Quotes about Friendship
Love your friends with your eyes closed, but love your enemies with both eyes open.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
— Thomas Edison
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
— Thomas Jefferson
We must therefore… hold them [the British] as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
— Thomas Jefferson
Whensoever hostile aggressions… require a resort to war, we must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.
— Thomas Jefferson
Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?
— Thomas Jefferson
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.
— Thomas Jefferson
Our friendships are precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part is sunshine.
— Thomas Jefferson
Choose your friends with caution plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.
— Thomas Monson
never complain as long as Christ is thy friend; he is an enriching pearl, a sparkling diamond; the infinite lustre of his merits makes us shine in God's eyes. (Ep. 1. 7)
— Thomas Watson
People who are able to turn criticism into a positive situation are going to attract friends.
— Norman Vincent Peale
And if the criticized person takes it quietly without rancor, not striking back but constantly loving, he will gather in friends faster than his critics can manufacture enemies.
— Norman Vincent Peale