Quotes about Friendship

When it comes to biblical counseling, friendship is central to the counseling relationship because it is a key aspect of the Gospel. Paul's words display it; Jesus' actions approve it. In Jesus Christ, friendship has its ultimate — that is, it's paradigmatic — display. He sacrificially gave Himself for the good of those he befriended — people who were awkward and troubled types, people who did not offer Him anything particularly desirable in return.

Love is what we need in friendship when we stumble, and truth is what we need when we stray.

Plain and simple, men need community with other men. Loving, you-before-me, dedicated relationship. If you have never had it, you don't really get it yet, and if you had that community and lost it, you know the cavity it leaves in your soul until you discover it again.

Strong men serving together thrive in the strength their friendship provides.

Francis Bacon," said Peter, a trifle belatedly. "Mr. Kirk, you're a man after my own heart.

He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

We must make friends in prosperity, if we would have their help in adversity.

The loiterer often imputes delay to his more active friend.

If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.

Everything I write is based on something I've personally experienced, or things that my friends have experienced that I just find horribly entertaining.

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.