Short Friend Sayings and Quotes

Good friends make life enjoyable. In good times and bad, real friends are in it for the long haul. Give a shout out to your bestie with the collection of short and sweet friend quotes below.

Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up. Thomas J. Watson
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. Dale Carnegie
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. Confucius
Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation. Oscar Wilde
A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. Arnold H. Glasgow
The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple? Eugene Kennedy
A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad. Arnold H. Glasgow
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages Friedrich Nietzsche
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity. Ulysses S. Grant
A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. Thomas Aquinas
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
The differences between me and my friends are the very things that make our friendship strong. Lauren Faust
Some friendships are so strong they can even transcend lifetimes. Michael Dante DiMartino
Yes. Friendship... is great. Must... go... get... friends. And that's why friendship is the best thing ever! Martin Billany
The most beautiful quality of a true friendship is to understand and be understood with absolute clarity. Bryan Fuller
Without trust, there's no friendship, no closeness. None of the emotional bonds that make us who we are. Gene Roddenberry
Not as such. However, even among humans, friendship is sometimes less an emotional response, and more a sense of... familiarity. Gene Roddenberry
Without friendship, there is no love. Simple. Love is friendship. Karan Johar
A man of values never places his business above friendship. Jim Byrnes
Friendship can sometimes involve a breach of individual separateness. Bryan Fuller
Friendship is constant in all other things, save in the office and affairs of love. William Shakespeare
The elements that go to make up a friendship - a really close friendship - are mysterious. The scales must be properly, one might say, delicately balanced. Robert Hardy Andrews
And friendship is our most personal treasure. Even more personal than our toothbrush. Maxwell Atoms
There is no power on Earth greater than the power of love. True love like, true friendship, is one of life's sweetest miracles. David J. Corbett
It's friendship, friendship, just a perfect blend ship. / When other friendships are soon forgot, ours will still be great. Cole Porter
I want to spend some long long hours with you / Just enjoying all the joy in just being with you / And knowing you're a friend who / would never let my dreams fall through / I'm gonna start that long long friendship uhm baby with you Cindy Walker
Old friends looking up to watch the birds holding arms to climb a curb / Old friends oh old friends / Lord when all my work is done bless my life and grant me one / Old friend at least one old friend Guy Clark
Your heroes will help you find good in yourself / Your friends won't forsake you for somebody else / They'll both stand beside you through thick and through thin / And that's how it goes with heroes and friends Schlitz