“A friend is a gift you give yourself.”
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer
Sketchbook 1966-1977
“A friend is a gift you give yourself.”
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer
“Always be true to your friends, just as you are to yourself.”
Meg Cabot (1967) Novelist
Source: Glitter Girls and the Great Fake-Out
“If you make friends with yourself, you'll never be alone.”
Maxwell Maltz (1889–1975) Plastic surgeon, self-help author
Variant: If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.
“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.”
Jim Morrison (1943–1971) lead singer of The Doors
Helen Reddy (1941) Australian actress
"Best Friend"; written and sung by Reddy
Lyrics, "I Don't Know How To Love Him"(1971)
“That's the problem with best friends. Sometimes they know you better than you know yourself.”
Cecily von Ziegesar (1970) American writer
Source: Nobody Does it Better
Jenny McCarthy (1972) American model, comedian, actress, author, activist, and game show host
Source: Love, Lust & Faking It: The Naked Truth About Sex, Lies, and True Romance
“You are your own best friend. Never ever, put yourself down.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
“If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.”
Charles Bukowski book Notes of a Dirty Old Man
Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1969)