Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Penn

A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

William Penn

There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise--a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.

William Makepeace Thackeray

It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.

William Makepeace Thackeray

We are most of us very lonely in this world; you who have any who love you, cling to them and thank God.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.

Robert Hewison

Many businessmen fail to understand Python principles--the ultimate absurdity was an offer from America to buy the 'format' of the Python shows, that is, Monty Python without the Pythons--corporate methods do not have the conceptual framework to deal with an anarchist collective, run by intelligent and arrogant comedians who have proved that their method works.

Robert Griffin III

For me, a quarterback's best friend, especially a young quarterback's best friend, is a coach who believes in him.

Robert Ballard

Well, when I was a kid, I grew up in San Diego next to the ocean. The ocean was my friend - my best friend.

Robert Baden-Powell

I have often urged my young friends, when faced with an adversary, to "play polo" with him; i.e., not to go at him bald-headed but to ride side by side with him and gradually edge him off your track. Never lose your temper with him. If you are in the right there is no need to, if you are in the wrong you can't afford to.

Robert Baden-Powell

A thing that many young fellows don't seem to realism at first is that success depends on oneself and not on a kindly fate, nor on the interest of powerful friends.

Richard M. Nixon

Our souls speak from across the miles, intertwined, you and I.

Rebecca Pidgeon

Be good, kind, and friendly to the receptionist. She's had a hard day.

Rebecca Wells

Friends are supposed to act like harbor boats-let you know if you're off course. But it ain't always possible.

Robert Burton

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

Richard Burton

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

Tullian Tchividjian

God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.

Tahar Ben Jelloun

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

Sylvia Plath

We should meet in another life, we should meet in air, me and you.

Sylvia Plath

There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.

Rosalind Wiseman

You can't make someone be your best friend.

Rollo May

Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.

Rumi

A generous friend gives life for a friend let's rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another

Rumi

Always search for your innermost nature in those you are with, as rose oil imbibes from roses.

Rumi

Stay with friends who support you in these. Talk with them about sacred texts, and how you are doing, and how they are doing, and keep your practices together.

Tom Peters

Quite simply, no matter how hard you try, no matter how "open" you are, you'll end up surrounded by "yes people." It's hard not to believe people who are repeating your own ideas. Resist the temptation.

Toby Keith

There's some nights I can't remember with friends I can't forget.

Stephen Schwartz

I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason Bringing something we must learn And we are led to those who help us most to grow If we let them and we help them in return.

Stephen Fry

Come back, and do that thing, be lovely to each-other.

Stephen Fry

Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers

Stephen Fry

If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather. Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.