Friendship has always been a bit of a puzzle to me. How do people, so wonderfully different and beautifully complex, come together and fit into each other’s lives so perfectly?
In search of answers, or perhaps just in search of a deeper appreciation for these connections, I’ve pulled together a list of 100 friendship quotes.
They made me laugh, nod in agreement, and even tear up a bit. From the silly moments that remind me of my own friendships to the profound ones that capture the essence of what it means to have someone truly know you.
I hope you enjoy them.
Inspirational Friendship Quotes
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out – Walter Winchell
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one’ – C.S. Lewis
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you – Elbert Hubbard
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart – Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together – Woodrow Wilson
Friends are the siblings God never gave us – Mencius
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship – Thomas Aquinas
A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world – Leo Buscaglia
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom – Marcel Proust
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious – Thomas Aquinas
The real friendship is like fluorescence, it shines better when everything has darkened – Rabindranath Tagore
Famous Friendship Quotes
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies – Aristotle
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile – Albert Einstein
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it – Hubert H. Humphrey
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me – Henry Ford
No friendship is an accident – O. Henry, Heart of the West
The language of friendship is not words but meanings – Henry David Thoreau
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures – Khalil Gibran
Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family – Mario Puzo
Funny Friendship Quotes
Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings – Robert Bloch
If you have friends who are as weird as you, then you have everything – Unknown
I don’t know what’s tighter, our jeans or our friendship – Unknown
We are best friends. Always remember that if you fall, I will pick you up… after I finish laughing – Unknown
Friends buy you food. Best friends eat your food – Unknown
We’ll be friends until we’re old and senile… then we’ll be new friends – Unknown
Friendship is so weird… you just pick a human you’ve met and you’re like ‘Yep, I like this one’ and you just do stuff with them – Unknown
We’ll be friends ’til we’re old and senile… then we’ll be new friends! – Unknown
Wise Friendship Quotes
The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple? – Eugene Kennedy
A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down – Arnold H. Glasgow
It’s not what we have in life, but who we have in our life that matters – Unknown
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit – Aristotle
A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden – Unknown
Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there – Unknown
Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer – Ed Cunningham
Side by side or miles apart, real friends are always close to the heart – Unknown
Heartwarming Friendship Quotes
Reflective Friendship Quotes
The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend – Aristotle
In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends – John Churton Collins
Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace – Buddha
A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself – Heidi Wills
Empowering Friendship Quotes
Friends are those who lift you up when no one else has even noticed you’ve fallen – Unknown
A true friend is someone who sees the pain in your eyes while everyone else believes the smile on your face – Unknown
No matter how serious life gets, you still gotta have that one person you can be completely stupid with – Unknown
Friendship and Growth Quotes
Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together – James Cash Penney
Every friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born – Anaïs Nin
Friends are the people who make you smile brighter, laugh louder, and live better – Unknown
Additional Unique Friendship Quotes
Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief – Swedish Proverb
Friends are the sunshine of life – John Hay
The best mirror is an old friend – George Herbert
A friend is a gift you give yourself – Robert Louis Stevenson
There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first – Paramahansa Yogananda
Life without friendship is like the sky without the sun – Unknown
Friends are the anchors that hold us steady when the waters get rough – Unknown
A true friend is someone who is there for you when they would rather be anywhere else – Len Wein
Friendship isn’t about who you’ve known the longest. It’s about who came and never left your side – Yolanda Hadid
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself — and especially to feel, or not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at any moment is fine with them – Jim Morrison
True friends are always together in spirit – L.M. Montgomery
Friendship is the wine of life – Edward Young
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it – Ralph Waldo Emerson
A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face – Maya Angelou
Friends are the chocolate chips in the cookie of life – Unknown
The best friendships are built on a solid foundation of silliness, shenanigans, and misadventures – Unknown
A good friend knows all your stories. A best friend helped you write them – Unknown
Friends are the best to turn to when you’re having a rough day – Justin Bieber
There’s nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing – Jennifer Aniston
Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school – Muhammad Ali
My friends are my estate – Emily Dickinson
Finding friends with the same mental disorder: priceless! – Unknown
A friend to all is a friend to none – Aristotle
True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart – Unknown
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil – Baltasar Gracian
True friendship resists time, distance, and silence – Isabel Allende
The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another’s little lapses – David Storey
A measure of friendship isn’t how well you know someone, but how well they know you – Mark Twain
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief – Marcus Tullius Cicero
A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked – Bernard Meltzer
Side by side or miles apart, real friends are always close to the heart – Unknown
Summary
- Friendship transcends time and distance, growing stronger with shared experiences.
- True friends are a mirror to our souls and a comfort in our moments of need.
- Laughter and joy shared with friends are among life’s greatest treasures.
- The depth of friendship cannot always be spoken; often, it’s felt in silent understanding.
- Friendships are the chosen bonds that enrich our lives, teaching us about love, support, and the beauty of genuine connections.
- Each quote is a reminder that in the tapestry of life, friends are the threads that add color and warmth.
