Friendship

In Friendship,

silence is more important than words.

rod mckuen

You can make more friends in two months

by becoming interested in other people

than you can in two years

by trying to get other people interested in you.

dale carnegie

True friends are those who really know you...

BUT love you anyway.

edna buchanan

"The real test of friendship is:

can you literally do nothing with the other person?

Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?"

eugene kennedy

"We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan;

and a widower that man who has lost his wife.

But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend,

by what name do we call him?

Here every language is silent

and holds its peace in impotence."

joseph roux

Friendship multiplies the good in life and divides the evil.

baltasar gracian

No birth certificate is issued when friendship is born. There is nothing tangible.

There is just a feeling that your life is different

and that your capacity to love and care has miraculously been enlarged without any effort on your part.

It's like having a tiny apartment and somebody moves in with you.

But instead of becoming cramped and crowded,

the space expands, and you discover rooms you never knew you had

until your friend moved in with you.

steve tesich

Some people come into our lives and leave a bit of

themselves in the corner of our hearts, and those

people will stay there for all time.

unk

Some people come into our lives

and quickly go.

Some people move our souls to dance.

They awaken us to new understanding

With the passing whisper of their wisdom.

Some people make the sky

More beautiful to gaze upon.

They stay in our lives for awhile,

Leave footprints on our hearts

And we are never, ever the same.

unk

Some people come into our lives and quickly go.

Some people became friends and stay awhile

leaving beautiful footprints on our hearts

and we are never quite the same.

You are one of those people,

your laughter, your smile, the way you talked,

made people feel good.

You always had an ear to lean

when things weren't quite right in the world.

I miss you my friend.

I know it’s only been a year,

but it seems like yesterday that we sat in the sunshine together.

I love you my dear friend and always will.

Till we meet in heaven

maryann kloster

Friends

A friend is someone we turn to

when our spirits need a lift,

A friend is someone we treasure

for our friendship is a gift.

A friend is someone who fills our lives

with beauty, joy, and grace

And makes the whole world we live in

a better and happier place.

jean kyler mc manus

Have you ever felt like you knew someone a long, long time ago?

Another place, another time, a friendship of the souls?

Two people who share a bond for reasons neither know,

A feeling that they were friends, a long, long time ago?

Did they stumble onto each other by pure circumstance,

Or was it fate and destiny that played a certain hand?

Two souls intertwined, they are worlds apart,

But the soul, it knows no difference, in matters of the heart.

Somehow they are drawn together, fate has brought them back,

Each living worlds apart, they journey separate paths.

When this life is over, and a new life begins,

Their souls will find each other, two souls that we call friends.

lia fail

A FRIEND'S GREETING

I'd like to be the sort of friend that

you have been to me;

I'd like to be the help that

you've been always glad to be.

I'd like to mean as much to you

each minute of the day

As you have meant, old friend of mine,

to me along the way.

I'd like to do the big things and

the splendid things for you,

To brush the gray from out your skies

and leave them only blue;

I'd like to say the kindly things that

I so oft have heard,

And feel that I could rouse your soul

the way that mine you've stirred.

I'd like to give you back the joy

that you have given me,

Yet that were wishing you a need

I hope will never be;

I'd like to make you feel as rich as I,who travel on

Undaunted in the darkest hours with you to

lean upon.

I'm wishing at this time that I

could but repay

A portion of the gladness that

you've strewn along my way;

And could I have one wish this year,

this only would it be:

I'd like to be the sort of friend

that you have been to me.

edgar a guest

Friends                                 

There's nothing as nice as someone who shares,    

your laughter, your secrets, your wishes and cares,   

someone who's there through your good times and tears,

who stays by your side as your friend through the years.

autymn skillings              

"Portrait of a Friend"

I can't give solutions to all of life's problems, doubts,

or fears. But I can listen to you, and together we will

search for answers.

I can't change your past with all it's heartache and pain,

nor the future with its untold stories.

But I can be there now when you need me to care.

I can't keep your feet from stumbling.

I can only offer my hand that you may grasp it and not fall.

Your joys, triumphs, successes, and happiness are not mine;

Yet I can share in your laughter.

Your decisions in life are not mine to make, nor to judge;

I can only support you, encourage you,

and help you when you ask.

I can't prevent you from falling away from friendship,

from your values, from me.

I can only pray for you, talk to you and wait for you.

I can't give you boundaries which I have determined for you,

But I can give you the room to change, room to grow,

room to be yourself.

I can't keep your heart from breaking and hurting,

But I can cry with you and help you pick up the pieces

and put them back in place.

I can't tell you who you are.

I can only love you and be your friend.

--unknown

You My friend

You don't always show it, but I know that you care.

You My friend

If I'd ever need you, I know you'd be there.

You I'm glad you're my friend.

Your smile makes me smile.

Your pain makes me hurt.

You My friend

I want you to know:

If you need me--I'm there.

make you happy, make you laugh.

You My friend

sometimes you make me mad,

but I can't stay mad.

You My friend

sometimes I want to get away from you.

And sometimes there's nothing I want more than:

to talk to you, to tell you about my day,

to hear about yours,

laugh with you, to tease you,

to share an inside joke, that no one else would get,

to argue with you, but know we're just kidding..

You My friend

Do you remember the time when...?

There are so many times.

You My friend

Don't ever lose the wonderful person you are.

Stay happy.  Stay healthy.

Stay you.

You My friend

I'll never stop being your friend.

Don't ever stop being mine.

You My friend

Just wanted to tell you:

I care.

~author unknown

People need people and friends need friends

And we all need love for a full life depends

Not on vast riches or great acclaim,

Not on success or on worldy fame,

But just in knowing that someone cares

And holds us close in their thoughts and prayers-

For only the knowledge that we're understood

Makes everyday living feel wonderfully good,

And we rob ourselves of life's greatest need

When we "lock up our hearts" and fail to heed

The outstretched hand reaching to find

A kindred spirit whose heart and mind

Are lonely and longing to somehow share

Our joys and sorrows and to make us aware

That life's completeness and richness depends

On the things we share with our loved ones

and friends.

helen steiner rice

The Guy in the Glass

When you get what you want in your struggle for self,

And the world makes you King for a day,

Then go to the mirror and look at yourself,

And see what that guy has to say.

For it isn't your Father, or Mother, or Wife,

Who judgement upon you must pass.

The feller whose verdict counts most in your life

Is the guy staring back from the glass.

He's the feller to please, never mind all the rest,

For he's with you clear up to the end,

And you've passed your most dangerous, difficult test

If the guy in the glass is your friend.

You may be like Jack Horner and "chisel" a plum,

And think you're a wonderful guy,

But the man in the glass says you're only a bum

If you can't look him straight in the eye.

You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years,

And get pats on the back as you pass,

But your final reward will be heartaches and tears

If you've cheated the guy in the glass.

dale wimbrow

"The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a

human being. His heart withers if it does not answer

another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the

echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration."

~ pearl s. buck

Friend,

when you are sad,

...I will get you drunk and help you plot revenge against

the sorry bastard who made you sad.

When you are blue, ...I'll try to dislodge whatever is choking you.

When you smile, ...I'll know you finally got laid.

When you are scared, ...I will rag you about it every chance I get.

When you are worried,

..I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be

and to quit whining.

When you are confused, ...I will use little words to explain it to your dumb ass.

When you are sick, ...stay away from me until you're well again.

I don't want whatever you have.

When you fall, ...I will point and laugh at your clumsy ass.

This is my oath, ...I pledge 'til the end.

Why you may ask? Because you're my friend!

unk ....