Friends For Life Quotes - Page 2

• Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter.

  James F. Cooper

  Motivational, Friendship, Spring

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• But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Life, Friendship, Happiness

  B. L. Rayner, Thomas Jefferson (1834). “Life of Thomas Jefferson: with selections from the most valuable portions of his voluminious and unrivalled private correspondence : with portrait”, p.423

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• A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

  Len Wein

  Friendship, Best Friend, Patience

  "1001 Affirmations" - by Herbert P. Windschitl - Poetry, 2003.

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• True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.

  George Washington

  Friendship, True Friend, Inspiration

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1835). “The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution: (v. 3) June, 1775-July, 1776. (v. 4) July, 1776-July] 1777. (v. 5) July, 1777-July, 1778. (v. 6) July, 1778-March, 1780. (v. 7) March, 1780-April, 1781. (v. 8) April, 1781-December, 1783”, p.374

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• You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Best Friend, Cute

  Dale Carnegie (2012). “The Leader In You”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Love, Friendship, Cute Relationship

  Jane Austen (2014). “Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations”, p.1247, Ageless Reads

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• We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?

  Judy Blume

  Fall, What Matters, Years

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• You Too? I thought I was the only one.

  C. S. Lewis

  Friendship, Funny Best Friend, Real Friends

  C. S. Lewis (1971). “The Four Loves”, p.77, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Friendship, True Friend, Real

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• Best friends listen to what you don't say.

  Samantha Norman

  Friendship, Best Friend, True Friend

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• Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Life, Friendship

  Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.28, St. Martin's Press

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• Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go... And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

  Gloria Naylor

  Friendship, Letting Go, Art

  Gloria Naylor (2005). “The Women of Brewster Place”, p.56, Penguin

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• 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

  Inspirational, Friendship, Thankful

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• Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

  Octavia Butler

  Best Friend, Friendship, Letting Go

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• Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

  James F. Byrnes

  Friendship, Beautiful, Self

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• Keep what is worth keeping and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.

  Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

  Friendship, Best Friend, Relationship

  A Life for a Life ch. 16 (1859)

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  In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship

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• True friendship is a plant of slow growth.

  George Washington

  Friendship, Family, True Friend

  George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious”, p.239

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• If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Love, Friendship, Romantic

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• Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . ."

  C. S. Lewis

  Love, Friendship, Inspiration

  C. S. Lewis (1971). “The Four Loves”, p.90, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life.

  Daniel Handler

  Giving, Cinnamon, Ovens

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• I've already made several friends-for-life from the latest movies I've worked on, and I know I'll make several more in the years to come.

  Gabriel Campisi

  Years, Made, Knows

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I made some friends for life, the way I usually make them. Any jackass can be pleasant company, but if people help you when you're at your worst, that's a friend.

  Rick Bragg

  People, Way, Helping

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• Books opened up a whole new world to me. Through them I discovered new ideas, traveled to new places, and met new people. Books helped me learn to understand other people and they taught me a lot about myself. ... Some books you never forget. Some characters become your friends for life.

  Judy Blume

  Book, Character, Ideas

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• Barry Manilow has gone from being the love of my life to being a friend for life.

  Lorna Luft

  Love Of My Life, Gone

  Lorna Luft (2015). “Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir”, p.266, Simon and Schuster

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