„There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.“
— Thomas Aquinas Italian Dominican scholastic philosopher of the Roman Catholic Church 1225 - 1274
Quotes about friendship
A collection of quotes on the topic of friendship.
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„Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.“
— Bruce Lee Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker 1940 - 1973
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„Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.“
— Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), Lord Darlington, Act II
„The philosophy of friendship has definitely paid off, because after all the highs and lows we’re still sticking together and we haven’t lost the passion for what we’re doing. In the Seventies, there were few changes, then we had this line-up with Herman [Rarebell] and Francis [Buchholz] for almost twenty years.“
— Klaus Meine German singer 1948
„There are three classes of friendship and enmity, since men are so disposed to one another either by preference or by need or through pleasure and pain.“
— Ptolemy Greco-Egyptian writer and astronomer of Alexandria 100 - 170
Tetrabiblos, Book IV, sec. 7
„We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.“
— Orson Welles American actor, director, writer and producer 1915 - 1985
„Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.“
— Charles Lamb, The Life, Letters and Writings of Charles Lamb
„With tennis, they say it's a social sport you can play from six to 60 - they should say 90, your friendships go on forever.“
— Don Tregonning Australian professional tennis player and coach 1928
„It took a lot of courage for him to befriend me in front of Hitler… You can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the 24-karat friendship I felt for Lutz Long at that moment.“
— Jesse Owens American track and field athlete 1913 - 1980
Context: It took a lot of courage for him to befriend me in front of Hitler... You can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the 24-karat friendship I felt for Lutz Long at that moment. Hitler must have gone crazy watching us embrace. The sad part of the story is I never saw Long again. He was killed in World War II.
On the congratulations given by German athlete Lutz Long, a competitor in the long jump, who in some accounts he credited with giving him some friendly advice that helped him to win against him; as quoted in "Owens pierced a myth" by Larry Schwartz http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016393.html in ESPN SportsCentury (2005)
„I was tired of pretending that I was someone else just to get along with people, just for the sake of having friendships.“
— Kurt Cobain American musician and artist 1967 - 1994
„What nobler relationship than that of friend? What nobler compliment can man bestow than friendship?“
— Manly P. Hall Canadian writer and mystic 1901 - 1990
The Lost Keys Of Freemasonry (1923), Context: What nobler relationship than that of friend? What nobler compliment can man bestow than friendship? The bonds and ties of the life we know break easily, but through eternity one bond remains — the bond of fellowship — the fellowship of atoms, of star dust in its endless flight, of suns and worlds, of gods and men. The clasped hands of comradeship unite in a bond eternal — the fellowship of spirit.
„I wish more of us could understand that our increasing isolation, no matter how much it seems to express pride and self-affirmation, is not the answer to our problems. Rather, the answer is a revival of our ancient commitment to God, who rules over all the peoples of the world and exalts no one over any other, and to the moral and spiritual values which were once legendary in America. We must reach out our hand in friendship both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy. We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and our young, our women as well as our men.
I see nothing inconsistent between being proud of oneself and one's ancestors and, at the same time, seeing oneself first and foremost a member of the commonwealth of all races and creeds.“
— Arthur Ashe American tennis player 1943 - 1993
Days of Grace: A Memoir (1994), p. 186
