Quotes about Friendship
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.
by Henri Nouwen (Clergyman, Dutch , born in 1932) keywords: advice, ask, chosen, cures, find, giving, hand, honestly, instead, lives, means, most, often, our, ourselves, pain, person, rather, share, solutions, tender, those, touch, us, warm, which , wounds You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
by Laurence J. Peter (Writer, Canadian , born in 1919) keywords: always, done, feel, fool, friend, job, made, permanent, real, tell , yourself I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
by Plutarch (Philosopher, Greek , born in 2046) keywords: better, change, changes, does, friend, much, need, nod, nods , shadow Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
by Marcel Proust (Author, French , born in 1871) keywords: blossom, charming, gardeners, grateful, happy, make, our, souls , us 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.
by Joseph Roux (Clergyman, French , born in 1834) keywords: call, every, father, friend, here, him, his, holds, immense, impotence, known, language, losing, lost, man, name, orphan, peace, person, silent, unhappiness, widower , wife Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.
by Margaret Lee Runbeckkeywords: between, conversations, counts, friends, make, needing, never, real, say, saying , silences 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.
by Albert Schweitzer (Theologian, German , born in 1875) keywords: another, being, burst, encounter, everyone, fire, flame, goes, human, inner, into, life, our, out, rekindle, should, some, spirit, thankful, then, those , time Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
by George Washington (President, American , born in 1732) keywords: before, confidence, courteous, few, give, intimate, them, those, tried, well , your Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
by Oprah Winfrey (Entertainer, American , born in 1954) keywords: breaks, bus, down, lots, ride, someone, take, want , will
