You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks. --An Eskimo proverb

Misfortune tests friends and detects enemies.

Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry...I'm here. The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you.--Charlie Brown to Snoopy

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success. -- Doug Larson

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. --Dr. Seuss

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."
--C. S. Lewis

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. -- Buddha

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. --Elisabeth Foley

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.
--Bernard Meltzer

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. --Walter Winchell

You meet people who forget you. You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your "friends". Anonymous

A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care. A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart. Anonymous

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. --Maya Angelou

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.”
--Gloria Naylor

Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there. Anonymous

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. Anonymous

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. -Plutarch

This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life. Anonymous

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. --Christopher Robin to Pooh

Friends are one of God's way of taking care of us.

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere. --Tim McGraw

Everyone hears what you say.
Friends listen to what you say.
Best friends listen to what you don't say.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare. But he who has an enemy will meet him everywhere.

The only way to have a friend is to be one. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Forever Friendships