Jill McCorkle Quotes

A FRIEND IS A PERSON . . . With whom you can be sincere. . . . To whom you never need to defend yourself. . . . On whom you can depend whether present or absent. . . . With whom you never need pretend. . . . To whom you can reveal yourself without fear of betrayal. . . . Who does not feel she owns you because you are her friend. . . . Who will not selfishly use you because she has your confidence. I WOULD HAVE SUCH A FRIEND. . . AND I WOULD BE SUCH A FRIEND. I DO HAVE SUCH A FRIEND!

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

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 true friend is someone with whom protocol is no longer necessary.

Friendship that insists upon agreement on all matters is not worth the name. Friendship to be real must ever sustain the weight of honest differences, however sharp they be.

I have a daughter and the thing I wish for her is not love, fame, money or anything like that. It's just one great best friend. You know, if you have somebody that has your back, you're gonna be all right.

Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time.

One faithful Friend is enough for a man's self, 'tis much to meet with such an one, yet we can't have too many for the sake of others.

If you're my bestfriend I shouldn't have to ask you to lie for me.

That's the thing about friendship, it's a lot rarer than love, because there is nothing in it for any body.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

What a great blessing is a friend with a heart so trusty you may safely bury all your secrets in it.

How many people can you claim truly care about you? I mean, not just the people in your life who are fun to hang out with, not just the people who you love and trust. But people who feel good when you are happy and successful, feel bad when you are hurt or going through a hard time, people who would walk away from their lives for a little while to help you with yours?

There's nothing sweeter than a real friend: Not only is he prompt to lend— An angler delicate, he fishes The very deepest of your wishes, And spares your modesty the task His friendly aid to ask. A dream, a shadow, wakes his fear, When pointing at the object dear.

Friends that I value most are people who would essentially use physical violence against me at a time when I seem to be teetering on the edge.

Friend is a very small word, A little sound we make, For one who is true, one who will do, Great deeds for friendship's sake.

Friendship, on the other hand, serves a great host of different purposes all at the same time. In whatever direction you turn, it still remains yours. No barrier can shut it out. It can never be untimely; it can never be in the way. We need friendship all the time, just as much as we need the proverbial prime necessities of life, fire and water.

Friendship can be really tested only in bad times.

He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.

Grant stood by me when I was crazy.

A good relationship is when someone accepts your past, supports your present and encourages your future.

The hard times make a true friend afraid to ask.

A true test of friendship, to sit or walk with a friend for an hour in perfect silence , without wearying of one another's company.

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

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.