Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.
I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.
I'd just like to see a role for women where someone who isn't traditionally attractive is not portraying the best friend. You know, the character that only speaks in questions. "Gee, are you gonna go out with him? Do you think I look fat?"
Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.
Five days a week I drive from our home to the Episcopal Cathedral Center of Los Angeles where I have an office, my computer, and a wonderful sense of community - especially nurtured by the presence of several younger gay men and women who are good friends.
Martin is your best friend, isn't he?' a sweet and well-intentioned girl once said when both of us were present: it was the only time I ever felt awkward about this precious idea, which seemed somehow to risk diminishment if it were uttered aloud.
A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.
He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.
Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend.
It's the friends you can call up at 4 a. m. that matter.
That Yes, I know what you mean-that is the technical definition of Best Friend Forever.
It was there that, through a mutual friend, I met John Waters - proving what I've always said: you meet the best people on field trips.
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart
In ancient China, the Taoists taught that a constant inner smile, a smile to oneself, insured health, happiness and longevity. Why? Smiling to yourself is like basking in love: you become your own best friend. Living with an inner smile is to live in harmony with yourself.
My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.
We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can't tolerate.
That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart.
