Tuesday, December 13, 2011

30+ Friendship Quotes

Life is all fun and frolic when friends are around. And when they are not, you can send them lovely quotes and tell them how special they are for you. Cherish and nurture this bond with our large collection of quotes about friendship. Send the quotes to your loved ones and let them know how much you dote on them.

"Take my hand, and hold on tight, don't let go, don't you dare even try, there are so many roads to travel, so much still to find, and with the help of our lord, I want you to help me try and reach for the sky."

-Marty Keith

I did try to come back and listen

You never it..I didn't wish it

But I did hear every answer every question

It's all about protection

still through the sunlight days I wait

Track a ghost through the fog

The sun is burning me

And you come running out in the wind with me

The ocean is your blanket..."

-Stevie Nicks

"Every now and then we find a special friend, who never lets us down, who understands it all, reaches out each time you fall, you're the best friend that I've found."

-Jordan Hill - "Remember Me This Way"

"And I will take you In my arms.. And hold you right where you belong. 'Till the day my life is through.. This I Promise You."

- "This I Promise You" –Nsync

"Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends."

- Jacques Delille

"If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair."

- Samuel Johnson

"True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."

- George Washington

“We are friends and I do like to pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter. I wouldn't mind washing up beside you, dusting beside you, reading the back half of the paper while you read the front. We are friends and I would miss you, do miss you and think of you very often.”

Jeanette Winterson

"We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can fly only by embracing each other."

-lucian de crescenzo

"Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up."

~ Bible: Ecclesiastes

"Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends."

-Richard Bach

"Your friends will know you better in the first minute they meet you than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years."

- Richard Bach

"A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what is made by the friends whom we choose."

- Tehyi Hsieh

"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."

- Bernard Meltzer

"My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private."

-Solomon Ibn Gabirol

"Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you."

- Elbert Hubard

"Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,

Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;

But do not dull thy palm with entertainment

Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade."

-William Shakespeare

“It is not what you give your friend, but what you are willing to give him that determines the quality of friendship. “

- Mary Dixon Thayer

“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

-Albert Schweitzer

“But oh! the blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearlessly on any subject;

with whom one's deepest as well as one's most foolish thoughts come out simply and safely.

Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to

weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and

grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping,

and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.

-Dinah Craik

“There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.

-Diana Cortes

“I lay it down as a fact that if all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world. “

-Blaise Pascal

“Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces “.

-Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. I am arrived at last in the presence of a man so real and equal, that I may drop even those undermost garments of dissimulation, courtesy, and second thought, which men never put off, and may deal with him with the simplicity and wholeness with which one chemical atom meets another.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Love is like the wild-rose briar;

Friendship is like the holly-tree.

The holly is dark when the rose briar blooms,

But which will bloom most constantly? ”

-Emily Brontë

“A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.”

-Pam Brown

“Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins. “

-Charles Alexander Eastman

“Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.”

-Samuel Pepys

“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. “

- Flavia Weedn

“Friends are like melons; shall I tell you why? To find one good you must one hundred try. “

- Claude Mermet

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Monday, January 3, 2011

True Friendships - How to Get True Friends and Friendships

True Friendship - Recognition

How can we find true friendships in this fast and selfish world? This world is not a permanent world and our life in this temporary world is very short like a thin string tied between two edges. In this time how can we find friends and friendships which are true and trustable. Friendships involve recognition or familiarity with another's personality. Friends must share likes and dislikes, interest, views, passion of their life and world. This gives a lot of recognition with the person whom we need have friendship.

How can we recognize potential friendships? There is a lot of symptoms which include mutual desire for companionship and perhaps a common bond in some topics similar to each other. Beyond that a genuine and mutual friendship involves a shared sense of caring and concern, a desire to see one another grow and develop, and a hope for each other to succeed in all aspects of life. True friendship involves action: doing something for someone else while expecting nothing in return; sharing thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment or negative criticism.

True Friendship - Relationship, Trust, Accountability

True friendship involves relationships. Those mutual attributes we mentioned above become the foundation in which recognition transpires into relationship. Many people say, "Oh, he's a good friend of mine," yet they never take time to spend time with that "good friend." Friendship takes time: time to get to know each other, time to build shared memories, time to invest in each other's growth.

Trust is essential to true friendship. We all need someone with whom we can share our lives, thoughts, feelings, and frustrations. We need to be able to share our deepest secrets with someone, without worrying that those secrets will end up on the Internet the next day! Failing to be trustworthy with those intimate secrets can destroy a friendship in a hurry. Faithfulness and loyalty are key to true friendship. Without them, we often feel betrayed, left out, and lonely. In true friendship, there is no backbiting, no negative thoughts, no turning away.

True friendship requires certain accountability factors. Real friends encourage one another and forgive one another where there has been an offense. Genuine friendship supports during times of struggle. Friends are dependable. In true friendship, unconditional love develops. We love our friends no matter what and we always want the best for our friends.

True Friendship - Solution to every problems

If you have a true friendship with some singles or personals, then you don't need to worry about any problems that you face. A true friendship is often referred to the solutions that a person needs. When we are in trouble we can ask for soluton to the trustable true friends and friendship only. We can't expose our problems to others who are not having true friendship with us. But when we discuss our problem we get a solution from our friends, friends never expose our weekness and try to hide them from coming out. They give better solutions than others. We can discuss any problem with friends who are true in their friendship.

True Friendship - Real Help in needed time

A real true friendship offers helping hands to the friends who are in trouble. As I said it is a solution for problems, true friends are also the helpers for others. Friends never let us go sink into problems. Instead friends try to rescue us from problems by helping us. With friends and friendships there will be a common bonding named helping. Friends never runaway from problems of other friends.

Real and true friendship involves freedom of choice, accountability, truth, and forgiveness. Real friendship looks at the heart, not just the "packaging." Genuine friendship loves for love's sake, not just for what it can get in return. True friendship is both challenging and exciting. It risks, it overlooks faults, and it loves unconditionally, but it also involves being truthful, even though it may hurt. Genuine friendship, also called "agape" love, comes from the Lord. When we've offended a true friend - whether by breaking a trust or by speaking the truth with love - we risk losing that friendship. We must be careful not to break the trust. But when not speaking the truth will cause greater hurt in our friend's life, we must be willing to sacrifice our needs for those of our friend. That is true friendship.

So never offend any true friendship - try to get more true friendships in this earth.

Albert Arul prakash is a web developer and armed with lot of friends who is interested in more friendships. He trusts that friendships bring a lot of success in life. His personal website is http://bepenfriends.tripod.com and blog is http://bepenfriends.blogspot.com and my main upcoming website for friends is http://www.bepenfriends.com

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Monday, October 25, 2010

True Blessings of Having a Successful Friendship

By Alma Gonzalez

Making friends has never been a problem growing up, but as I got older I began to differentiate what a true friend is, as opposed to an acquaintance. Yes, you will meet people, you enjoy socializing with, but when comparing to a true friend never truly come close. As far as I can remember, my true friends have been and shall always be the ones I grew up with. Through years of getting to know one another, we have developed a bond that not only surpasses bonds established by true family members, but has also enabled us to freely be ourselves, and not phony. Through these bonds, we have suffered and endured hardship, break-ups, child rearing; and commitment. We always make sure to boast each others spirits whenever one of us are down, or quick to tell each other when one of us messes up, and needs a reality check.

My friends consist of one male who I have known since the age of fourteen and two females that I have met when we were thirteen years old respectively. The male friend, is not only sensitive, kind and funny, but has always been the one I talk to extensively about men issues. Yes, my female friends, are the ones I turned to when any given relationship failed, for those are the shoulders I cried on, but the male, has since then been there as well to help me cope with the heartaches, a man can only inflict on a woman.

As a teenager, I focused mainly on school and keeping my grades up, but once I turned eighteen I had my first real relationship which lasted a good five years. On my twenty first birthday my boyfriend and I got engaged, and then that's when I noticed two of my friends backed off and only one remained. We, of course, kept in touch, but for some strange reason, the male friend was no longer as available as he once was and the one female friend, had nothing but bad things to say about my then fiance. Unbeknownst to me, my fiance had threatened my male friend, due to insecurity issues I had no idea he possessed. As the years progressed though these issues among others began to surface, and I was thankful to still be engaged, as that made it a lot easier for me to break free. It was then my friends sat me down and told me the truth about how they felt about my now ex. At first, of course, I was a bit ticked that they would hold back, and not tell me this guy was no good, but then once explained I realized they only thought they had my best interest at heart . I was, after all happy at first, it was later that his jealousy and lack of trust got worse. I began to feel smothered, and constantly worried about getting into a confrontation because my bus or train was delayed. This guy not only timed my commute, but checked my purse or pockets for numbers that never truly existed.

Since the break-up, my friends and I have made a pact to never hold back any doubts or fears we may encounter in any given relationship. Our friendship has only evolved into something truly amazing, and we all consider ourselves blessed to have each other in our lives. A true friend, is there when you need a shoulder, want to vent, need advice or constructive criticism. They make the bad times seem obsolete, and celebrate your triumphs. They stick up for you when others bad mouth you, and support you one hundred percent when needed. To this day I thank God for giving me the friends he chose to be there for a lifetime, and not only a minute. Loyalty, respect and love comes hand in hand, and nothing nor no one should ever come between us, as time has only proven. To the acquaintances I have encountered throughout the years, and have shown me the difference I thank you, for true friendship is something they just can't fathom, nor know what to do with.

I, Alma Gonzalez have been writing since the age of ten. In total I have over thirty articles, movie reviews and short stories combined and published under my pen name Susan B. Anna with Triond.com, so if interested click on attached link to view most recently submitted article on male insecurities @ http://www.socyberty.com/Relationships/Insecurities-The-Males-Perspective.190489

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Friendship Poems 6 - Thinking Of You

By Mary E. Waters

This is for the friend or family member whom you have not seen or heard from in a while. You just want the person to know that he has not been forgotten. In fact, you think of him every day.

As you were going about your normal duties, you were thinking about him. Your mind reflected on him when you were walking down the street. While walking, you passed someone that looked like him. While riding on the subway, you heard someone talking and it sound like him. So, it's time to stop and take action. It is okay to let someone know that you are thinking about them by sending a "Thinking of You" poem.

Sample Poem:


Thinking of you

brings fond memories of the past

lets me know our friendship will last

Thinking of you

lets me know how much

I would like for us

to stay in touch

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Old Friends

It is easy to find friends, but very difficult to maintain their friendship for a long time. Some people are blessed to have friends, who stick to each other through the thick and thin of their lives and never ever break the relation, even with geographical distance or time. Others take time to open up with people, while there are many others, who do not feel confident about themselves to have friends for their lifetime. Long lasting friendship does not happen in a day. It takes years to develop understanding and higher levels of trust, if you want to boast of having old friends. It needs equal efforts from both sides to make the relation work.

Some childhood friendships actually develop into long lasting friendship, since it is a result of mutual understanding and undeterred trust. The bond between the old friends is formed is so strong that even long distance cannot deter it. One can find a sparkle in the eyes of the people, when they tell about having old friends and boast of the longevity of their friendship.

The secret to long lasting friendships is not giving up on each other. It is inevitable that they grow up, form their opinions, have different temperaments and attitudes and possibly have different lifestyles. Yet, they hold onto each other and respect each other's opinions and attitudes.

Finding a true friend, who stays around forever, is something that life offers to very few. Often, life is compared to a train journey - you come across many people, enjoy the moment to the fullest and bid good bye to them. Similarly, you might come across many friends in your life, but it would be hard to find that person, who emerges as your true friend.

Sometimes when you lose your old friend, you wish to meet him or her. You use to try to connect with him or her via phone or email address. Why we want to connect with them because old is gold. Only with an old friend can we really talk about our other old friends, about their failures and successes, their old follies and their new compromises. And nothing strange can have as much meaning as does news of the recent and yet anciently characteristic acts of our friends. And so, blessed and willing to bless, we catch up.


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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Personalized Friendship Gifts

There can’t be any reason to be cherished and please your friend with a unique gift. Personalized friendship gifts increase the charm of the gift and underline the importance of people. The classics of personalized friendship gifts are what you are offering. You don't need a special occasion to tell a good friend you appreciate their friendship. Any day is a wonderful day to celebrate what you share together. Finding a personalized friendship gift meaningful enough to communicate your appreciation can be hard to do.

You can't be with your friends as often as you might like, but you can remind them how much you care. Personalized friendship gifts are just the thing to celebrate your close personal friends. These are gifts that they will (or should) cherish forever and is a symbol of your friendship. Personalization is the way to go if you're planning to come up with something that's unique and catchy.

Write poetry in his honor! A hand written poetry can be a best friendship gift. It very much will raise a self-estimation of your friend. It is an example of unique personalized friendship gifts. Personalized friendship gifts should reflect his character and to features of temperament. Is your person the big original? A gift created by you can be unique gift. Personalized friendship gifts are worth making!

As the Christmas season looms near, more and more people are shopping early to avoid the dreaded, last-minute Christmas shopping. It might be a chance to glad your friend with some unique gift. Happiness of receiving gift increases more when it is according to the choice of receiver or personalized to her specially. Lets happy your friends with special Personalized friendship gifts.


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Monday, October 26, 2009

Friendship Quotations

"Who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure."
-- Jewish saying

"A faithful friend is the medicine of life."
-- Apocrypha

"Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world."
-- John Evelyn

“Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. “
-- Nichomachean Ethics

“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. “
-- Northanger Abbey

"A friend is a person who knows what you are saying, even if you're not talking."
--Sarah Bennett

"Friends are like stars... you don't always see them, but you know they're always there."
--Hulali Luta


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