The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing. . . not healing, not curing. . . that is a friend who cares.
Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.
A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone.
Best friends listen to what you don't say.
One good reason to only maintain a small circle of friends is that three out of four murders are committed by people who know the victim.
A true friend is a friend when in difficulty
A true friend will tell you the truth to your face - not behind your back.
Faint heart never won true friend. O my friend, may it come to pass, once, that when you are my friend I may be yours.
Michael Jackson? He was something more (than one of my favorite entertainers), a true friend. He wasn't just a genius. Above all, he was a good person, who gave so much. He gave people values, he encouraged them to better themselves all the time. He was far deeper and more authentic than people could see. He was misunderstood too many times
True friends are the whole world to one another; and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others; for there is no relish to me in the possessing of anything without a partner.
Linda Tripp has shown that a true friend is an archivist, a biographer.
Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives.
True friendship is sitting together in silence and feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.
True friends are like bright sunflowers that never fade away, even over distance and time
Envy is destroyed by true friendship, as coquetry by true love.
In friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures.
My friend James Cameron and I made three films together - True Lies, The Terminator and Terminator 2. Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period.
A True Friend who leaves heart felt messages, can be a lighthouse to others, sharing light and truth, which comes from their heart.
The best part about having true friends is that you can go months without seeing them and they'll still be there for you and act as if you'd never left!