One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.(Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton)
You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.(Barbara Bush)
Would you, my dear young friends, like to be inside with the five wise virgins, or outside, alone and in the dark with the five foolish ones.(Montagu Butler)
The true beloveds of this world are in their lover's eyes lilacs opening, ship lights, school bells, a landscape, remembered conversations, friends, a child's Sunday, lost voices, one's favorite suit, autumn and all seasons, memory, yes, it being the earth and water of existence, memory.(Truman Capote)
He who possesses the source of Enthusiasm Will achieve great things. Doubt not. You will gather friends around you As a hair clasp gathers the hair.(I Ching)
I don't have time for superficial friends. I suppose if you're really lonely you can call a superficial friend, but otherwise, what's the point(Courteney Cox)
Whatever meaning 'Annie's Song' had for me on a personal level, there was also a larger context. It could just as easily have been about love for a brother. Or a father. Or a friend. It could just as easily have been a prayer.(John Denver)
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.(The Dhammapada)