Friendship Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Friendship quotes, Friendship sayings, and Friendship proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.


A body makes his own luck, be it good or bad.      -- unknown
Change yourself and fortune will change.      -- Portuguese (on fortune)
Good things come when you least expect them.      -- unknown
Great actions are not always true sons of great and mighty resolutions.      -- Samuel Butler (1612-1680)
Happy is the bride that the sun shines on.      -- Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
It is possible to have too much of a good thing.      -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
Lightning never strikes the same place twice.      -- P. H. Myers (1857)
May the wind be always at your back.      -- unknown
Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.      -- George Herbert (1593-1633)
The day you decide to do it, is your lucky day.     -- Japanese (on luck)
The new boat will find the old stones.      -- Estonian (on perversity)
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.      -- English (on buying and selling)
When fortune calls, offer her a chair.      -- Yiddish (on fortune)
When fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your teeth.      -- Iranian