"Friendships are the family we make - not the one we inherit. I've always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family."
— Salman Rushdie"When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands."
— Maria Shriver"Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend."
— Friedrich Nietzsche"A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies."
— Confucius"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."
— George Washington"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."
— Chuck Swindoll"Two of man's basic needs are to love and to share. Both of these needs are satisfied in greater or lesser degree by friendship."
— Mother Angelica"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 Eastman