#friend

"I don't need to go onto Facebook and pretend to have friends I've never even met. To my mind, that kind of destroys the meaning of the word 'friend.' I take exception to that. Because I value and respect friendship."

"If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country."

"A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires."

"I don't like any kind of negativity. I try to be good to everyone, whether it's a love, a friend, an ex. I'll always try to treat people the way I want to be treated."

"Allowing a friend to careen toward self destruction is not friendship. That is a habit the United States needs to break as it pursues a richer and more deeply supportive relationship with Israel."

"A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself."

"Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws."

"Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend."

"Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one."

"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"

"Your friend is your needs answered."

"How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em."

"I don't know if I've ever been in a clique. The older I've gotten, the more I've realized what a true friend really is. So my friendship circle has changed a bit."

"Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend."

"I know I was a great friend to Tiger Woods. But when you have a relationship that's involves business and friendship - and the business part comes to an end - things always get a little blurry."

"All you need to do to be my friend is like me."

"Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided."

"That's what I love about Aibileen, she can take the most complicated things in life and wrap them up so small and simple, they'll fit right in your pocket."

"If you have nothing in life but a good friend, you're rich."

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."