Friends and Friendship

There is a Chinese saying that goes, loosely translated, like this: "At home you count on your parents, outside of your home you count on your friends." And another that goes: "Drinking with a true friend, a thousand cups is not enough." Such are sayings in praise of friendship and the importance of having friends.

To be there for your friend in his/her time of need. That is what being a friend means. And that is why we need friends, true friends who will stand by us in our hour of need. If you have such a friend, you are rich, you have a treasure.

The gift of friendship – a willingness to listen, a pair of helping hands, a whisper from the heart that someone cares and understands. - Unknown

Among the great and glorious gift that we are blessed with, it is the gift of understanding that we find in loving and true friends. - Unknown

The light of friendship is like the light of phosphorous, seen plainest when all is dark. - Robert Crowell

The firmest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame. - Charles Caleb Colton

This is the comfort of friends, that though they may be said to die, yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever present, because immortal. - William Penn

Real friends inspire and push each other to be the best that they can be, rather than drag each other down. - Unknown

Appreciate your rude/blunt friend, you can count on them to tell you the truth. - Unknown

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over. - Octavia Butler

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