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.

A real friendship should not fade as time passes, and should not weaken because of space separation. John Newton
Friendship, compounded of esteem and love, derives from one its tenderness and its permanence from the other. Samuel Johnson
I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgement; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship. Brene Brown
True friendship is a plant of slow growth. George Washington
When friendships are areal, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know. Ralph Waldo Emerson
At the shrine if friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry. Victor Hugo
Rare is true love, true friendship is rarer. Jean de la Fontaine
True friendship resists time, distance and silence. Isabel Allende
The secret of friendship is expressing kindness with your eyes and through the tone of your voice, not only with words. Goswami Kriyananda
Books, like friends, should be few and well-chosen. Samuel Johnson
Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success. Oscar Wilde
Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieve by an act of will or intention. Friendship is always an act of recognition. John O'Donohue
Again and again, I learn how much friendship enriches my life, bringing warmth, assurance, humor, inspiration, a sense of security. It depends on honesty, trust, loyalty. It's about giving. It's for sharing the good times, but also the tough times, hurt, grief, sadness. Quentine Bryce
What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend? Richard Russo