93 Meaningful Friendship Quotes, Short and Heartfelt Words (2024)

A collection of meaningful friendship quotes and sayings to remind you how special friends are. Find short and heartfelt words to share with your friends.

Friendship means sharing, caring, and being the friend that you want to have as a friend.There is nothing like the companionship and the understanding of a close friend. The relationship betweenpeople that share a fellowship is one where respect and an affinity towards each other are shown.

There is nothing like the companionship and camaraderie that is shared between people who have developeda friendship. They have a significant impact on our lives. They provide uplifting words and encouragementwhen we face difficult times. This is reflected in the words of Walter Winchell, "A real friend is onewho walks in when the rest of the world walks out."

There is a bond and a connection we feel when a friendship occurs. Let the words below reflect what a meaningful friendship looks like.

/Quotes /Meaningful Friendship Quotes

  1. God cares, he places friends in our lives to inspire us in the good times and the bad.Sam Fickinsen
    Christian Poems
  2. Among the finest gifts of life is friendship, good and true -The kind of friendship I have found so nicely in you.Author Unknown
    Quotes For A Friend

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  3. Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.Mark Twain
    Inspirational Poems
  4. To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed - that can make life a garden.Goethe
    Garden Poems

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  5. "You need friendships that build you up and never tear you down."Larry Hagner, The Dad's Edge
    Poems of Encouragement
    A friend should be a source of encouragement and support, if they do not encourage and support you they are not a friend they are just an acquaintance.
  6. Happiness and friendship take away the hardshipCatherine Pulsifer, Rainbows & Lollipops
    Birthday Poems

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  7. "I think there is a thread that runs through each friendshipand keeps it going no words necessary. Each knows what theother knows about him through good times and bad."Lauren Bacall
    Train Of Life Poem
    A bond and an affinity develops friendships
  8. The years have passed us by but our friendship no one can deny. God sends us friends to bless us and you in my life has been a plus.Catherine Pulsifer, Friends Like You
    Birthday Poem For Friend
  9. Miles apart, yet heart and spirit entwined, for true friendship knows no spatial confined!Catherine Pulsifer, What A Treasure
    True Friend Poem
  10. If you treat your friends with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience you will find true friendship.Catherine Pulsifer
    Verses About Friendship
  11. A friend like you to share the school years - you're different than my other peers - has been only the best, we survived and passed all the tests.
    Graduation Poems
  12. Filled with unconditional love, our friendship remains dear, we've shared so many momentsCatherine Pulsifer, One Of A Kind
    Valentine Poems For Friends
  13. Let the friends around you know the love you have before they go, show it now.Chas. R. Skinner, Now
    Kindness Poems
  14. Thanks...for the friendship that reaches a kindly hand.Christie Lund, Thanks
    Be Thankful Poems

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  15. The key to friendship with God is not changing what you do,but changing your attitude toward what you do.Brother Lawrence
    Poems About God
    A relationship with God changes not only your life, but the life of those around you
  16. In life's ups and its downs, in its crosses or crowns, you must never go back on a friend!John Imrie, Never Go Back On A Friend
    Friendship Poems
  17. Friendship blossoms as we play, sharing laughter along the way, with excitement, let us unfold, for personal growth is life's pure gold.Catherine Pulsifer, Life's Pure Gold
    Poems About Growth
  18. Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love.Fred Rogers
    Forgiveness Quotes
  19. The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.B. R. Ambedkar
    Birthday Poems for Wife
  20. Should a friend be in need of advice or kind deed. Don't begrudge him your comfort to lendJohn Imrie, Stand By Your Friend
    Adversity Poems
  21. When saying "Thank you" you have an opportunity to let family or friends know how much their deed,words, or kindness meant to you.Robyn Freedman Spizman, The Thank You Book
    Never take a friendship for granted, always express appreciation and thanks.
    Thank You Friend Poems
  22. You realize the importance of relationships and enjoy the time in friendships.Catherine Pulsifer, Middle Age
    Roses Are Red Birthday Poems

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  23. Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.Woodrow T. Wilson
    Famous Poems About Life
    A great quote that holds much truth, think of the times in your life when you need help or support - friends are there when we need them
  24. For all the friends to us so dear....my heart breaks out in joy and singsThanksgiving.Cobb, Thanksgiving
    Thanksgiving Poems
  25. Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.Jean de La Fontaine
    Valentines Day Poems
  26. Say well has friends, some here, some there, but do well is welcome everywhere.Unknown, Do Well
    Good Poems
  27. July 30th is the day to celebrate love and laughter among mates - International Friendship Day, it is to cherish bonds of love and bliss.Catherine Pulsifer, Friendship Day
    July Poems
  28. So farewell, until we meet again, our friendship will always remain.Catherine Pulsifer, Goodbye My Friend
    Goodbye Poems For A Friend
  29. ...a smile is always sure to bring you new friends day by day.Edgar Nye, Keep Smiling
    Smile Poems
  30. Love is friendship set on fire and you are my spark.Unknown
    Love Poems For Husband
  31. I'll be rich wherever I may go, because I've had a friend, and I have known a peaceful joy that some one trusted meChristine Grunt Curless, Abundance
    Abundance Poem
  32. No other friend thy place can fill - though absent we shall claim thee stillGrinnell Willis, Dear Friend
    Goodbye Poems
  33. The roads of happiness are lined, not with the friends of royal splendor, but with the loyal friends and kindEdgar A. Guest, The Roads of Happiness
    Poems About Happiness

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  34. "Somebody once said that love may not be any part of friendship but friendship must always exist for love to be happy."Sydney Smith
    No relationship survives without love!
    Short Love Poems
  35. You understand me wholly and embrace the things I do, from your kind words of wisdom to being my buddy too!Catherine Pulsifer, One Of A Kind
    Valentines Quotes for Friendship
  36. My wife is my soul mate. I can't imagine being without her.Matt Damon
    Wife Poem
  37. Our bond of friendship, I cherish even when you act like a clown.Catherine Pulsifer, Happy 21st Birthday My Friend
    21st Birthday Poems
  38. Reading brings us unknown friends.Honore de Belzac
    Quotes about Reading
  39. When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.W. Somerset Maugham
    Quotes About Character
  40. Being grandparents sufficiently removes us from the responsibilities so that we can be friends.Allan Frome
    Quotes on Grandparents
  41. Narrow-minded men and women...will only give you distorted ideas of life, ideas that will change the sunniest and most healthful disposition into one morose, churlish and ill-natured. Be careful then, whom you choose for your companions.Unknown, Choose Your Companions Well
    Poems For Teenagers
  42. A sister is a sibling who usually becomes a friend. But a friend in a stronger way than your regular friendships.Catherine Pulsifer
    Sister Poems
  43. Home is where the friends that love to our hearts are givenUnknown, Where Is Home?
    Poems About Home
  44. Friends are the most important part of your life. Treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, but most importantly, treasure the memories.Dave Brenner
    Encouragement Quotes
  45. But now we older and friends we are - you even let me borrow your car - I couldn't ask for a better brotherKate Summers, The Best
    Brother Poems
  46. A daughter is a friend one who sticks with you to the end.Catherine Pulsifer, A Daughter Is
    Poems About Daughter
  47. Living friendly, feeling friendly, acting fairly to all men, seeking to do that to others they may do to me again.Joseph Hobbins, You Ask Me How I Live
    Words To Live By
  48. Saying goodbye is not the end because we will always be friends!Catherine Pulsifer
    Saying Goodbye Poem
  49. This day hath parted friends that ne'er before were parted; it hath knit new friendshipsWilliam Cullen Bryant, Summer Evening
    Summer Poems
  50. That friend, and the greatest of all earthly friends is MotherBurton A. Washburn, Mother! The Greatest Of All Earthly Friends
    Mothers Day Poems
  51. What shall I do, my friend, when you are gone forever?Mary Clemmer, What Shall I Do
    Funeral Poems

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  52. Empathy is about standing shoulder to shoulder with a friend, facing life together.Tracy Wilde, Finding the Lost Art of Empathy
    Poems About Life
  53. Our lives should be bright while we live, like these flowers, and cheer our dear friends in their sad weary hours.Eloise A. Skimings, Our Lives Like Flowers
    Only A Flower Poems
  54. Promise me you'll keep me in your thoughts and never forget the friendship we've wrought. Our time together has been great and I would hate to see our friendship break.Catherine Pulsifer, Never Forget
    Forget Me Not Poem
  55. Blessings are like friends, I hold, who love and labor near us. We ought to raise our notes of praise while living hearts can hear us.Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Thanksgiving Chorus
    Thanksgiving Wishes
  56. A sister in a friend will come and go but a friend in a sister will always remain.Author Unknown
    Sister Quotes
  57. My brother is a true friend of mine, he is always loyal and true. No matter what the situation he always comes throughCatherine Pulsifer, You Are The Best Brother
    Brother Poems From Sister
  58. You are my best friend, my human diary and my other half.Author Unknown
    Birthday Poems For Her

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  59. For friends aren't like family, they are someone you choose.They love you not because they have to, but because they want to.Julie Hebert
    While family is important there is a difference between family and friends. As Julie states we choose our friends!
    Poems About Family
  60. ...summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.George R.R. Martin
    Winter Poems
  61. A sister is a sibling who usually becomes a friend. But a friend in a stronger way than your regular friendships.Catherine Pulsifer
    Sister Poems
  62. Today you're more than, just a grandmother to me. You're my friend, and someone I aspire to be.Julie Hebert, To My Grandmother
    Grandma Poems
  63. Though our days here now come to an end, may our friendship remain after all is said and done.Catherine Pulsifer, Winds Of Change
    Graduation Wishes For A Friend
  64. Love is like a friendship caught on fire.Bruce Lee
    What Is Love Poem
    Friends together
    can conquer life's stormy weather
  65. Don't imagine you are wasting time for others that you spend: you can rise to wealth and glory and still pause to be a friend.Edgar A. Guest, It Isn't Costly
    Poems About Money
  66. I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.Emerson, Thanksgiving For My Friends
    Thanksgiving Friendship Poem
  67. The generous man robs none of gladness- and never scorns old friends for new.Richard Henry Stoddard, Roses, I See The Sweetest Roses
    Rose Poems

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  68. The friend of tomorrow is the one who has remained through the swamps and quagmires of life.Theodore W. Higgingsworth
    And, we all have the swamps and quagmires in this life - true friends stick with us no matter how deep the swamp
  69. The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friendsShirley MacLaine
    Poems About Travel
  70. A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys,and keys to fit our locks.Richard Bach
    Soulmate Poems

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  71. "May laughter fill your home, relieve your stress, and strengthen your friendships."Catherine Pulsifer
    Laugh Quotes
    Laughter keeps friendships strong.
    Bonds of friendship are like no other
  72. My only prayer is, while I live, - God make me worthy of my friends!Frank Dempster Sherman, Joy In Life
    Poems About Joy

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  73. My books, my friends in solitude...whose silent voices gently speak in the great thoughts I love to seek.Unknown, Friends In Solitude
    Poems About Books

    Short but Meaningful

    While these friendship quotations may be short, they contain significant words that are indicative of what a friendship means.Many time you will find the wisest and deepest words can also be thebriefest number of words!
  74. Are you willing... To stop asking how much your friends love you, and to ask yourself if you love them enoughHenry VanDyke, Ready To Keep Christmas
    Christmas Card Poem

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  75. Best friendships are roots.Jerry Jenkins, Twelve Things I Want my Kids to Remember
    Best Friend Poems
    The closeness we develop with people happens over time.
  76. ... a friend's face when seen again sets the heart-pulses ringingArthur Linton, Rain
    Nature Poems
    The best relationship is true friendship

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  77. A great friend gives expecting nothing in returnJennifer Price
    Desiderata Poem
    This quote reflects a key to success in friendship.
  78. Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.J. C. Ryle
    Quotes About The Bible

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  79. Hope as you may for the dearest of friends is not given to you unless you at first are that dear friend to someone else.Byron R. Pulsifer
    Poems About Hope
  80. Life is woven with the threads of friendship, creating a masterpiece that reflects God's grace and love.Author Unknown
    Quotes About God's Grace

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  81. Friends should be like books, easy to find when you need them, but seldom used.Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Book Quotes
    A famous Emerson quote that holds much truth. Never use a friend, it can destroy a relationship.
    Share laughter and tears
    but with one who is dear!
  82. The generous man robs none of gladness. And never scorns old friends for new.Richard Henry Stoddard, Roses, I See The Sweetest Roses
    Rose Poems
  83. May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam.Irish Saying
    Irish Blessing
    A friend's smile
    never goes out of style

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  84. True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.David Tyson
    Meaningful Poems

    The intimacy and closeness among people can be felt even when there is no verbal communication.
  85. Sharing what is real about you is the key to building real relationships with others.Michelle Tillis Lederman, The Connector’s Advantage
    Poems For Women

    Inspirational And Uplifting

    Be motivated and inspire others by these inspirationaland uplifting quotations. Quotations expressing heartfelt affectionthat shows the comfort and relationship between companions.
  86. "Close friends become family and family is the true center of the universe."Dave Marinaccio
    Thinking Of You Poems
  87. So, another year passes, another year older
    Be happy, be joyful, don't let your heart get colderCatherine Pulsifer, Birthday Wishes
    Birthday Poems For A Friend
    Bernard Meltzer said it well:
    "A true friend is someone who thinks that
    you are a good egg even though he knows that
    you are slightly cracked."
  88. My prayers shall first be upward sent for those dear friends of mine who lentEncouragement.Douglas Malloch, Encouragement
    Famous Poets
    Life brings us many a pleasure
    But you my friend are truly a treasure!
  89. Through good luck or woe, the sweetest pal I know, my Mother!Tiny Stoufer, My Mother
    Poems About Mothers
    We don't realize how important we are at times.
    As famous words state:
    "To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world."

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  90. "Friendship is, strictly speaking, reciprocal benevolence,which inclines each party to be solicitous for the welfare of theother as for his own. This equality of affection is created and preservedby a similarity of disposition and manners."Plato
    Appreciation Quotes
  91. Though distance may keep us apart, our friendship will forever live in my heart.Catherine Pulsifer, Bid You Adieu
  92. In today's harried world of instant gratification and hundreds of pseudo-friends on social media,it is worth remembering and exercising the simple truth that sincere, deep, friendship is aholistic joy. A joy that, long-term, will do more for your well-being than the next promotion at work.Heidi Tempest, New Day New Way
    Life is always sweeter
    With a friend by your side
  93. Planning a successful vacation with friends can be an enjoyable wonderful bonding experience.Deanna Williams, Planning a Vacation with Friends
    Vacation Quotes
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