Henry David Thoreau Quotes

There are very few people I can call real, close friends. They're very, very precious to me.

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

A friend is more to be longed for than the light; I speak of a genuine one. And wonder not: for it were better for us that the sun should be extinguished, than that we should be deprived of friends; better to live in darkness, than to be without friends

Real friendships among men are so rare that when they occur they are famous.

When we look back over the landscape of our lives from any particular vantage point, we will find that the most valuable and the most precious things that we have ever enjoyed or experienced are caught up in the quality and quantity of the loving relationships that we have enjoyed. That if any time of life we look back and we have accomplished anything else in the world, financially or materially or politically or any other way, and we do not have high-quality loving relationships to fall back on and to remember and to think about and to enjoy, to that degree we have failed as human beings.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

Freindshipp is beyond all relations of flesh and blood, because it is less materiall.

All friends are not for life, but if you have a true friend, you have a life.

Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun.

Real friends were the kind where you pick up where you'd left off, whether it be a week since you'd seen each other or two years.

I don't think life offers any greater experience than the joyful sense of recognition when one finds in a new acquaintance a real friend, or when an old relationship deepens into friendship, or when one finds an old friendship intact despite the passage of years and many absences.

We want but two or three friends, but these we cannot do without, and they serve us in every thought we think.

I have a real aversion to sentimentality, but I also really want to write about love and friendship.

All I can do is to urge on you to regard friendship as the greatest thing in the world; for there is nothing which so fits in with our nature, or is so exactly what we want in prosperity or adversity.

The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.

Better to have 3 real friends than 100,000 digital ones.

One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about.

Real friends are our greatest joy and our greatest sorrow. It were almost to be wished that all true and faithful friends should expire on the same day.

The growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair.

I think one of the most important lessons to learn in the music industry is to understand who your real friends are. There are a lot of people who may be around you just because of the money or the fame. It's important to surround yourself with positive people who are accomplishing things and who want to see you succeed.

Their friendship was only one aspect of their lives but it seemed to give meaning to all the others.

If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky

The friendship that you create between you and a mom - or you and an older woman figure - is so important and so influential. I think that my relationship with my sister, my relationship with my best friends - when I'm feeling really terrible about myself, they're always there to let me know that I am being dramatic about something, or I'm being stupid about something - it's good to have those kinds of people to drag you back down and protect you.

I think of you as a friend. I used to think "friend" was just another word... Nothing more, nothing less. But when I met you, I realized what was important was the word's meaning.

Surround yourself with people who are the ketchup to your french fries-they make you a better version of yourself. Yes french fries are amazing on their own, but combined with ketchup they are a force. Spend time with people who bring out your true flavors, but don't overpower you.