Henry David Thoreau Quotes

A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from us all the virtues, and who can appreciate them in us. The friend asks no return but that his friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams.

A friend is someone who knows you and loves you for what you were and who you are, and who also shares your hopes and dreams for who you can become.

The essence of friendship is entireness, a total magnanimity and trust. It must not surmise or provide for infirmity. It treats its object as a god, that it might deify both.

It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.

Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem.

There are times when friendship feels like running down a hill together as fast as you can, jumping over things, spinning around, and you don't care where you're going, and you don't care where you've come from, because all that matters is speed, and the hands holding your hands.

We are all good friends. Friendship is what endures. Shared ideals, respect for the whole character of a human being.

Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts.

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

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

I think maintaining relationships with my friends, my mother, my manager, they're all important.

Team members care about one another, listen, share secrets, talk about the latest news, have heated arguments, are sometimes jealous of each other, and even cry together.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Friendship is something that is cultivated.

It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

There aren't really many compliments flying around with me and my friends. It's a lot of tough love. But you know, that love is there, and if you need to have a serious conversation, you just gotta wait for the right time to do it.

The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them.