to death. — Mary Renault
Whatever road you choose, I'm right behind you win or lose. — Rod Stewart
To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses. — Publilius Syrus
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go,
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all,--
There are none to decline your nectar'd wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. — William Shakespeare
Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning. — Henri Nouwen
To make even fewer friends try talking about politics as much as you talk about yourself. — Demetri Martin
As soon as you try to describe a close friendship, it loses something. — Dean Smith
Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding. — Sri Chinmoy
I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost. Then the soul becomes aware of the misery which is its actual condition even before it loses them. — Saint Augustine
All that this world knows of living lies in giving -- and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses. — Alexander Maclaren
It may be very well to do this and that for good fellowship; but it will never do to lose the friendship of God in order to keep on good terms with men. — Charles Spurgeon
I've learned that all a person has in life is family and friends. If you lose those, you have nothing, so friends are to be treasured more than anything else in the world. — Trey Parker
It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life. — George W. Bush
I feel saddened when people who have major friendships or marriages wind up on the outs. Because I think you lose a little piece of yourself. — Hugh Hefner
Friendship is but a name; fidelity but an empty name. — Ovid
Unfulfilled dreams, ongoing relational tension, the loss of friendships, a hard marriage, rebellious teenagers, the death of loved ones, remaining sinful patterns - whatever it is for you - live long enough, lose enough, suffer enough, and the idealism of youth fades, leaving behind the reality of life in a broken world as a broken person. — Tullian Tchividjian
Though friendship is not quick to burn it is explosive stuff. — May Sarton
I lose faith and I lose ground, but then I see you and remember unconditional love. — Cyndi Lauper
We all lose friends.. we lose them in death, to distance and over time. But even though they may be lost, hope is not. The key is to keep them in your heart, and when the time is right, you can pick up the friendship right where you left off. Even the lost find their way home when you leave the light on. — Amy Marie Walz
I'm losing friendships over forgetting to get back to people. But you can't keep up with everything. I've got a 13-year-old, a nine-year-old and a baby. — Reese Witherspoon
It's funny, you make friends and you lose friends when you're making a movie. — Steven Spielberg
You and I and almost all Americans are beneficiaries of the new economy. But we are also losing parts of our lives to the new economy - aspects of our family lives, our friendships, our communities, ourselves. — Robert Reich
Interviewing friends is a tough one. Your duty to the interview must transcend your friendship. Occasionally you'll lose a friend. — Walter Cronkite
Then, though I prize my friends, I cannot afford to talk with them and study their visions, lest I lose my own. It would indeed give me a certain household joy to quit this lofty seeking, this spiritual astronomy, or search of stars, and come down to warm sympathies with you; but then I know well I shall mourn always the vanishing of my mighty gods. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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