Brian Celio Quotes

You want a friend who's going to tell you the truth. That's what it's about. If you don't have a friend who's going to tell you the truth every time something comes up, you feel like he's not a true friend.

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

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

I still have a lot of my friends from high school. You just know who is there for you for real, and who is trying to get something out of you.

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.

For me, a good friend is someone you might only see once or twice a year but each time it feels as though you've just seen them last week.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

One may get everything in life but to find true and good friends is difficult.

Friends never cheat on each other, or take advantage, or lie. Friends do not spy on one another, yet they have no secrets. Friends glory in each other's successes and are downcast by the failures. Friends minister to each other, nurse each other. Friends give to each other, worry about each other, stand always ready to help. Perfect friendship is rarely achieved, but at its height it is an ecstasy.

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.

I know that Oprah and I mean a lot to each other... I know at all times I have somebody that I can count on always.

You never have to guess where you stand with me.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

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

Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.

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

You kind of need to weed through who is wanting to be a true friend.

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.

I don't want to wait until something happens to see who my friends are.