217 Best Inspirational Quotes For Friends

Friends are an important part of our lives, providing us with support, encouragement, and companionship. Inspirational quotes for friends can help us express our gratitude and appreciation for the special people in our lives, and can also offer words of encouragement and support during challenging times. These quotes can help us strengthen our friendships, deepen our connections, and remind us of the importance of cherishing the relationships that matter most. In this article, we have compiled a list of the best inspirational quotes for friends, from heartwarming sentiments to thoughtful reflections on the power of friendship.

“Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.” — Thomas J. Watson
Friendship is the cornerstone of human relations and the basis for all community life. T. M. Riffel
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” — Elisabeth Foley
Friendship is the marriage of affections. Thomas Watson
“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
.friendship is not a noun. Friendship is a verb, a process, an art. Kyler Shumway, The Friendship Formula
“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.” — Tennessee Williams
.friendship is not a noun. Friendship is a verb, a process, an art. Kyler Shumway, The Friendship Formula
“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” — Carl W. Buechner
Friendship is not threatened by honest criticism. It is strengthened. Charles Swindoll
“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” — Amy Poehler
The better part of one’s life consists of one’s friendships. Abraham Lincoln
“Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.” — Ally Condie
Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity. John Dryden
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” — Marcel Proust
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. Kahlil Gibran
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” — Oprah Winfrey
He who has ceased to pray has lost a great friendship. Richard L Evans
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.” — Khalil Gibran
Friendship is a sheltering tree. Samuel Coleridge
“Time doesn’t take away from friendship, nor does separation.” — Tennessee Williams
Feelings are the connective tissue of friendship. Joel D. Block
“When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.” — Maria Shriver
“There’s not a word yet for old friends who I’ve just met.” — Jim Henson
Depth of friendship does not depend on the length of acquaintance. Sir R. Tagore
“A single rose can be my garden…a single friend, my world.” — Leo Buscaglia
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. Kahil Gibran
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” — Woodrow T. Wilson
Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends. Euripides
“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.” — Ed Cunningham
Be a friend. You don’t need glory. Friendship is a simple story. Edgar Guest, Be A Friend
“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” — Donna Roberts
Friendship is the strongest bond in the world. Jeremy Taylor
“It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.” — Marlene Dietrich
Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it. Cicero
“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.” — G. Randolf
Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love. Charles Peguy
“A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have.” — Irish Proverb
Friendship never forgets. That is the wonderful thing about it. Oscar Wilde
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” — Helen Keller
Sometimes, friendship means thinking with your heart and not your head. Will Robinson
“True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.” — Helen Keller
Friendships multiply joys and divide griefs. Thomas Fuller
“No friendship is an accident.” — O. Henry
Don’t allow the grass to grow on the path of friendship. Native American Proverb
“They make me stronger; they make me braver.” – Jane Fonda
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. Socrates
“Friends are the siblings God never gave us.” — Mencius
Friendship? Yes please. Charles Dickens
“True friends are like diamonds — bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.” — Nicole Richie
Longtime friends are family that we choose. Patrick Regan
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” — Thomas Aquinas
Friendship is the jovial dance of belonging. Kyler Shumway, The Friendship Formula
“Friends are the family you choose.“ — Jess C. Scott
Friendship is a reciprocal relationship of liking and loving between two people. June Hunt, Friendship Iron Sharpening Iron
“Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.” — Misty Copeland
Close your eyes to the faults of others, and you open the doors of friendship. William A. Ward
“A sweet friendship refreshes the soul.” — Proverbs 27:9
Nothing can fill the heart with warm happiness as much as friendship. Ingrid Goff-Maidoff, Friendship
“True friends are always together in spirit.” — L.M. Montgomery
“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.“ — Linda Grayson
“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” Donna Roberts
“‘Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.” — Charles Lamb
“It is the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.” Charles Lamb
“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.” — Bernard Meltzer
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.” Confucius
“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” — Arnold H. Glasow
“It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.” Marlene Dietrich
“Never let your best friends get lonely…keep disturbing them.” — Candlelight Publications
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” — Khalil Gibran
“To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.” Brandi Snyder
“Friends…they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.” — Henry David Thoreau
“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.” Tennessee Williams
“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.” — Richard Burton
“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.” Ed Cunningham
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.” Friedrich Nietzsche
“My best friend is the man who is wishing me well for my sake.” — Aristotle
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” Helen Keller
“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” — Henry Ford
“Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare — and precious as a pearl.” — Tahar Ben Jelloun
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” Walter Winchell
“But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.” — Thomas Jefferson
“If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.” — Winnie the Pooh
“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“She is a friend of mine. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gathers them and gives them back to me in all the right order.” — Toni Morrison
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” C.S. Lewis
“Love is friendship set on fire.” — Jeremy Taylor
“The love that comes from friendship is the underlying facet of a happy life.” — Chelsea Handler
“There’s not a word yet for old friends who I’ve just met.” Jim Henson
“Friendship is accepting a person with all their qualities — good and bad.” — Mohanlal
“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” — Maya Angelou
“A true friend stabs you in the front.” Oscar Wilde
“Everyone you meet knows something you don’t know but need to know. Learn from them.” — C.G. Jung
“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.” Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Don’t be afraid of new beginnings. Don’t shy away from new people, new energy, new surroundings. Embrace new chances at happiness.” — Billy Chapata
“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Each new friendship can make you a new person, because it opens up new doors inside of you.” — Kate DiCamillo
“Friends are the family you choose.” Jess C. Scott
“Be genuinely interested in everyone you meet and everyone you meet will be genuinely interested in you.” — Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Fate chooses your relations; you choose your friends.” Jacques Delille
“Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.” — Francesco Guicciardini
“No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.” Alice Walker
“Every new friend is a new adventure… the start of more memories.” — Patrick Lindsay
I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light. -Helen Keller
“The great thing about new friends is that they bring new energy to your soul.” — Shanna Rodriguez
A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. -Donna Roberts
“The kindest way of helping yourself is to find a friend.” — Ann Kaiser Stearns
What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it. -C.S. Lewis
“Getting to know new people and gaining new friends is one of life’s greatest pleasures. So conquer your fears and get out there.” — Tony Clark
“There are friendships imprinted in our hearts that will never be diminished by time and distance.” — Dodinsky
True friends are like diamonds—bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style. -Nicole Richie
“No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.” — Robert Southey
“A real friendship should not fade as time passes, and should not weaken because of space separation.” — John Newton
A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself. -Heidi Wills
“Distance means so little, when someone means so much.” — Tom McNeal
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer. -Jean de La Fontaine
“If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.” — A. A. Milne
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. -Eleanor Roosevelt
“As long as we share the same sky and breathe the same air, we’re still together.” — Donna Lynn Hope
One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. -Lucius Annaeus Seneca
“A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand.” — Kahlil Gibran
How beautiful it is to find someone who asks for nothing but your company. -Brigitte Nicole
“Can miles truly separate you from friends…If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?”— Richard Bach
I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen -Winnie The Pooh
“Friends are the family you choose.” Jess C. Scott
I get by with a little help from my friends. -The Beatles
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
Friendship is the wine of life. -Edward Young
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” Oprah
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’ -C.S. Lewis
“The language of friendship is not words but meanings.” Henry David Thoreau
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. -Khalil Gibson
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” Woodrow Wilson
It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. -Marlene Dietrich
“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” David Tyson Gentry
The only way to have a friend is to be one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” C.S. Lewis
A friend is what the heart needs all the time. -Henry van Dyke
“Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives.” Alexander Dumas
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. -Hubert H. Humphrey
“Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm & constant.” Socrates
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself. -Jim Morrison
“Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.” Samuel Butler
Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend. -Bill Watterson
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” Shakespeare
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. -Elbert Hubbard
“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
Friends are medicine for a wounded heart, and vitamins for a hopeful soul. -Steve Maraboli
“I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.” Plutarch
Life is nothing without friendship. -Cicero
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.” Aristotle
We were together. I forget the rest. -Walt Whitman
“A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem like such a good friend after telling you.” Arthur Brisbane
I will not let you go into the unknown alone. -Bram Stoker
“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” Linda Grayson
The great thing about new friends is that they bring new energy to your soul. -Shanna Rodriguez
“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” Albert Camus
True friendship is when two friends can walk in opposite directions, yet remain side by side. -Josh Grayson
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” Elbert Hubbard
Nobody can avoid falling in love. They might want to deny it, but friendship is probably the most common form of love. -Stieg Larsson
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” Abraham Lincoln
Friendship isn’t a big thing—it’s a million little things. -Paulo Coelho
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” Marcel Proust
Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes. -Henry David Thoreau
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” Khalil Gibran
Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life. -Amy Poehler
“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.” Buddha
“Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
“It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.” Marlene Dietrich
“Where there are friends, there is wealth.” – Titus Maccius Plautus
“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” Henry Ford
“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” Muhammad Ali
“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.” – G. Randolf
“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over.” Octavia Butler
“To the world, you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world.” – Brandi Snyder
“There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.” Paramahansa Yogananda
“It is the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.” – Charles Lamb
“Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.” Friedrich Nietzsche
“You find out who your real friends are when you’re involved in a scandal.” – Elizabeth Taylor
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival” C.S. Lewis
“Friendship needs no words – it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.” – Dag Hammarskjöld
“The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.” Barbara Kingsolver
“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.” – Baltasar Gracian
“I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.” Robert Brault
“Friendship is the purest love.” – Osho
“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.” Washington Irving
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow T. Wilson
“How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices of bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good is inside a day? Depends how good you live ’em. How much love is inside a friend? Depends how much you give ’em.” Shel Silverstein
“Friendship is one mind in two bodies.” – Mencius
“Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.” Ally Condie
“Friendship is Love, without his wings.” – Lord Byron
“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.” Ray Bradbury
“Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.” – Samuel Butler
“Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life-and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next.” Dean Koontz
“Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn’t want to kill it.” – Max Jacob
“It is the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.” Charles Lamb
“Friendship is essentially a partnership.” – Aristotle
“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Friendship is delicate as a glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will always be cracks.” – Waqar Ahmed
“A friendship that can end never really began.” Publilius Syrus
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” – Khalil Gibran
“Lovers have a right to betray you. Friends don’t.” Judy Holliday
“Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.” – Augustine Birrell
“True friends stab you in the front.” – Oscar Wilde
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” Alice Walker
“True friends are always together in spirit.” – L.M. Montgomery
“Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” – Anna Deavere Smith
“In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.” John Churton Collins
“Friendship is a sheltering tree.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.” Laurence J. Peter
“Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives.” – Alexander Dumas
“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.” Cicero
“True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.” – St. Jerome
“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.” Euripides
“True friendship is never serene.” – Marquise de Sevigne
“A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.” – Len Wein

conclusion

In conclusion, inspirational quotes for friends can help us celebrate the special people in our lives and strengthen the bonds of friendship. These quotes can offer words of encouragement and support during tough times, as well as express our gratitude and appreciation for the people who have touched our lives in meaningful ways. The best inspirational quotes for friends capture the essence of what makes friendship so valuable and offer insights into the power of human connection. By sharing these quotes with our friends and loved ones, we can deepen our relationships and create a stronger sense of community and belonging. We hope the quotes shared in this article will inspire and uplift you in your friendships.