Friends are the family we choose quotes

True friends can be hard to come by, but they are so important. They’re the people who stand by your side through thick and thin, serve as your go-to travel buddy and often offer you words of encouragement to keep you positive no matter what life throws your way.

In fact, genuine friendship is so revered that there are tons of shows and movies highlighting the unique bond two pals can share. So when you do find a great friend who can keep your deepest secrets and support you in all that you do, it is important to let them know just how much they mean to you.

And what better way to do so than sharing one of these best friendship quotes? Whether you’re celebrating Galentine’s day and need a sweet message to send to a friend, are looking for a funny caption to pair with a photo of you and your day one on Instagram or just need help crafting a heartfelt birthday message for your bestie (a cool gift wouldn't hurt either) these short yet meaningful quotes will show everyone why you two are the epitome of friendship goals.

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A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

Friendship is another word for love.

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over.

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

A true friend accepts who you are, but also helps you become who you should be.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.

Share your smile with the world. It's a symbol of friendship and peace.

A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden.

A sweet friendship refreshes the soul.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

It's not that diamonds are a girl's best friend, but it's your best friends who are your diamonds.

In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.

There are friends, there is family and then there are friends that become family.

Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they're always there.

Life was meant for good friends and great adventures.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.

A good friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends.

There's nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing.

Awards become corroded. Friends gather no dust.

True friends are always together in spirit.

It's not what we have in life, but who we have in our life that matters.

True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.

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

If we treated ourselves as well as we treated our best friend, can you imagine?

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

I don't know what I would have done so many times in my life if I hadn't had my girlfriends.

Friendship is when people know all about you but like you anyway.

There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm & constant.

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.

A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.

Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave and impossible to forget.

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

59 Martin Luther King, Jr.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?

61 Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

A friend can tell you things you don’t want to tell yourself.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

If you live to be a hundred, I hope I live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.

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