Friendship is a priceless treasure. It is something that money cannot buy. That is why we must cherish our friendships and always make time for the people who matter most in our lives. As entrepreneurs, it can be difficult to find time for friends amidst the demands of work, but it is important to remember that friendship is a key part of life. Here are some quotes about friendship to inspire you to make time for your loved ones.
The best friendship quotes
1. I only understand friendship or scorched earth. — Roger Ailes
2. Friends hurt friends. They don’t mean to, but it happens. So friendship is made of forgiveness as much as it is love. — Toni Sorenson
3. Friendship, according to Proust, is the negation of that irremediable solitude to which every human being is condemned. — Samuel Beckett
4. …nothing cements a friendship like hating the same person. — Steven Strogatz
5. In the name of the United States and President Bush, I want to thank the Mexican people, President Fox and his government for their friendship. — Tony Garza
6. Sports just happen to be excellent for avoiding foreign–language stage fright and developing lasting friendships while still sounding like Tarzan. — Tim Ferriss
7. The best thing that happened during the filming of Out Cold is that I forged a friendship with Lee Majors that endured for almost 12 weeks. — Thomas Lennon
8. It is easy to make friends.But, it is tough to honor that friendship with’em.If you find those people, hold on to them.If you don’t, move on. — Sachin Panwar
9. Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life. — Thomas Jefferson
10. …nothing cements a friendship like hating the same person. — Steven Strogatz
11. True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks. — St. Jerome
12. I’m losing friendships over forgetting to get back to people. But you can’t keep up with everything. I’ve got a 13–year–old, a nine–year–old and a baby. — Reese Witherspoon
13. To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes, Recanting goodness, sorry ere ’tis shown; But where there is true friendship, there needs none. — William Shakespeare
14. She rides as a man, goes unveiled as a man, fights as a man. Let her prove herself worthy as a man, worthy of her weapons and of our friendship. — Tamora Pierce
15. Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce. — Voltaire
16. It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
17. Revenge might be sweet and although friendship might be sweeter, once you find true love you will taste the sweetest thing life has to offer — Morten Høgsberg
18. When our weaknesses affect health and friendship, we are very much aware of their existence. — Mother Angelica
19. The best thing that happened during the filming of Out Cold is that I forged a friendship with Lee Majors that endured for almost 12 weeks. — Thomas Lennon
20. Pak–china friendship is higher than Himalayas, deeper than ocean, sweeter than honey, and stronger than steel. — Shehbaz Sharif
21. I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world. — Thomas A. Edison
22. Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship. — Sydney Smith
23. Friendship (as the ancients saw) can be a school of virtue — but also (as they did not see) a school of vice. It is ambivalent. It makes good men better and bad men worse.
24. The very flexibility and ease which make men’s friendships so agreeable while they endure, make them the easier to destroy and forget. — Robert Louis Stevenson
25. It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation, even of that which has injured us most. — Thomas Jefferson
26. One word can end a fight — One hug can start a friendship
27. Friendship may sometimes step a few paces in advance of truth. — Walter Savage Landor
28. Friendship is a pretty full–time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can’t have too many friends because then you’re just not really friends. — Truman Capote
29. I desire you in friendship, and I will one way or other make you amends. — William Shakespeare
30. What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing. — Rahul Dravid
31. Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships the poor man everywhere lies low. — Ovid
32. So long as there is a little real friendship and a desire to help each other that is sufficient. — Nathan Bisrizki
33. Thy friendship makes us fresh. — William Shakespeare
34. Me too thy nobleness has taughtTo master my despair — The fountains of my hidden lifeAre through thy friendship fair.
35. True friendship never questions what it costs you. — Stephen Richards
36. One is prepared for friendship, not for friends. — Roberto Bolaño
37. Friendship is like a walk in the wood — you may not know the terrain too well or even know where you are headed yet you enjoy it all the same!
38. Under every friendship there is a difficult sentence that must be said, in order that the friendship can be survived. — Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man
39. Friendship buys friendship. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
40. I lend people money, but I’d never lend something that would jeopardise a friendship if I didn’t get it back. — Paloma Faith
41. As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion. — Pema Chodron
42. He thought of her often, and he missed the companionship they’d once shared and the friendship that had been the bedrock of their marriage at its best. — Nicholas Sparks
43. Like friendship, hatred needed more than physical intimacy; it wanted creativity and hard work to sustain itself. — Toni Morrison
44. …nothing cements a friendship like hating the same person. — Steven Strogatz
45. Friendship is selfless love, care, respect, and honor not a profitable opportunity. — Santosh Kalwar
46. True friendship strives for neither power nor weakness — it holds a mirror to our strength and imperfection
47. Enmity dies when friendship is born. — Matshona Dhliwayo
48. I love that [‘Big Little Lies’] is about women coming together and making something happen very quickly, with friendship being the core of it. — Nicole Kidman
49. Friendship always benefits love sometimes injures. — Seneca
50. Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare–and precious as a pearl. — Tahar Ben Jelloun
Conclusion
Friendship is a strong and lasting bond that can bring joy and happiness to our lives. We all need friends to share our thoughts and experiences, and to be there to support us in times of need. These quotes about friendship remind us of the power of friendship and how important it is to our lives. May they inspire you to be a better friend and to appreciate the friends that you have in your life.