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Friendship Quotes
The best friendships are quiet, steady, and hard to put into words. These friendship quotes do it for you — for a birthday card, a text, or just a reminder of who's in your corner.
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More topics ›United we stand, divided we fall.— Aesop
Hold a true friend with both hands.— African Proverb
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.— Mencius
Hold a true friend with both your hands.— Nigerian Proverb
Love is friendship that has caught fire.— Ann Landers
I am your wingmate. I will not leave you.— Brandon Sanderson
Silence is a true friend who never betrays.— Confucius
True friends are always together in spirit.— L.M. Montgomery
We are stronger together than we are apart.— Brandon Sanderson
Stand together and you have nothing to fear.— Rick Riordan
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.— African Proverb
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.— Euripides
The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.— Hubert H. Humphrey
You will have strange friends in this life of yours.— Tamora Pierce
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.— Henry David Thoreau
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.— Book of Proverbs
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.— Aristotle
To the end he had been faithful, and one of the strongest.— J.R.R. Tolkien
If you have nothing in life but a good friend, you're rich.— Michelle Kwan
Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing.— Anne McCaffrey
In giving advice, seek to help, not to please, your friend.— Solon
Time doesn't take away from friendship, nor does separation.— Tennessee Williams
All the wealth in the land could not buy a good true friend.— Brian Jacques
You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing.— E.B. White
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.— Hubert H. Humphrey
Hold on to a true friend with both your hands, and never let go.— Native American Proverb
It is important to have someone in your life who you can talk to.— Terry Pratchett
We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.— J.K. Rowling
There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends.— Jane Austen
A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.— J.R.R. Tolkien
Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.— John Evelyn
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.— Mark Twain
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.— Walter Winchell
A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.— Arnold H. Glasow
It is a terrible thing to need a friend and realize you do not have one.— Robin Hobb
True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.— David Tyson
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.— Ecclesiastes
Friendship is born at the moment one person says to another: What! You too?— C.S. Lewis
Old stories are like old friends. You have to visit them from time to time.— George R.R. Martin
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What is the best friendship quote?
A classic is from C.S. Lewis: "Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'" It names the exact instant a stranger becomes a friend — the shock of being understood.
What is a short friendship quote?
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." — Walter Winchell. Short friendship quotes are perfect for birthday cards and captions where you want warmth without a whole speech.
What do you write to a best friend?
Start with a quote that captures what they mean to you, then add one specific memory only the two of you share. The quote carries the feeling; the specific detail proves it's really about them.
Why are friendship quotes meaningful?
Friendship is easy to feel and awkward to say out loud. A good friendship quote gives you permission — and the words — to tell someone they matter, which we don't do nearly often enough.