Leon Uris Quotes

I have gold for my friends, and iron for my enemies

If I can't be happy, nobody can be happy.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.

We are all busy. It's easy to find excuses for not reaching out to others, but I imagine they will sound as hollow to our Heavenly Father as the elementary school boy who gave his teacher a note asking that he be excused from school March 30th through the 34th.

That's why we should respect people: not for how pretty they are, for how useful they are. What would you rather have, a pretty friend or a friend that can help you move? Always a friend that can help you move!

There is no good in store so long as malice and jealousy and egotism will prevail.

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

I'm a really selfish person. But I would do anything for my friends.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

I always say, 'People first, then money, then things.'

Time should make enemies and Life should make friends.

Look for a sweet person. Forget rich.

There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.

A lot of guys don't want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

I didn't care at all about losing, but I just didn't want Emerson to feel bad, You know, I didn't win, but Felicity won, and when you come to the set next time, you can give her a big congratulations.

Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.

I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf.

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.

We benefit from doing nothing, from going out to play, from giving from the heart and spending time in nature. Most of all we benefit from having healthy, strong, and loving relationships with other people and from exercising the altruistic parts of ourselves.

Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.