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.