Dustin Lance Black Quotes

The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

Friendship is the most important thing of all.

When we're talking about friendships, generosity and fairness and equanimity and sharing and all those things are super-important to me.

Friendship and sentiment and the giving of one's words are very important.

It takes effort to be a real friend and to find a true friend.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

In order to have friends, you must first be one.

But it all comes down to friendship, treating people right.

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

I think a good friend, to me, is all about trust and loyalty. You don't ever want to second-guess whether you can tell your friend something.

Most good relationships are built on mutual trust and respect.

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

Without a commitment to privacy, respect, love, friendship and trust are simply inconceivable.

What I really appreciate in my friends is that they really respect me.

People will trust you a lot more if you show them you care about them besides basketball. It's deeper.

Empathy is important, openness, honesty, and an understanding for others.

You should never undermine friendship and loyalty.

Friendship brings in a lot of honesty and trust into any relationship, especially a marriage.

Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.