Friendship Quotes Quotes

A flower takes a while to grow, but can die in an instant; this is how it is with trust.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is better to help an enemy than to harm a friend.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Time is your acquaintance. Life is your friend. Death is your opponent. Eternity is your companion.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Find your uniqueness and embrace it with pride.

~ Mensah Oteh

A kind stranger is better than an uncaring friend.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you can’t find a few minutes every day for yourself, you don’t have a complete life.

~ Mensah Oteh

The quality of your relationships and the role they play in your life will influence who you will become.

~ Mensah Oteh

Investing in your mind is the best investment you can make.

~ Mensah Oteh

The impact of relationships can be subtle yet powerful. Make a conscious effort to them choose wisely.

~ Mensah Oteh

Surround yourself with people who can help you grow into the person you want to become.

~ Mensah Oteh

When choosing your relationships, be guided by your life’s purpose, your vision and your dreams.

~ Mensah Oteh

Work harder on improving yourself than on trying to forge better relationships.

~ Mensah Oteh

Some people don’t deserve your time and attention. Love them anyway.

~ Mensah Oteh

Spend your time with people who recognise and appreciate your value.

~ Mensah Oteh

Greatness has a fragrance. Get close to it and that fragrance will arouse your potential.

~ Mensah Oteh

There is no such thing as a neutral relationship. All your relationships affect you – some pull you down and others lift you up.

~ Mensah Oteh

Don’t try to get even with those who wrong you, get ahead.

~ Mensah Oteh

People who have created their success through hard work and the support of others are always looking for ways to help those around them. Don’t be afraid to reach out.

~ Mensah Oteh

Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those who do both are friends.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Unfortunately, people who always tell the truth don't have many friends.

~ Eraldo Banovac

Cheerfulness will help you draw strangers, cleverness will help gain acquaintances, faithfulness will help you keep companions, and kindness will help you multiply friends.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Never set fire to a bridge while you are still crossing it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You don’t choose the music your enemies play, but you choose which songs you dance to.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A good friend is a healing friend.

~ A.d. Posey

Men know that most women want to have an emotional connection with someone before they sleep with them. Men know that a lot of women think it's romantic to be friends first, and then the friendship blossoms into a relationship. Men know that they have to jump through all these hoops first, before they can get laid. And that's really all romance and courtship is to a man: hoops he has to jump through to get laid.

~ Oliver Markus

Dawn and dusk are mutual friends of the sun, one opens the door for him to a brand new day and the other one has to shut it to embrace the darkness of night.

~ Munia Khan

Peace is something you only have when your enemy is gone. Either after you have turned him into a friend or vanquished him

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

Don't tell your friend you are fighting with your wife, it gives him pleasure

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

You have to evaluate your relationships and eliminate the relationships that are not bringing you positivity and growth. We need to be around people who encourage us, uplift us, and promote positivity.

~ Tisha Marie Payton

Passive aggressive behavior is counter productive. Communication is key to a healthy personal and work relationship.

~ Izey Victoria Odiase

Surround yourself with people that want more out of life. That won’t settle for average. People that you can connect with on a deeper level. Keep your circle fresh. Keep your circle full of quality rather than quantity. Full of cool ass humans that you can be yourself around. People that fill you up with nothing but love. People that want to see you succeed. People that GET IT. Good circle, good life!

~ Genereux Philip

Don't downgrade your dreams to upgrade your relationships.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

My love, you are always on my mind. I love you so much.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

If you have friends and family who love you unconditionally - you truly have everything!

~ Lindsey Rietzsch

Value supported family and friends.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Part of the journey in life is slipping and falling along the way, in these times true friends are the ones who pick you up and dust you off.

~ Ken Poirot