Here are some of the passages that have warmed my heart. These have made me realize again how precious my friends are to me.
• The best mirror is an old friend. (George Herbert)
• Much of the vitality in a friendship lies in the honoring of differences, not simply in the enjoyment of similarities. (James Frederick)
• True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes. (Unknown)
• A true friend stabs you in the front. (Oscar Wilde)
• 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. (Unknown)
• The most beautiful discovery that true friends can make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. (Elizabeth Foley)
• Friendship is the only cement that will hold the world together. (Woodrow Wilson)
• We are not here to see through one another but to see one another through. (Unknown)
• A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you anyway. (Unknown)
• A friend is a gift you give yourself. (Robert Louis Stevenson)
• 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. (Unknown)
• It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us. (Epicurus)
• When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. (William Arthur Ward)
• A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
• A faithful friend is the medicine of life. (Ecclesias Ticus 6:16)
Honor your friends. Value your friendships. Having a friend is a true blessing.
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