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Friendship Quotes

Friendship, built one closeness at a time.

One memorable line compares living without friends to milking a bear for cream — a lot of trouble for little reward — while another describes how an ordinary friendship deepens once two people really get to know each other. See our Friendship Messages for more ways to put it into words.

I enjoy the time passing. I think it's a privilege to be in friendship with time.

Quotes by Agnes Varda

Sixth grade was a big time, in my childhood, of hoops and friendship, and coming up with funny things.

Quotes by Adam Sandler

From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.

Quotes by Adam Clayton

It's always really challenging trying to go from player to player/coach. You have a kind of friendship basis of relationship with all of your teammates, and now you go to this power position where you have to make decisions that...

Quotes by Abby Wambach

Bond Quotes

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.

Quotes by Zora Neale Hurston

When two people first meet, they can only have a very ordinary kind of friendship. But when you begin to understand each other, when you get close to them, you discover that you're suddenly eager to know him or her...

Quotes by Zhang Ziyi

'Shake It Up' definitely teaches kids about the importance of reaching for your dreams and setting high goals. It also teaches great lessons about friendship and family.

Quotes by Zendaya

Establishing a friendship after divorce takes great effort and a lot of swallowing of your pride and ego.

Quotes by Yolanda Hadid

I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.

Quotes by Woodrow Wilson

College Quotes

I loved the whole idea, first of all, of what friendship is. Very often, there are people that somehow you don't know how to declare that you are their friend, but you are their friend. That happens in a lot...

Quotes by Winnie Holzman

Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.

Quotes by William Wycherley

The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.

Quotes by William Shenstone

A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

Quotes by William Penn

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.

Quotes by William Glasser

Dost Quotes

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Quotes by William Blake

Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything.

Quotes by Willa Cather

I'm loyal, and I like my friends. Friendship enriches your life and makes it more interesting.

Quotes by Wendi Deng Murdoch

I've got many close friends, but there's an awful lot about friendship that is not demonstrative in my case.

Quotes by Warren Christopher

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

Walt Whitman

Friendship Day Quotes

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the overall tone of the "Friendship" quotes here?
Warm and appreciative — these quotes describe friendship as something that enriches life, deepens over time, and is worth the effort, even when that effort is described humorously.
What's the "milking a bear" quote about?
It's a colorful way of saying life without friends is more trouble than it's worth: "trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it."
Is there a quote about friendship deepening over time?
Yes, one describes how a "very ordinary kind of friendship" at first meeting can grow into something closer as two people get to understand each other better.
Is there a quote connecting friendship to a TV show?
Yes — a mention of the show "'Shake It Up'" describes it as teaching "great lessons about friendship and family" alongside lessons about ambition and goals.
What format works well for sharing these friendship quotes?
Short lines like "I'm loyal, and I like my friends. Friendship enriches your life and makes it more interesting" work well as captions or status updates for a friend.

There's also a simpler, loyal take on friendship enriching everyday life, plus a nod to how friendship and family lessons show up even in family-oriented TV. Browse Friendship Captions and Friendship Poems for related reading.