Idries Shah Quotes

I am not of that feather, to shake off my friend when he must need me

A friend in word is never friend of mine.

Most of the friends you trust are those you've known for 10 years.

And I have a few friends that I think would go to bat for me no matter what. Flea is definitely one of them. Guy Oseary is one of them.

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.

I always try to be a reliable friend.

What I value most in my friends is loyalty.

I wouldn't abandon nobody. I would be lying if I said I was just talking to everybody.

In Merlin, Arthur has a very loyal friend who keeps him on his toes. Arthur enjoys those challenges, and there is a lot of great banter between them. Meanwhile, in Arthur, Merlin has a friend he can really rely on. Merlin knows that when it comes the crunch, Arthur will always do the right thing.

The only people I truly trust are my family and a very close group of my friends.

When you're in the heat of the moment, you need guys you can trust and who have been there for you.

My friends know that if they need help, they can come to me.

Having those people that you trust implicitly is so important.

I've got no brothers or sisters, so it's really important for me to have friends who I've known for years that I really know I can trust and rely on.

Loyalty is one of the qualities in a friend that I value most.

Really trying to find the people who really ride for you and are down for you, that's hard.

I'm a loyal dude.

If you fall, I will catch you. I will be waiting, time after time.

No matter where I am, I will always be there when you need me.

I fear no secret of a person I trust, and he has no need to fear mine. It is part of being friends.

Everybody gets pinched but you did it right. You told them nothing and they got nothing. You learned the two greatest things in life: Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.

Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.

Give us a man, young or old, high or low, on whom we know we can thoroughly depend, who will stand firm when others fail; the friend faithful and true, the adviser honest and fearless, the adversary just and chivalrous,-in such a one there is a fragment of the Rock of Ages.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends

Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.