The only way to have a friend is to be one.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
-Mencius

To have a friend, you must be a friend, starting with yourself.
-Anonymous

Friendship is a treasure difficult to find. But when stumbled upon, it's of the richest kind. We'll never forget the laughter and the fun, nor will we forget all the crazy things we've done. The treasure that we've found will forever be around. For a lifetime is how long a friendship will last, as forever we will share the great memories of the past.
-Gerri Brand; a poem written for Wendy Sues, Jen Pinti, and myself

A friend is a present you give yourself.
-Robert Louis Stevenson

Choose thy friends like thy books, few but choice.
-James Howell

Feed a friendship apples; caress it with soft smiles.
-Alexander Drey

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
-Norman Vincent Peale

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.
-Len Wein

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that really matter.
-Marlene Dietrich

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
-Anais Nin

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.
-Charles Caleb Colton

A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.
-Dr. Samuel Johnson

Love is a flower, friendship, a sheltering tree.
-from wrapper of Dove Promises milk chocolate candy

Friendship is the gold thread that ties hearts together.
-from wrapper of Dove Promises milk chocolate candy

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

Hold a true friend with both your hands.
-Nigerian Proverb

If you join little cliques, you will be self-satisfied; if you make friends widely, you will be interesting.
-Sydney Smith

I am united with my friend at heart,
What matters if our place be wide apart?
-Anwar-I-Suheili, Persian poet

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possible, but not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
-Anais Nin

Can miles truly separate you from friends . . . If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?
-Richard Baach

Friendship, like credit, is highest where it is not used.
-Elbert Hubbard