Here are some more great best friend quotes…
“A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.”
“A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.”
“A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence; which costs us nothing.”
“A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad.”
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”
“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.”
“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”
“Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success.”
“Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm & constant.”
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
“Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.”
“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.”
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
“Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.”
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
“If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember.”
“If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.”
“If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.”
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
“One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.”
“People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.”
“Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.”
“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.”
“The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.”
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”
“The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?”
“The tender friendships one gives up, on parting, leave their bite on the heart, but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried.”
“There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.”
“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.”
“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.”
“Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.”
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”
“You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.”
