And we'll always be friends...forever, won't we? ~ Todd from "The Fox and the Hound" 

We need the whole world as a friend -Herbert Hoover

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief -Cicero (B.C. 106-43)

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend. -Albert Camus 

"How far we travel in life matters far less than those we meet along the way" 

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

"Love may be what keeps the world spinning 'round, but friendship is what keeps us from throwing ourselves off it." -David R. Mead

Even the greatest of men cannot rejoice in a friend's triumph without envy. -Dr. Frank Pittman, Man Enough 

Even the ability to hate demands a certain kind of friendship -FD Roosevelt

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. -Ralph Waldo Emerson 

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 themsleves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over. -Octavia Butler 

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. -Socrates 

God defend me from my friends, from my enemies I can defend myself. -Anonymous

The death of a friend is equivalent to the loss of a limb. -German proverb 

A friend is one who believes in you when you cease to believe in yourself. -Anonymous 

...no man is useless while he has a friend. -Robert Louis Stevenson 

The friendship that can cease has never been real. -Saint Jerome

"A friend is someone who reaches for your hand, but touches your heart." -The Little Prince 

"A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down." -Arnold H. Glasgow 

A friend is a gift you give yourself -Robert Louis Stevenson

It takes a lot of understanding, time and trust to gain a close friendship with someone. As I approach a time of my life of complete uncertainty, my friends are my most precious asset. -Eryn Miller

"Two are better than one, because they have a good reward to their toil. For if one falls, one will lift up the other; but woe is to one who falls alone, for he has no one to get him up. Again, if two lie together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one keep warm alone? Even if one prevails against the other, two shall always withstand one." --Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 4, verses 9-12, from the Holy Bible

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration. -Pearl S. Buck