Money and possessions come and go, but friends are forever.
What is a friend? One soul dwelling in two bodies. –Aristotle
There are not many things in life so beautiful as true friendship, and not many things are more uncommon.
Your life partner will be chosen from your circle of friends.
A friend is a gift you give yourself. -Robert Louis Stevenson
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life.
Promises may get friends, but ‘tis performance that keeps them.
An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretend friend is worse.
Do not make an intimate friend of a man who is not a friend of God. Never be satisfied with the friendship of someone who is not useful to your soul.
The consequences of friendships: the good will go down to the bad and the bad will not come up to the good. Even a rock will be marred by the continual dripping of water.
Bad company in the life that now is, is a sure way to procure worse company in the life to come. –J.C. Ryle
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. –Proverbs 27:17
I’d like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me,
I’d like to be the help that you’ve been always glad to be,
I’d like to mean as much to you each minute of the day,
as you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way.
-Edgar A. Guest
Happiness isn’t the easiest thing to find, but one place you’re guaranteed to find it is in a friend’s smile. -Alison Poler
Don’t be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again after a moment or lifetime is certain for those who are Christian friends. -Richard Bach
Cherish friendship in your breast.
New is good but old is best.
Make new friends but keep the old,
One is silver, the other is gold.
Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end; but somewhere in the middle we’ve become the best of friends.
Ah! How good it feels, the hand of an old friend. –Longfellow
A friend walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Best friends are like diamonds—precious and rare;
False friends are like leaves—found everywhere.
No woman is a failure who has friends.
A real friend never makes unreasonable demands and he does not impose on you. He offers his suggestions but without attempting to change the way you do things. He takes pleasure and pride in your accomplishments, without envy. He always comes to you with a smile that fills your heart with pleasure. He becomes a part of all your dreams and hopes in life. He sympathizes when you are in trouble and is always on your side. And no matter what the problem is, he always understands. –Herb Walker
A friend loveth at all times… –Proverbs 17:17
A part of you has grown in me, together forever we shall be; never apart—maybe in distance, but not in heart
What made us friends? Perhaps the comfort of feeling safe, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring out to each other just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful, friendly hand will sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and blow the rest away. Our being friends was part of God’s plan.
“Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions—what we do—that we are happy or the reverse.” -Aristotle
“To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books; and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility in our conduct. Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately. All other things—ruling, hoarding, building—are only little appendages and props, at most.” -Michael Montaigne
“When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that three of his fingers are pointing at himself.” -Louis Nizer, lawyer (1902-1994)
“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” -Hugh Downs, television personality
On Parenting: Sometimes we are so anxious to give our children what we didn’t have that we forget to give them what we did have.
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
–Both quotes from Bits & Pieces, authors unknown
“The Christian Home – Earth’s sweetest type of Heaven.”
A father is a guiding light
Sent to us from above.
He listens to our sorrows
And soothes them with his love.
A father is a teacher
Whose place no one could take,
For he’s the source from which
We learn to think and navigate.
A father is a gift from God
From which we learn to be
Patient, strong and loving,
Filled with integrity.
-Byron P. Tousignant
Into a precious vessel God pours tenderness and love,
An understanding heart, and all the joy a child dreams of…
He gives her His compassion and a kindness like no other,
Then wraps her in His quiet strength, and gently calls her Mother.
-Bonnie Jensen
“It takes more brains, more personality, more character, more physical vitality, more real worthwhile human nature, to be a mother than anything else that is offered to womanhood today.”
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