Friendship is a treasure that must be cherished always. Let your friends know how much they mean to you with heartfelt friendship day quotes. Here are some lovely quotes of famous people curated by the team at 123NewYear:
- “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
- “Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
- “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” – Elie Wiesel
- “Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” – Muhammad Ali
- “Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” – Amy Poehler
- “A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” – William Shakespeare
- “The great thing about new friends is that they bring new energy to your soul.” – Shanna Rodriguez
- “Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” – Albert Camus
- “It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.” – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- “Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.” – Aristotle
- “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “There is nothing I wouldn’t do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature.” – Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
- “Friendship is delicate as a glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will always be cracks.” – Waqar Ahmed
- “Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.” – Socrates
- “True friends are like diamonds – bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.” – Nicole Richie
- “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. That’s what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is.” – Jim Morrison
- “Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected.”- C.J. Langenhoven
- “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elizabeth Foley
- “There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” – Linda Grayson
- “A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself.” – Heidi Wills
- “If you wanna find out who’s a true friend, screw up or go through a challenging time … then see who sticks around.” – Karen Salmonsohn
- “The best mirror is an old friend.” – George Herbert
- “Some souls just understand each other upon meeting.” – N.R. Hart
- “Friends are medicine for a wounded heart, and vitamins for a hopeful soul.” – Steve Maraboli
- “In my friend, I find a second self.” – Isabel Norton
- “One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.” Lucius Annaeus Seneca
- “The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.” – Simon Sinek
- “I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let’s face it, friends make life a lot more fun.” – Charles R. Swindoll