Friendship Quotes

Often affection precedes friendship, but it ought never to be followed unless it is led by reason, moderated by a sense of honor, and ruled by justice.

Aelred of Rievaulx
Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

William Butler Yeats
- Men
- Thinking
- Friends

Fair and foul are near of kin And fair needs foul," I cried. "My friends are gone, but that's a truth Nor grave nor bed denied."

William Butler Yeats
- Truth
- Gone
- Bed
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Thomas Aquinas
- Earth
- Friendship
- Prized
Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

Charles Caleb Colton
- Friendship
- Adversity
I gave Mitt Romney some donations for his campaign because he was a friend, and friendship came first. I've always been a Democrat, and I've had different views than Mitt Romney. I'm not Mitt Romney, and I think people will realize that when they meet me out there.

Stephen Pagliuca
My own view is that friendship is essential to our becoming who we are. It provides a context within which we can, more or less safely, try different ways of being, different approaches to life, and our friends, to whom we open ourselves and by whom we are willing to be influenced and directed, play a central role in what becomes of us.

Alexander Nehamas
- Life
- Friendship
- Being
Acting is about communicating, reacting, and sharing - and friendship is about all of those things, too.

Diego Luna
- Friendship