Friendship Quotes

Friendship Quotes Please be paitent; this page may take time to load due to our wealth of quotes! :) "True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost." - Charles Caleb Colton "Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." - Anais Nin "My friends are my estate." - Emily Dickinson "A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." "A friend is one who walks in when others walk out" -Walter Winchell "A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else." - Len Wein - Sent by Paulo Louro "A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." - Sent by Donna Roberts "A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself." - Sent by Lysha "Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend." - Albert Camus (also attributed to Maimonidies). Sent by clovers "A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more." - Sent by Jasmine Fitzwilliam "Everyone is a friend, until they prove otherwise." - sent by Steve "Every person is a new door to a different world." - from movie "Six Degrees of Seperation" (thanks to Steve's Famous Quotes)

"It takes a long time to grow an old friend." - by John Leonard (thanks to Steve's Famous Quotes)

"Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubard "I get by with a little help from my friends." - John Lennon "Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up." - Bible: Ecclesiastes "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 "Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival." - C. S. Lewis "I might give my life for my friend, but he had better not ask me to do up a parcel." - Logan Pearsall Smith "Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life." - (sent by Dior Yamasaki) "The better part of one's life consists of his friendships." - Abraham Lincoln, (sent by Heather Myers) "The love of my life is the love between friends." - (sent by Jess) "One's best friend is oneself." - (sent by Jess)

"A Friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you anyway!!!" - (sent by Heather Tallent) "To be depressed is to be lonely; to have a friend is to be happy..." - Guido The following Girl Scouts Motto has been submitted by many people in varying forms, so I've just placed the three most popular versions on: 1) "Make new friends and keep the old, one is silver and the other gold" 2) "Make new friends, both young and old, one in Silver, the other Gold." 3) "Make new friends but keep the old, some are silver and others are Gold" 4}"I have a hand, and you have another; put them together and we have each other." "Strangers are just friends waiting to happen." - (sent by Steve Klaka) "Sometimes you pick your friends, sometimes they pick you." - (sent by Steve Klaka) "The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him, his own." -Benjamin Disraeli "Though our communication wanes at times of absence, I'm aware of a strength that emanates in the background." -Claudette Renner "I can trust my friends. These people force me to examine, encourage me to grow." -Cher "Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being." -Goethe

"Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You canít have too many friends because then youíre just not really friends." "No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever." - Francois Mocuriac - Sent in by spiff

"Give others freedom to be themselves. Appreciate the differences between their ways an yours." - (sent by Jennifer Chen) "Friends are the Bacon Bits in the Salad Bowl of Life." - "Pizza Place Sign", (sent by Rory Bristol) The following 5 quotes were sent by Danielle N. Redfield - Thanks!! :) :) "Friendship is one mind in two bodies." - Mencius "Truth and tears clear the way to a deep and lasting friendship." "True friendship is never serene." - Mariede Svign "Friendship: a building contract you sign with laughter and break with tears." "Friends are God's way of taking care of us." "It's the friends you can call up at 4am that matter." - Marlene Dietrick "A friend is a gift you give yourself." - Robert Louis Stevenson, (sent by Julio Fung) "Friend - a person known well to another and regarded with liking, affection and loyalty." - Collins English Dictionary "A new friendship is like an unripened fruit - it may become either an orange or a lemon" - Emma Stacey "Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success." - Oscar Wilde "Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade." - William Shakespeare "Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them." - Mother Teresa "I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody." - Benjamin Franklin "Misfortune shows those who are not really friends." - Aristotle "Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with." - Mark Twain "Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship." - Cicero "Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind." - Samuel Taylor Coleridge "The best mirror is an old friend." - George Herbert

"What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies." - Aristotle "The friendship that can cease has never been real." - Saint Jerome "I count myselt in nothing else so happy As in a soul rememb'ring my good friends." - William Shakespeare "I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial." - Thomas Jefferson

"Sir, more than kisses, letters, mingle souls; For, thus friends absent speak." - John Donne "Too late we learn, a man must hold his friend Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end." - John Boyle O'Reilly "Friends have all things in common." - Plato "Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods." - Artistotle "My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me." - Henry Ford "What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. They are but trifles, to be sure but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable." "No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence." - George Eliot "It is a sweet thing, friendship, a dear balm, A happy and auspicious bird of calm..." - Shelly "The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away." - Wilson Mizner "The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed characters." - Thomas Jefferson "One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter." - Francoise Sagan "Friendship is always a sweet responsibilty, never an oppourtunity." - Kahil Gibran "There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart." - Bejamin Disraeli

"I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends." - Walt Whitman "True friendship is never serene." - Marquise de Sevigne "When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance." - Anatole Broyard "Friends are born, not made." - Henry Adams "This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it redoubleth joy, and cutteth griefs in half." - Francis Bacon "Life is partly what we make it, and partly what is made by the friends whom we choose." - Tehyi Hsieh "There is no hope of joy except in human relations." - Antoine de Sainte-Exupery "The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life." - Edward Everett Hale "Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them." - Oliver Wendell Holmes "The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?" - Henry David Thoreau "Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter." - James Fenimore Cooper "Friendship without self interest is one of the rare and beautiful things in life." - James Francis Byrnes

"Never kiss a friend. If you have deeper feelings, never reveal them. You will lose that friend forever..." - sent by David "Do not save your loving speeches For your friends till they are dead; Do not write them on their tombstones, Speak them rather now instead. - Anna Cummins "True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest." - Alexander Pope "Best friends are like diamonds, precious and rare False friends are like leaves, found everywhere." - Anoymous (sent by Deanne Pigdon) "Every man should have a fair-sized cemetary in which to bury the faults of his friends." - Henry Brooks Adams "We are all angels with only one wing...we can fly only embracing each other."

"If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them" "A good friend is hard to find, hard to lose, and impossible to forget..." - Sent by Joanne "Time isn't what makes a friendship last...It's love and devotion that keeps the tie between souls." - Sent by Christina "The best antiques are old friends." The next five quotes were sent in by Ashley "When the silences are no longer akward, you know you are around friends." "Friendship is a special kind of love." "The secret to friendship is being a good listener." "A true friend is someone you can trust with all your secrets."

"Gems may be presious, but friends are priceless." "You my friend, I wiil defend. And if we change, we'll love you anyway." - Sent by Jeffery Sherian "If you have more than one friend, you have more than your share!" - Sent by Sunpreet Singh "Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say." "A person is only complete when she has a true friend to understand her, to share all her passions and sorrows with, and to stand by her throughout her life." - Sent by Jennifer L. "Material things can't make the soul whole. The only the love, trust, and loyalty of friends can do that." Sent by Andy Spak "Friendship is not friendship without trust, without it I walk alone." - James P. Michels Jr. "Friendship is the golden ribbon that ties the world together." - Sent by Kristina Kentigian friendship is talking to your best friend without words." - Sent by Ralph Rusconi. "A true friend is the one who knows more about you than yourself and still loves you>" - Sent by Suzie The next three sent in by Irma Berbis "Friendship is the golden thread that ties all hearts together" - Sent by Kim "Money might make you wealthy, but friends makes you rich." "You don't make friends, you earn them." "When your looking for a friend don't look for perfection, just look for friendship." " A friend is someone who sticks (hangs) to you at all times, and a friend is someone who you trust...." - sent by Winnie Chau

"How do you know you've found your best friend. When you are ready to talk to them about anything, even though they know everything about you already." "A friend with break your heart, a friend will mend it, a friend will provide you with every feeling in the world, good and bad. A friend is emotion incarnate." These next two sent in by Rena "Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, but somewhere in the middle we've become best of friends." "When we are grown, we'll smile and say we had no cares in childhoods day, but we'll be wrong. 'Twill not be true, I've this much care... I care for you." "A faithful friend is a strong defence and he that hath found one hath found a treasure" - sent by Cris "Friends are those who norish the spirit" - sent by Cris "I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me. I'd like to be the help that you've been always glad to be; I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day, as you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way." - Edgar A. Guest (sent by Rena) "A friend loves you, makes you feel alright, troubles are not troubles when you talk, listen and accept you as you are, because you will feel the same and love the same......." - Sent by Mike "Try to be governed by your loves and not your hates and find goodness and beauty where you can." - Sent by Brandon Merenda "It is better to be thought of as a fool, rather than open your mouth to remove all doubt." - Sent by Bill Keep your eyes upon me, keep me in your sight, Help me don the crooked road, lead me to the light. The road I'm on is dark, I'm not sure if I know the way, Yet with you right beside me, I'm certain I won't stray. Protect me from the world, I know we'll make it through, Give me all the strength I need..... Let me lean on you." - Megan Stroup (Sent by Lauren) "No lapse of time or distance of place can lessen the friendship of those who are truly persuaded of each other's worth." - Unknown

"Friendship is what gets you through the bad times and helps you enjoy the good times" - Sent by Kate "Friends are angels following you through life" - Sent by Melissa "Friends are like pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up and sometimes they lean on you." - Sent by Sharon "You cannot say you've lost a friend. If a friendship is capable of ending, it is because it never existed." ~ Sent by Mayza Blanco Martinez

"A world without a friend, what would it be? It would be like a world without water, something you need. Friends are like glass, once broken, they are hard to fix. Keep your friends, as you would keep your water." "The music may stop now and then, But the the strings will remain forever..." - Sent by Yuslina "Friend derives from a word meaning "free." A friend is someone who allows us the space and freedom to be." "Having someone who understands is a great blessing for ourselves. Being someone who understands is a great blessing to others." "Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts." - Maragret Lee Runbeck "Scatter seeds of kindness everywhere you go; Scatter bits of courtesy-------watch them grow and grow. Gather buds of friendship; Keep them till full-blown; You will find more happiness

than you have ever known. - Amy R Raabe "We cannot tell the precise moment when a friendshipt is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, There is at last one drop that makes it run over. So in a series of kindness there is at last one drop that makes the heart run over." Sent by Collen "Any day is sunny that's brightened by a smile...Any friendship blossoms if it's tended to with style." "The better you know someone, the less there is to say. Or maybe, there's less that needs to be said." "Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness..." - Richard Bach "The most beautiful discovery that true friends can make is that they can grow separately without growing apart." -Elizabeth Foley "How lucky I am to have known someone who was so hard to say goodbye to." "I don't remember how we happened to meet each other. I don't remember who got along with whom first. All I can remember is all of us together...always." "You only meet your once in a lifetime friend... once in a lifetime." - Little Rascals "A circle is round it has no end, that's how long I want to be your friend!" - Anonymous "A friend is like an oreo, its not always that great, but it always gets better!" - Erin Westbrook "A best friend is a sister that destiny forgot to give you." "One loyal friend is better than ten thousand family members." "You just remined me of what's really important in life, friends, best friends." - Fried Green Tomatoes "Times of need are not enough to prove your friendship." Sent by Kristen

"If your trusted and people will allow you to share their inner gardern...what better gift?" - Fred Rogers "A friend is someone who reaches for your hand, but touches your heart." - Kathleen Grove "Friends are like Peanut Butter ... it sticks to the roof of your mouth .like a friend sticks to you.... and it feels as if they never go away.!" "True friendship, unlike love, always lasts forever." Sent by Chatterbox "To the world you are someone, but to someone you are the world." Sent by Lisa "A friend will be there for you when things are good...but a TRUE friend will be there for you when things are good and also when things are very bad...and just when it feels like you will never smile again...she can put a smile on your face with just with a hug!" Sent by Kathrine "A real friend is not one who only entertain you, but one who cares about you, one who will be there when you cry" Sent by David "Best friends are better than boyfriends." - Sent by Mavis Jukes "As I reach a time of complete uncertainty, friends are my most precious asset." Sent by Josylan "There is no distance too great between friends, for love gives wings to the heart." Sent by Elizabeth E. Koehler "Where there is love there is life." "A friend will strengthen you with her prayers, bless you with her love, and encourage you with her hope." ! " I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me. . . I'd like to be the help you've always been glad to be; I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day, as you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way." Sent by Jenny Mcgehee "A friend is like a rainbow. They brighten your life when you've been through a storm." Sent by Jenna Palmer

"A friend in kindergarten is the one who sat next to you and let you have the pretty red crayon, when only the ugly black one was left." Sent by Liz "True friendship is one that lasts even though one friend's sole has left this earth" Sent by Jennifer "A reassuring presence, A LIGHT when times are dark, A hand reaching out, Is what friendship is about." Author Unknown - Sent by Laure Schnackenberg "We always thought we'd look back on our tears and laugh, but we never thought we'd look back on our laughter and cry." -Author Unkown, sumitted by Amanda When I'm asked what one happy thought is I always say knowing that no matter how big the fight is I will always havea best friend. - Smitten_Kitten "Dont walk on front of me, i may not follow~ dont walk behind me i may not lead~ just walk beside me and be my friend." "Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes." "I believe in Angels, the ones that heaven sends I believe in Angels, but i call them my best friends" -Sent in by Micaela K "Friendship is like a popsicle on two sticks, when the friendship breaks, so does the popsicle, making everything a mess" -Sent in by Paul "Even on the road to hell a flower will make you smile." -365Tao -Sent in by Tara "Dreams are wishes casted upon stars, so catch a shining one ~ take your friend's hand~ and hold on forever" -Traci Brown The following seven quotes were sent in by Susannah Thomson "You are you and I am I, You do your thing and I'll do mine, and if in the end we meet up together, it is beautiful." -Boy Meets World

"Love doesn't make the world go round, it makes the ride worthwhile." -F.P. Jones "All our young lives we search for someone to love, someone who makes us complete. We choose partners and change partners. We dance to a song of heartbreak and hope, all the while wondering if somewhere and somehow there is someone searching for us." -The Wonder Years "We laughed until we had to cry. We gave love, right down to our last goodbye. We were the best we thought we'd ever be Just you and me, for just a moment... "You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back." -Barbara DeAngelis "My wish upon this shooting star is that your heart be happy." -Gilbert "If we discovered that we had only 5 minutes left to say what we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them." -Christopher Morley "A friend you have to buy, wont be worth what you pay for him." -Sent in by Maris B "I can doubt my friends, but I can believe in our friendship." "IF YOU TREAT YOUR FRIEND AS THEY SHOULD BE, THEY WILL BECOME ONE OF THE CROWD. IF YOU TREAT YOUR FRIEND AS THEY OUGHT TO BE TREATED, THEY WILL BECOME AN INDIVIDUAL." "True friends, like ivy and the wall stand together and both together fall." The following two quotes were sent in by Cheryl. "Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious things." -Randolph S. Bourne

"With clothes the new are the best, with friends the old are the best." "Friendship is like thighs, they are always sticking together." -Sent in by Leesa and Ashley "If you are going to gain anything in life, gain a friend, they will always be there, and that makes all the difference in the world." -Sent in by Steve "True friends are never apart, maybe in distance, but not in heart" - Sent in by Louisa "A real friend will tell you when you have spinach stuck in your teeth." -Sent in by Nadine Cooper The following two quotes were sent in by Louisa "Shared sorrow is half sorrow, shared joy is double joy" "Most people come into our lives and quickly leave. It is the special few that come in and leave a footprint in our hearts. and we are forever changed." "There is an exquisite melody in every heart. If we listen closely, we can hear each other's song. A friend knows the song in your heart and responds with Beatiful harmony." -Sent in by soumya The following two quotes were sent in by Beth Miklius. "Friends are like flowers, beautiful flowers; friends are like flowers in the garden of life." "True friendship is sitting together in silence and feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had." "If we were leaving in a world where to say i love you would make more sense, i would always say you i love you" -Ozge Dilsiz "Choose your friends carefully you never know who is on your side, and remember the truth shall prevail. " -LINK "False friends aren't always that bad because it shows you about yourself and teaches you to be strong and life goes on." -Josh Wojo "Remember that every good friend was once a stranger" -Sent in by André

"They say 'you only regret the things you never do.' Then why do I regret every bad thing I did to you?" The following five quotes were sent in by Nicole Flick "Friends are the sunshine of life." -John Hay "Hold true friends with both your hands." "A part of you has grown in me, and so you see, it's you and me together forever. Never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart." "Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never." -Charles Caleb Colton "My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, you've had a great life." -Lee Iacocca "Time for Tolerance,Equality, and Acceptance, It's allways TEA time with my Friends..." -Sent in by Greg Douglass "No man is a failure who has friends." -Clarence, the angel from "It's a Wonderful Life"-Sent in by Tricia The following two quotes were sent in by Andrea. "Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joy, and dividing our grief." -Joseph Addison "In loneliness, in sickness, in confusion-the mere knowledge of friendship makes it possible to endure, even if the friend is powerless to help. It is enough that they exist. Friendship is not diminished by distance or time, by imprisonment or war, by suffering or silence. It is in these things that it roots most deeply. It is from these things that it flowers." -Pam Brown "Friendship is the only rose without thorns." "Friends are forever, you might lose them but you'll never forget them " -Sent in by Sara Allen "Show me your best friend and I'll tell you who you are." "They don't get mad when u call 11:00 at night to ask a qustion or just to talk"

"A ring is round it has no end and that is how long i will be your friend" -Sent in by Rachael If I'm in heaven and your not there, I'd carve your name in golden chairs, for all the angels there to see, that I love you and you love me. If your not there on judgement day, I'll know you've gone the other way, so just to prove our love is true, I'd go to hell to be with you. -Jackie Paul "friend ship friendship we all need friend ship without friend ship who will we be what would we do without friend ship friend ship what will we do so give your friends lovers and family a great big hug and a big juicy kiss" -Sent in by Cynthia "I looked for my God; my God eluded me. I looked for my soul; my soul I could not see. I looked for a friend and I found all three." -Sent in by Dorothy "True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides it's 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." -Sent in by Bridget The following three quotes were sent in by Blake. A definition of friendship in one word would be: needed. If you lose at something, a sport for example, a regular friend says 'good try'.. but a true friend says 'good try' and helps you to win the next time. A friend is a shoulder to lean on, an ear to listen, and a heart to comfort. "Don't worry about tomorrow, don't think about yesterday, don't live in the future, just make it through today!" -Sent in by Carolina "KEEP YOUR FRIENDS IN YOUR HEART AND YOUR ENIEMIES IN YOUR SIGHT" -Sent in by Dana “A good friend is as rare as a left-handed person in a world filled with right-handed people. He simply stands out!” -Sent in by Shane VJ Stoffels The following two quotes were sent in by Jean "A friend is one who can touch your heart from acroos the world or across the room." "A friend's hand is always there...you just have to reach out for it."

"Friendship is an art, few people have a natural talent for it." -Sent in by Phyllis "Laughter is the shortest distance between to friends"' -Sent in by Kathy Brooks "As we grow older, things must change, but they don't always have to end. Even though it is different now, you will always be my friend" -Sent in by Stefanie Starlett "A friend is like a piece of pie. You never have too many, and they make you happy when your sad!" -Sent in by Jeannette Clark "People see each other as chocolate or vanilla, why can't we all just come together and be hugs?" -Becky Mann "The teardrop from heaven that travels homeward to the ocean is the love of my friend who's hand rests in mine." -Sent in by Anastasia J. Zivic The following four quotes were sent in by Amber "We laughed until we had to cry, we hugged right down to our last goodbye, we were the best we'll ever be, just for a moment, you and me"

"Friends stand by each other through thick and thin, every time you need me I will always be there for you. You make me hapy, you make me laugh and you are the best friend anyone can ever have." "When you ask God for a gift, Be thankful if he sends not diamonds, riches, nor pearls, but the love of real true friends." "Love is like a photo negative, it needs darkness to develop." "Friends are like crayons they have many colors." -Sent in by Adam Lighthizer and Jake Tracy "We may laugh, we may cry but our friendship will never die." -Sent in by Rachel Gould The following three quotes were sent in by Sara

"And Pooh said to Piglet "Life is so much friendlier with two." -A.A.Miline "Friends are like smakerals of fun. You can never have too many." -Pooh "Friends are those who make you laugh yet wipe your tears away. Just thought I'd share them with you-your page is pretty nice." -Chatterbox "Our friendship, like God's love, is a true, honest, and everlasting blessing" -Sent in by Kristen LeeAnn Hold a friend's hand through times of trial, Let her find love through a hug and a smile, But also know when it is time to go- For each and every one of us must learn to grow. -Sharon A. Heilbrunn -Sent in by Elizabeth Logue "A friend is never a friend untill you find them" "Friendship is everlasting love" "A true friend is the one you can see" "Life is worth all those ups and downs with friends to share them with you!" "A friend is one who knows you as you are, understands where you've been, accepts who you've become, and still invites you to grow" -Sent in by Bezy "Friends are super, friends are duper." "Sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up." "It's really amazing when two strangers become the best of friends, but its really sad when the best of friends become two strangers." "False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us when we cross into the shade." "There are the people you have known forever. Who like..... know you... in this way that other people can't. Because they've seen you change. They've let you change." -"My so called life" "True friends, like ivy and the wall, both stand together, and together fall."

"The world would be so lonely in sunny hours or gray, Without the gift of friendship To help us every day." -Hilda Brett Farr "On the road between friends' houses, grass does not grow." -Sent in by Crys "Rekindled friendships often burn more brightly" -Sent in by Karen Burns "No matter how strong a friendship may be it takes years to build the trust and seconds to destroy it" -Sent in by Katie "The only reason that forever friends don't exist is because forever doesn't exist" -Sent in by Joost "The best things in life aren't things...they're friends." -Sent in by Emily "Choose your friends by their character, and choose your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable." -Sent in by Megs As we go on we remmeber all the times we had together come whatever well still be friends forever It's better to have loved and lost than to have never been loved at all. -Sent in by Anna Davis "It's now who you are, who you are friends, and how popular they are, it's just about how much you get out of each friendship and how much you learn from each one that really counts." -Sent in by Emily Blackwell "The sign of a good friend is that he/she can read your mind and know what you're giong to say even before you begin to speak." -Sent in by Sarah "Friends are like poems, you may never fully understand them, but you will always love them." -Sent in by Ashley Correll "One should try to make new friends everyday, without the comany of friends life is barren, and has no meaning. One should learn the art of making friends, because at the

end of the life we remember our friends" -Sent in by Abdul "When you're with someone you trustin, never needing to pretend, someone who helps you to know yourself, you know you're with a friend." -Amanda Bradely -Sent in by Josie "You cannot say you've lost a friend. If a friendship is capable of ending, it is because it never existed." Mayza Blanco Martinez "We must not love out friends for what they are, but love them for the angel they might be." Shay H.(For Kelly) Try to be governed by your loves and not your hates and find goodness and beauty where you can." Brandon Meranda But friendship is presious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine." Shawn Swain "If your trusted and people will allow you to share their inner garden..what better gift."Fred Rogers Kristen Penticuff "Friends are like pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up and sometimes they lean on you." Sharon Foltz The following four quotes were sent in by Haley "A friend worth your tears, will never make you cry." William Conner "I value the friend who for finds time on his calendar, but I cherrish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar." Robert Brault "The finest kind of friendship is between two people who excpect a great deal of each other, but never ask it." -Syvia Bremer "I can make beleive I have everything, but I can't pretend that I don't see that without you in my life is complete." -Sisqo

"Truth is the stongest bond that exsits between two people. if you lie or break a promise then you have broken that bond, which only time can heal." Tosha Vecchio "Friendship is like a garden. It is beautiful when it is watered and tended to with love and care of prayers, hugs, tears and cheers, but it will be withered up if, dry up and die if left untouched." Stacy and Liz "You lifted me up when i could not lift up myself, you made me smile when i forgot how to, you were there for me in my times of need and you were there for me when I needed nothing at all." Rebecca Carbon "Beleive not only in yourself, but beleive in your friends as well for it is in the eye's of your friends that you discover yourself."-Emmy Huot Micheal Claire "Real friends are those who, when you feel you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel you've done a permanent job." Ashley "Within you I lose myself, without you I find myself wanting to be lost again." Stephanie "Having someone who understands is a great blessing for ourselves. Being someone who understands is a great blessing to others." "Friends like quilts... give comfort when needed. My sister sent me one. Fate made us sisters... and love made us friends." "There are moments in life when the voice of a friend can sound like a choir of angels to the heart." Sent by Andrea

"I'll catch all the stars that I possibly can. Then give them to all of my friends so they will truly see how sparkling and special they are to me." Sent by Melissa

"Remember friends as you pass by, as you are now so once was I. As low as I you once must be, prepare yourself and follow me. Gravestone of the 1800's "Material things can't make the soul whole. Only the love, trust, and loyalty of friends can do that." Sent by Andy Spak "A partner in crime, a thief of time, you will always be there for me in the end, you are always my dearest friend." Sent by Mikaela Sutherland "Friendship is not friendship without trust, without it I walk alone. Sent by James P. Michels Jr. "A friend with break your heart, a friend will mend it, a friend will provide you with every feeling in the world, good and bad. A friend is emotion incarnate." " A friend is someone who sticks (hangs) to you at all times, and a friend is someone who you trust...." Sent by Winnie Chau "Never hurt your friends, not even in a joke." "A friend is like a rainbow. They brighten your life when you've been through a storm." -Sent in by Jenna Palmer "Friendship: A language the blind can see and the deaf can hear" -Sent in by Cassie "LIVE EVERY DAY LIKE IT'S YOUR LAST BECAUSE SOMEDAY YOU'LL BE RIGHT!" -Sent in by Kari "A reassuring presence, A light when times are dark, A hand reaching out, Is what friendship is about." -Author Unknown-Sent in by Laure Schnacenberg "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." -Antoine de Saint-Exupery The Little Prince Sent in by Heather Kulin "GIVING SOMEONE ALL YOUR LOVE IS NEVER AN ASSURANCE THAT THEY'LL LOVE YOU BACK" "DON'T EXPECT LOVE IN RETURN JUST WAIT FOR IT TO GROW IN THERE HEARTS BUT IF IT DOSEN'T JUST BE PROUD IT GREW IN YOURS."

"THERE ARE THINGS YOU LOVE TO HEAR THAT YOU WOULD NEVER HEAR FROM ANYONE ELSE BUT DON'T BE SO DEAF AS NOT TO HEAR IT FROM THE ONE WHO SAYS IT STRAIGHT FROM THEIR HEART. -Sent in by Jacquelyn "Never forget the time I spend with you. Please continue to be my friend, As you will always find me yours." -Sent in by Elizabeth "Friendship Is Like A Golden Rose That Never Dies And Always Keeps Its Beauty!" Kat and Bat "The simplest things in life are truley a treasure to some." -Sent in by Dana "Friendship is like a violin..the cords may loosen time amd again, but the melody plays forever." -Sent in by Ralph Deter "Friendship is like a golden chian, the links are the friends we hold so dear." -Sent in by Sarah "Friendships multiply joys, and divide griefs." -Sent in by Special Q "Friends are like walls. Sometimes you lean on them and sometimes it is just enough to know they're there." -Sent in by Amanda

"Relationships come and go, but friends will last a lifetime. If you love someone so much, but you can't have them, you must learn to let them go and if they come back to you, then you know that it was truely meant to be." "Friends are like peanut butter and jelly; they always stick together." "There is only one day that exists and that is TODAY. For tomorrow may never come and yesterday has past and gone...Happiness is life's most precious gift..be wise and cherish the happiness you do have and do not dwell on the happiness you don't have." -Sent in by Alyssa "At times when I feel all alone I think of you, and my heart heads home. Memories path will have no end, when shared with you, my wonderful friend." -Sent in by Sara

"A person is only complete when she has true friends to understand her, share all her passions and sorrows with, and to stand by her throughout life." -Sent in by Mooks "A friend is like sunlight, filtering into the quite corners of ones heart, offering bright new mornings and fresh hope yet demanding nothing in return." "The greatest challenge in being a friend is not listening when words are spoken but hearing and feeling even though there is nothing but silence." "The happiest person has three things, a bestfriend, a true love and a best friend who is their true love. -Sent in by Donna "As love feels through the heart, friendship sees through the eyes" -Sent in by Andrea Chu "Dont know what I'd ever do without you from the begining to the end, you've always been here right beside me so I call u my best friend, through the good times and the bad whenever I lose or if I win, I know one thing that never changes and thats you as my best friend." -Brandy -Sent in by Carly "Treat your friends like your pictures and put them in your best light" -Sent in by Lisa "The most fulfilling way to enjoy life, is to pretend that it is a treasure, borrowed from a dear friend" -Sent in by Christina Woolums "The bird a nest,the spider the web, the person friendship" -Sent in by Robert "An ordinary friend would try to mend your heart once it's been wounded and poured out. A true friend would try to refill it as well." "True friends not only protect you from others when something goes bad, but from yourself when you try to take blame." "A true friend wants nothing more from you than the pleasure of your company." "To be rich in friends... is to be poor in nothing" -Lilian Whiting -Sent in by Valerie Crawford "True friendship is a gift that is given without the expectation of anything in return. Instead the reward is the friendship itself." -Sent in by David Hwang

"Ships on the ocean, ships on the sea, but the best ship is the friendship between you and me." -Sent in by David "A friend is someone u can rely on even if they are 2000 miles away." -Sent in by Rachel "A friend is an angel, a gift from god." -Sent in by Susie "If friends were flowers, i'd pick you" -Alisha Blackman The following six quotes were sent in by Lauren "Friendship knows no color." "Some people make the world special just by being in it." "The best thing to do behind a person's back is to pat it." "If you want to be loved, love and be loved." "Shared joy is double joy, shared sorrow is half sorrow." "Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot help but keep it from themselves." -Sir James Barrie "Friends are forever apart or together but friendship is better when we are together!" -Sent in by Kellie "Forget me not Forget me never And you'll have a friend forever!" -Sent in by Steven "When I'm asked what one happy thought is I always say knowing that no matter how big the fight is I will always have a best friend." -Kat "Friends know what you want them to know about you. Best friends know what you don't even know about yourself. And True friends help you build yourself from all they know" -Jessica Spellman

"Friends are like chocolate, they are sweet and wonderful- and like it's calories, they stick with you." -Sent in by Kendal Reddell "May there be such a oneness between you and your friend that when one weeps the other one will taste salt." -Sent in by Jillian "A friend is a third eye." -Sent in by Sicco-Jan "Friendship is like no other, It cares not about your past nor your future but caresses the present with its touch." "Your greatest fears are the friendships that you hold most dear to you." "Through good times and bad times, true friends are always there by your side when you're in need of caring and need a shoulder to cry on" The following three quotes were sent in by Jessie "A friend is someone that has the courage to tell you that you are wrong" "Friends are a very strange jewel, they make you laugh and encourage you to go on" "Friendship is the strangest kind of love, the less selfish way to love" "Friend are like stars they always seam to shine when the night is at its darkest." -Meredith Shea "Don't go looking for friends, because the best ones always seem to find you." - Sarah Landon The following three quotes were sent in by Sandy Macbeth "Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's nothing something you can be taught in school, but if you haven't learned the value of friendship, you haven't really learned anything at all" "I've learned that things change, people change, and it doesn't mean you forget the past or try to cover it up. It simply means you move on and treasure the memories." -Alicia Boxer "Beginnings are always scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts. You just have to give hope a change to float up." -"Hope Floats"

"A friend is like a seatbelt, you may not always need them, but they will be there just in case!" -Sent in by Lisa K. "You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friends nose." :-) "A hug from a friend in time of need is like the feeling you get when the song in your head comes out on the radio." -Jenny Moo "Friendships are the foundation of life." -Sent in by Terri Bliss "Friendhsip is two souls that create one. A soul that now is one and will stay one 4ever." "Friends give us hope. They bring hope to our lifes. When hope is gone so is the meaning of life and friends." "When you cherish the value of a gift of FRIENDSHIP it can never be lost, for what you always carry in your hearst is yours to keep forever and your friends too." "I value the friend who finds time for me in their calendar, I cherish the friend who does not consult her calendar." -Sent in by Jenn

The following eight quotes were sent in by Bethany "Friendship is a rainbow between two hearts." "A true friend thinks of you when all others are thinking of themselves." "I breathed a song into the air. It fell to the earth I know not where. The song from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend." "You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in people, than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you."

"It was not for to conquer, nor sweethearts to be kind, but it was friends to die for, that I would seek to find." "Pray the hinges of friendship never rust and the wings of love never lose a feather." "Friendship is the poetry of life." "If you are attracted to the right kind of friends, when you start to go wrong, they will keep you going right." "A song is a moment, a friend is a time, a best friend is a lifetime". True friends are the ones who never leave your heart, even if they leave your life for a while. Even after years apart, you pick up with them right where you left off, and even if they die, theyre never dead in your heart. -Sent in by Renee "A friend is the inspiration in you when you have lost all hope, and they bring out a world inside of you that you never knew you had." -Sent in by Tiffany Maynard "The knife from the enemy leaves only a scar while the knife of a friend can be mortal. Best friends always greet each other with open arms." "Don't judge yourself by your friends, judge yourself by your best friend." "Hold a true friend with both your hands" -Sent in by Sarah G. "You are someone on whom i depend, more than a lover, more than a friend." -Sent in by Jaya "It takes a lifetime to thank a true friend for everything that they have given you." -Sent in by Laura The following two quotes were sent in by Steffi "May good luck be your friend, and whatever you do, and may trouble be always a stranger to you." -Irish Blessing "Fiendship, said Christopher Robin, is a very comforting thing to have." -A.A. Milne "Savor the moments that are warm and special and giggly." -Sammy Davis Jr

The following three quotes were sent in by Jen Harvey "A best friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find, but lucky to have." "If it hurts too much to look back, but you're too scared to look ahead, just look beside you and I'll be there." The following two quotes were sent in by Jessica "Best Friends are made are made through smiles and tears, and sometimes that fades away through miles and years." -Arnold McCuller "Never explain--True friends dont need it and your enemies won't believe you anyway." "Don't make excuses - your enemies won't believe them and your friends don't need to hear them." -Sent in by Chris "Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you gotta do is call, and I'll be there, 'cause you've got a friend." -James Taylor "We don't have to change friends, if we understand that friends change." -Sent in by Maria Provias The following twelve quotes were sent in by Shara "Near each other or miles apart, good friends are always close to the heart." "A friend is someone whom we can always count on to count on us." "A friend multiplies joys and divides sorrows" "If you have one true friend in your lifetime you are lucky." "Amuse your friends and annoy your enemies." "We've made memories that we'll wrap ourselves in when the world gets cold." "Friends forever enemies never." "We have to move ahead, but we are not going to leave our friends behind." "Behind us are memories Beside us our friends Before us are dreams that will never end"

"A friend is one who know what you're thinking without even saying a word." "If i could reach up and hold a star for every time i think about you, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand." "Even if we don't all end up together...it will be alirght...because we have years of memories to look back on" The following two quotes were sent in by Corey O'Malley "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed" -Carl Jung "Wherever you are, it is your friends who make your world" -William James "Friendship is love with understanding!" -Sent in by Lynn "Friendship is a candle whose flame glows brighter when the hour is darker" -Sent in by Charulatha The following four quotes were sent in by Christie "What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?" - George Eliot "Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday, and celebrate just living!" -Amanda Bradley "Two friends can't be friends long if they can't forgive each other's little failings." "People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your old clothes-pretty soon your closet is so jammed and everything so crushed you can't find anything to wear. Help these friends when they need you, bless the happy times when you meant a lot to each other, but try not to feel guilty if new people mean more to you, now." Let's become little old ladies together- we'll stay up late looking at old pictures, telling "remember when" stories, and laughing till our sides ache. Let's become eccentric together- the kind of old ladies who take long walks, wear silly hats, and get away with acting outrageous in public places. And if anybody should ask how long we've been friends, we'll say, "Oh, forever - since before you were even born!" Let's become little old ladies together- because a friendship that's as special as ours can only grow better through the years. -Sent in by Amy

The following five quotes were sent in by Lauren Turner "Friendships come and go, like waves upon the sand, like day and night, like birds inflight, like snowflakes when they land, but you and I are something else, our friendship's here to stay, like weeds and rocks and old dirty socks, it never goes away!" "You can count your True friends on one hand." "A true friend will go to hell for you. An enemy will certainly try to send you there." "The trick is not to die for a friend, but to find a friend worth dying for." "Until you find someone worth dying for, you never really live." "Nothing in high school is important enough to affect anyone's life beyond college admissions besides your true friends." The following seventeen quotes were sent in by Cat. "Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling into at night. I miss you like hell."--Edna St. Vincent Millay "I need you. I don't know why but every now and then in my life, for no reason at all, I need you." -Sarah (Labyrinth) "If I could give you one gift my friend, I would give you the ability to see yourself as others see you, so you would know how very special you are." "I hate to say goodbye but it only makes the next hello closer." "Treasure each other in the recognition that we do not know how long we shall have each other." -Joshua Loth Liebman "Thank you for giving me something no one else could--yourself." -Heather Lynch "Every man is afraid of something. That's how you know he loves you, when he is afraid of losing you." "If I had never met you, I wouldn't like you. If I didn't like you, I wouldn't love you. If I didn't love you, I wouldn't miss you. But I did, I do and I will." "If you are not too long, I will wait for you all my life."

"Promise you won't forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave." -Winnie the Poohby A.A. Milne "I do believe I know most of the best people in the world and you've all made my life livable..." -Jon P. Shank "Each day I am with you is better than the last, and my first day with you was the best day of my life." "Never be sad for what is over, just be glad it was once yours." "You know that place between asleep and awake? Where you still remember dreaming? That's where I will always think of you." -Tinkerbell

"If, out of time, I could pick one moment and keep it shining, always new, of all the days that I have lived, I'd pick the moment I met you." "Friends are the part of our family we get to choose" "A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked." - Bernard Meltzer The following five quotes were sent in by Kayla. "I know we'll be friends for life, sharing our dreams together. As we walk down the road we'll never think twice, our memories will last forever. And although we're off to different worlds, somehow we're together. And even though we're far apart, our memories are deep within our hearts. These are the times to remember, our memories will last...forever more..." "A friend is someone who helps you when your down, and if they can't, they lay down beside you and listen" "I'll remember the things I did for a while, but I'll remember the person I did them with forever." "Friendship is like a Christmas tree, decorated with warm memories and shared joys. You're the slightly cracked ornament that always makes me smile." "God evidently does not intend us all to be rich or powerful, or great, but He does intend us to be friends."

"The joy of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship. It is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him." -Sent in by Emerson "There are big ships and small ships but there are no ships like friendships." "Sometimes you just have to turn your back and walk away....Whether you walking out on your friends, your family, or the love of your life...Sometimes walking away is the hardest thing to do but the best thing in the end......." -Tine MacFarlane "The best gift in life is knowing that we have someone who loves us unconditionally, who can makes us laugh, who is there to listen and who warms our heart. The best gift in life is a best friend." -Sent in by Beth "Friends are notes to lifes great songs, a melody that carries you along." -Sent in by David "A true friend is there is there to make you laugh even when you feel like crying." -Sent in by KT "A friend's critisism is their own jealousy" -Sent in by Brie(age 13) "A real friend is when you can sit alone together and never say a word....and walk away feeling that you have had the best conversation." "A true friend is someone you can sit on a porch swing with at night and never say a word but walk away feeling that was the best conversation that you have two had ever had." -Sent in by Danielle Fry & Megan Southern The following two quotes were sent in by Andrea R. "Friends are the colors in the rainbow of life" "Friends are like rainbows, they're bright, beautiful, and you feel a smile when they appear." "A friendship involves two people without one of those people there is NO friendship." -Sent in by Val "True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable." -Dave Tyson Gentry - Sent in by Susan

"Somewhere theres someone who dreams of your smile, and finds in your prescense that life is worthwhile, so when you are lonely remember it's true, somewhere someone is thinking of you" -Sent in by Claire The following three quotes were sent in by Julia. "Do not look for friends to waste your hours. Look for them to live them" "Thanks for taking care of my heart without knowing anithing about cardiology" "A smile makes richer the one who recieves it without making poorer the one who gives it" "Boyfriends come and go but friends are forever." -Sent in by Ashley "If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, So that I'll never have to live without you" -Winnie the Pooh "To the world you may be one person but, to one person you may be the world" -Sent in by Laura "Friends are like money, easier made than kept." -Samuel Butler - Sent in by Jaime Grattenthaler "A friendship that ended, never began" -Eric Bochner - Sent in by Jason "Friendship is, never having to say , you are sorry" -Sent in by Vinu Menon "Friendship could be right under your nose but if you are cought up in yourself you will never find it." -Sent in by Britney "And, I'll take with me, the memories to be my sunshine after the rain." -Sent in by Alyssa Rosio "People say true friends must always hold hands. But true friends don't need to hold hands because they know the other hand will always be there." -Sent in by Marisa Hart "To have a good friend is one of the highest delights of life, to be a good friend is one of the noblest and most difficult undertakings"

"Happiness comes from the ones i love, but its strength that comes from the ones who love me" "Sometimes in a relationship going through hell isn't so bad if you come out a little stronger. The same is true about friends." "A false friend is worse than a true enemy" "A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down." "Don't take advantage of your true friends, because sometimes they are all you have" " I never thought I'd find someone whose heart could read my mind.." -Sent in by Gina The next three quotes are sent in by Jessica "Many people will walk in and out of your life,But only true friends leave footprints in your heart" "Be yourself because the people that mind don't matter and the people that matter don't mind." "Friends Are The Angels That Lift Us To Our Feet When Our Wings Have Trouble Remembering How To Fly" "I value my friends more than I value my life so when I say you're my friend it's jst as good as saying you're my life!" -Sent by Jaymee Syjuico The next two quotes were sent in by Ron Hall "Friendship is like a bank. Don't expect to get to much out if you don't put something in." "Live like today is your last day, Love like you've never been hurt, And dance like no one's watching." "True friendship is a knot in which angel hands have tied" -Sent in by Meghan "To lose you as a friend...I lost a part of me forever. I would be a stranger to get it back......." -Sent in by Debra "We've shared so much laughter, so many tears. We're a spiritual bond that grows stronger each year. We're not sisters by birth, but we knew from the start, something put us together to be sisters by heart." -Sent in by Meghan

"If you don't like the way a friend treats you, stand up for yourself, but don't treat the next friend with that same disrespect." -Sent in by Penny Worner "True friendship never dies." -Sent in by Mindy "The best friend you'll ever have doesn't necessarily have to be the one you agree with he most." -Sent in by Erin "A true friend is someone who makes us do what we can." -Sent in by Kiara Ivia Strong "Friends are the chocolate chips in the cookie of life!" -Sent by Nicole The next four quotes were sent in by Natalie. "If you give me a hug you won't regret i'll give you one back so you can't forget." "The language of friendship is not words but meanings" "Friendship is the perfect gift, everyone needs and no-one cares if it is given back." "A hug is the perfect gift, one size fits all, everyone likes them and no-one cares if it is given back." "Will a cry for you as I die for you, is this blood on my hands all for you?" -Sent in by candlebox "I thank you for all the goodness, kindness,honesty and warmth of feeling that the continuance of our friendship brings." -Sent in by Franz Liszt "The only true friend a girl can count on in her life is her daddy, for if they are real they want cheat or run astray. For always are they there with open arms as you face a day of fears and suddenly the tears start to flow. His arms are always there." -Sent in by Sarah Compton "A friend will ride in the Limo with you, but a real friend will ride the bus with you when then limo breaks down." -Sent in by Joanna

"Good friends will help you move. REALLY good friends will help you move bodies." -Sent in by Vega The next eight quotes were sent in by Erin Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which I spent my life with you, sharing our lives and building our friendship "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." "A true friend is one who is concerned about what we are becoming, who sees beyond the present relationship, and who cares deeply about us as a whole person." "A friend understands you even when your thoughts aren`t fitting into words" "To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed. That can make life a garden." "Real Friendship is the sharing of all that the heart holds inside, it's tears and laughter, it's joy and broken dreams. Because friendship dwells in the heart where time and distance kknow boundaries, it understands the depth of true feelings and the sound of words unspoken. It is a true gift, for it connects the heart of soulmates together forever" "You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend." "What joy is better than news of friends?" -Robert Browning -Sent in by Rita Eskra The next three quotes were sent in by Lindzee "If equal affection cannot be, then let the more loving one be me." "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!!" "The pessimist sees a red light The optimist sees a green light But the truly wise man is color blind" "The best conversation between two freinds is a smile" -Sent in by Rebecca The next two quotes were sent in by Amanda "Friends are the flowers in the garden of life."

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." "A man with millions of dollars still is not rich if he has no friends" -Sent in by Stephanie "Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake." - William Blake, sent in by Lauren "Tell me what company thou keepst, and I'll tell thee what thou art." - Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616) Spanish novelist. "Have no friends not equal to yourself." - Confucious (551 - 497 BC) Chinese philosopher. "Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends." - Jacques Delille (1738 - 1813) French poet. "A Friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature." - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) US poet & essayist. "Keep your friendships in repair." - Ralph Waldo Emerson (as above) "A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." - Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) British lexiographer.

"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice." - Samuel Johnston, (as above) "It is more shameful to distrust one's friends than to be deceived by them." - Duc de la Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680) French writer.

"If it is abuse - why one is always sure to here of it from one damned good-natured friend or other!" - Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 - 1816) British dramatist. "Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company." - George Washington (1732 - 1799) US Statesman. "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, (as above) "I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination." - George Washington, (as above) "Should auld aquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min'?" - Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) Scottish poet. "It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us." - Epicurus (341 - 270 BC) Greek philosopher. "It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us." - Epicurus (as above) "These are called the pious frauds of friendship." - Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754) British novelist. "Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you." - Samuel Johnston (1709 - 1784) British lexicographer. "Sir, I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquantaince." - Samuel Johnston, (as above) "To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship." - Sallust (86 - 334 BC) Roman historian "One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives." - Euripides, Greek playwrite "My friends are my estate." - Emily Dickinson

"Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant." - Socrates, Greek Philosopher "Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together" - Woodrow Wilson "Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success." - Oscar Wilde "Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade." - William Shakespeare "Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world." - Eleanor Roosevelt "If you judge people, you have no time to love them." - Mother Teresa "I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody." - Benjamin Franklin "Misfortune shows those who are not really friends." - Aristotle "The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship." - William Blake "Friendship is love without his wings" - Lord Byron

"Friendship is love with wings." "Never injure a friend, even in jest." - Cicero "When true friends meet in adverse hour; 'Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between." - Sir Walter Scott "... no man is useless while he has a friend." - Robert Louis Stevenson "A true friend stabs you in the front." - Oscar Wilde "Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends." - William Yeats "Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with." - Mark Twain "Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship." - Cicero "Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind." - Samuel Taylor Coleridge "The best mirror is an old friend." - George Herbert "With every friend I love who has been taken into the brown bosom of the earth a part of me has been buried there; but their contribution to my being of happiness, strength and understanding remains to sustain me in an altered world." - Helen Keller "What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies." - Aristotle

"The friendship that can cease has never been real." - Saint Jerome "I count myselt in nothing else so happy As in a soul rememb'ring my good friends." - William Shakespeare "I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial." - Thomas Jefferson

"Sir, more than kisses, letters, mingle souls; For, thus friends absent speak." - John Donne "Too late we learn, a man must hold his friend Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end." - John Boyle O'Reilly "Friends have all things in common." - Plato "Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods." - Artistotle "My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me." - Henry Ford "The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life." - Edward Everett Hale "Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them." - Oliver Wendell Holmes "The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?" - Henry David Thoreau "Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter." - James Fenimore Cooper

"Those that want friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts." - Fracis Bacon "Friendship without self interest is one of the rare and beautiful things in life." - James Francis Byrnes "Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed." - Cicero "I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with the roughest courage. When they are real, they are not glass threads or frost-work, but the solidest thing we know." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Do not save your loving speeches For your friends till they are dead; Do not write them on their tombstones, Speak them rather now instead. - Anna Cummins

"True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest." - Alexander Pope "A friend is, as it were, a second self. - Cicero (Sent by Nigar Baimova) "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious, it is the true sourse of art, science, and friendship." - Albert Einstien (Sent by Brandon Merenda) "But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine." - Thomas Jefferson (Sent by Shawn) "The world would be so lonely, in sunny hours or gray. Without the gift of friendship, to help us every day." - Hilda Brett Farr

"All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand." - Ella Wheeler Wilcox "In a friend you find a second self." - Isabelle Norton "Never shall I forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours." - Ludwig van Beethoven "Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light." - Helen Keller "Happiness is time spent with a friend and looking foward to sharing time with them again." - Lee Wilkinson "Ah, how good it feels...the hand of an old friend" - Mary Englebright "A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still." - Friedrich Nietzsche "Friendship is a single soul dwellings in two bodies." - Aristotle "A friend to all is a friend to none." - Aristotle "Little do men percieve what solitue is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love." - Francis Bacon "Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed." - Cicero "I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with the roughest courage. When they are real, they are not glass threads or frost-work, but the solidest thing we know." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The only thing to do is to hug one's friends tight and do one's job." - Edith Wharton

"Never injure a friend, even in jest." - Cicero "When true friends meet in adverse hour; 'Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between." - Sir Walter Scott "... no man is useless while he has a friend." - Robert Louis Stevenson "Never shall i forget the days i spent with you . continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours." -Ludwig Van Beethoven "Be slow in choosing your friends; slower in changing." -Benjamin Franklin -Sent in by André The following five quotes were sent in by Handan "Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path." -Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer and philosopher (1803-1882) "Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing." -Benjamin Franklin " 'Stay' is a charming word in a friends vocabulary." -Louisa Mary Alcott [1832-1888], American writer, reformist "Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after." -Anne Morrow Lindbergh "When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves." -William Arthur Ward "Friendship? Yes Please." -Charles Dickens - Sent in by Steffi "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jr. ºBest Friends Listen to what you dont sayº - **Samantha Norman**

"People never know how special someone is until they leave, but maybe sometimes its important to leave, so they are given that chance to see how special that someone really is!" - Sent by Ali Nitka *Don't ever be afraid to come to me ~n~ cry* *Don't ever hesitate to look me ~n~ the eye* *Don't ever be afraid to tell me how you feel* *Remeber your my girl ~n~ we gotta keep it real* (That ones for my Girl Nikki....I luv ya!) By: Ashley Upchurch Dedicated to :Nikki Otermat "Friendship is like a violin; the music may stop now and then, but the strings will last forever." "We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can fly only by embracing each other." -lucian de crescenzo Sent in by Jodi "I never had better friends than the friends I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?" -Stand By Me Sent in by Pollak Since we met its been you and I, a tear for a tear baby eye for an eye and u know that my heart gonnna cry if you leave me lonely cuz u not just my friend your my homie -Jarule...Put it on me Put it on me if this was our world,it would be all yours babbyy Sent by josh "Friends are the siblings God forgot to give us." Sent in by Hillary "You'll always be my best friend, you know too much!" "When it hurts to look back and your scared to look ahead you can look beside you and your best friend will be there." The following two quotes were sent in by Maggie Lee "You mean the world to me and I'll never stop loving you 'Cause what you have given me I can never repay And if we meet again somehow, I will love you then as now 'Cause you mean the world to me~ David Lamotte 'Cause we are each other's angels And we meet when it is time We keep each other going And we show each other signs~ Chuck Brodsky

"Friends never make assumptions about you. They never expect a reason to go out with you. In fact friends only expect you to be you!" Sent in by-Chandru Sockalingam-

The following 5 quotes were sent in by Mellisa "And I'm still here, waiting here, to catch you if you fall. I don't know why I care so much when I shouldn't care at all." "Out of every girl I meet, no other can compete I'd ditch em all for a night with you. I know you don't believe you mean this much to me, but I promise you that you do." "If I had one wish this is what it would be, I'd ask you to spend all your time with me, we'd be together forever.." "I guess that it's you I want to hold on to, but you're holding onto someone else." "Your friends are what will matter in the end." "If only you could see the you that is a part of me, maybe you could see inside yourself." "Should I forgive and should I forgive the hurt that's caused me all this?" Sent in by Mac Your my best friend forever and always we're together too much but far not enough and if you die before I do ask god if heaven's got room for two. Sent in by Angel

The following 2 quotes were sent in by Crackie "Nothing makes the earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance. -Henry David Thoreau for my best friend Melia who moved to Florida, I love you! ~Crackie It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, a hour to like someone, and a day to fall in love with someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. -author unknown ~Melia and Crackie Friends Forever! The following quotes were sent in by Amber Pustay Quotes by Thomas Pustay No present could bring more joy to open, Then the one filled with your smile. How sad it would be,to be blind. To never have seen your smile. I remember the first time I heard your voice, a sound I never tire.

Every time you cross my mind, I think how lucky I've been, to have you as my special friend. So remember, not to frown, for I know someone, who is in love with your smile. The following four quotes were sent in by Carly "Your best friends are going to hurt you every once in a while, you must forgive them for that." "Forgivness is the key to your unhappiness." "Compared to friendship, gold is dirt." "Sometimes i think we don't need anyone else in the world../ but then again who would we talk about." "Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they are meant to be there; they serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or help you figure out who you are." -Sent in by Lindsay Russo The following two quotes are from Taylor Hanson. "When you have no light to guide you and no one to walk beside you, I will come to you. When the night is dark and stormy, you won't have to reach out for me, i will come to you." "Sometimes when all your dreams, they have seen better days When you don't know how or why, but you've lost your way Have no fear when your tears are fallin I will hear your spirit callin And I swear that I'll be there, come with me." "We all need somebody we can turn to, someone with no reason to stay. So if you fear that your sun is dying and you need the strength to keep trying, well i'll reach out and take your hand." "Friends are the Angels that help you fly" -Julia VeRost "True friends are the people who brighten your smile everytime your with them" -Julia VeRost "I consiter you my blood and it don't come no thicker" -From Eve "If all my friends were flowers, I would look around and pick you" -Sent in by Karae Daley

"If I could plant a seed everytime I think of you, I could walk forever in my garden." -Sent in by Dan H. "Friends are like melons. Shall I tell you why? To find one good a hundred you must try." "Never look back... Never regret... Never remember the people you've met. Never begin... And never end... Never say never when it comes to your friends!" -Aliza Llaguno "The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with friendship." -Ralph Waldo Emerson -Sent in by Inge "I would rather you hate me for who I am than love me for who I'm not" -Sent in by ~*Liz S*~ "Love is Just Like Life. Its not always easy and it does not always bring happiness.... but when we do not drop living, Why should we Drop Loving!" -Hammad Chhipa The following six quotes were sent in by Lizz "Friends are like gems, they're ALL pricless" "People who love you people who you love back people that will always be there for you through the good times and the bad they make you happy when you are sad they are angels that have yet to earn their wings they are your dearest friends" "Friends are like your second family only closer" "Who says there are no miricals? there are friends arn't there?" "Love isn't a desise or viruse or a sickness...but a gift instead. it can't be bought or stolen only earned. "

"If i die today, or even tomorrow i'll have no regrets if you tell me you're my friend" "If you are going to jump off a mountain, I won't be beside you. I'll be below going to catch you." "We've shared many smiles and many tears, but nothing beats the laughter." -Sent in by Jenn The following seven quotes were sent in by Erin "The best of friendships are the ones where two friends can sit on a swing, not saying a word, but walk away feeling like u just had the best conversation ever." "People may not remember exactly what you did or what u said, but they will always remember how you made them feel." "Friends are the roses of life: pick them carefully and avoid the thorns." "Our paths may change as life goes along, ut the bond between friends remains ever strong" "Friends stand beside eachother through thick and thin, every time you need me i will alwyas be there for you. You make me happy, you make me laugh, you are the best friend anyone could ever have. BEST FRIENDS." "Any time not spent in love is wasted" "The best way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost" "Despite the advice about choosing your friends wisely, you really can't choose your friends. They choose you." -Sent in by Roger "The trouble is not so much dying for a friend, it is finding a friend worth dying for." -Sent in by Victoria O.

The following eight quotes were sent in by Thomas Pustay "A good friend finds it harder to hold a pencil than to hold a grudge." "I may never get the chance to win the lottery. I may never get the chance to go on vacation. But I have the chance to be your friend, that chance I'll take." "What are friends for, if you can't use them." "Beware when you are judging you friends, for they maybe judging you first."

"Friends are like money in the bank, longer you keep them, the more they are worth." "It would be easier to cut off my hand than lost you as my friend." "A friend is someone who smile when you smile, laugh when you laugh, but hold your hand when you cry." "A friend is someone who listens when you speak, understands when you cry and guides you on your way." "A friendship is like a gold chain..each link is a memory from past to present..never let the chain break or else the friendship will be gone..remember gold is a valuable as the friendship is" -Sent in by Sherry "Through life we suffer. Through friends we never have to suffer alone" -Sent in by Shirley "A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though they know you are slightly cracked." "Friends let you know that you are not alone on the road of life." -Sent in by Leslie The following three quotes were sent in by Anthony "I have my friends for their personality, my aquaintences for their opinions and my eninies for their brains." "If you have a friendship thats nearly at the end, screw the friendship and make all the questions end." "If my best friend is the person I can always depend on, then my only best friend would be my mother or God." "Some memories can hurt, but with you by my side our friendship will survive" -Jackie Stancarone "Treat your friends as you do your pictures and put them in the best light." "The only thing on this earth that will never die is a memory and in our friendship we have made so many." "A simple friend has never seen you cry. A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears." -Sent in by Ashwani

"A TRUE FRIEND IS ONE WHO LIKES YOU AS YOU ARE." -Sent in by Vinithra Piglet sidled up behind Pooh. "Pooh," he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you." - Winnie-the-Pooh The following two quotes were sent in by T.T. "A person without any friends is like a tree without its roots." "My friends are like a deck of cards, they come in kings and queens, red and black, six and seven, but if one is missing, the deck won't work...and that is friendhip." The following eight quotes were sent in by Molly "We can't call people without wings angels, so we call them friends instead." "Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?" "Friends aren't jumper cables, you don't throw them into the trunk and pull them out for emergencies." "Everything ends up okay, if it doesn't end up okay then i't not the end." "You could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty. Some are dull while others are bright. Some have weird names. But we all have to learn to live in the same box." "I shed a tear in the ocean. The day I find it is the day I stop loving you." "It's not that I can't live without you, it's just that I don't want to try." "It's better to love someone you can't have than to have someone you can't love." "LOVE is not a virus...........But it should be". -Sent in by Glen Hyrman "Friends are like bras...they give lots of support" "Without a world there is no friends, but without friends there is no world." -Sent in by Sammie B The following two quotes were sent in by Krystal "You have your whole life, So become someone's friend, before they leave you forever" "Never let your friendship die because of a lie, Tell the truth"

"Friendship is like a precious flower Ready to bloom every hour. It may stop growing or keep on flowing But you'll still have it forever." -Sent in by Stephen "Best friends need not be physically present, each keep the other company in the hearts." -Sent in by Lina "Memories last forever pictures may not." -Sent in by Sarah "I consider you my blood and it don't come no thicker..." -Eve "Friendship is that sheltering tree which covers you with warmth when you are cold with Sorrow, balms your soul when you are hurt in heart and bandages with love when yo bleed inside!" -Sent in by Neeru khattar The following two quotes were sent in by Nicole Weber "I will always be able to get through the dark times in life, as long as my friends are waiting for me in the light." "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women mearly players." -Sir William Shakespeare "My God, this is a hell of a job. I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends, my goddamn friends. They're the ones that keep me walking the floor at night." -Warren G. Harding - Sent in by Joy "Good friends come and good friends go, but only the best friends stick around forever." -Sent in by Jenelle Stricker "Did I ever tell you you're my hero? You're everything I wish I could be, I can fly higher than an eagle, cause you are the wind beneath wings." "Met you as a stranger Took you as a friend Hope we meet in Heaven Where friendship never ends" -Raheel

The following two quotes were sent in by JB "Now and forever, I'll remember all the promises still unbroken and think about all the words between us that never needed to be spoken." - Carole King "If I had a star for everytime you made me smile, I'd have a whole nights sky in the palm of my hands." The following quotes were sent in by Sondra "Our relatives are the family that we are born with, our friends are the family we choose." "Friendship is the comfort that comes from knowing that even when you feel all alone, you aren't." "We each take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other, everywhere." "Friends are those with whom we feel comfortable enough to 'think out loud.'" "Love is friendship on fire." -Sent in by Noodles "A Gift of Frienship is Priceless, Especially When It Comes From YOU" -Aldora Kwee The following four quotes were sent in by Shawn. "Each departed friend is a magnet that attracts us to the next world." -Jean Paul Richter "Friendship : Our greatest joy and our greatest sorrow . For without our most cherished friends our world is so often filled with sad tomorrows." "True friends are never forgotten, they live within our hearts and souls.... forever , and always , dancing on our stage of memories." -Shawn "The language of friendship is not words , but rather meanings . It is an intelligence above language." -Thoreau "ROSE IS A FLOWER THAT LIVES FOR AN HOUR! FRIENDSHIP IS A TOWER THAT LIVES FOR EVER!!" "A true friend is someone who will know your name in heaven" -Patricia Pasquariello

"Books and friends should be few but good." "A friend in need is a friend indeed." - Latin Proverb "A good friend is my nearest relation." "A hedge between keeps friendship green." "God defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself." "Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes." "Love is blind. Friendship tries not to notice." -Sent in by Angela Kendrick "The best of friends must part." "Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead." - Chinese Proverb, (sent by Julio Fung) "To have a friend, be a friend." (sent by Julio Fung)

"The death of a friend is equivalent to the loss of a limb." - German Proverb "Life without a friend is like death without a witness." - Spanish Proverb "The best mirror is an old friend." "May there always be work for your hands to do, may your purse always hold a coin or two. May the sun always shine on your windowpane, may a rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you, may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you." - Irish Blessing "A cheerful friend is like asunny day spreading brightness all around." - John Lubcock ( English Astronomer ) "THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF SHIPS. THERE ARE WOODEN SHIPS ,PLASTIC SHIPS, AND METAL SHIPS. BUT THE BEST AND MOST IMPORTAINT TYPES OF

SHIPS ARE FRIENDSHIPS." - OLD IRISH QUOTE (SENT BY -ROBERT J. BADAR JR.) "The only unsinkable ship is FRIENDSHIP." -Sent in by Jeff Sczpanski " A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away." - Arabian Proverb "It is better to be in chains with friends , than to be in a garden with strangers." -Persian Proverb -Sent in by Shawn