39 Quotes About Honesty and Friendship

Being honest in your life and living with honesty are important virtues to embrace. These quotes about honesty and friendship capture the spirit and happiness that you can eventually achieve.

“A friend can tell you things you don’t want to tell yourself.”

“A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.”

“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.”

“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 true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.”

“A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.”

“A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!”

“A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.”

“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 is someone you can disagree with and still remain friends. For if not, they weren’t true friends in the first place.”

“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”

“Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.”

“Don’t be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.”

“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”

“Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them your smile, your hope, and your courage.”

“I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let’s face it, friends make life a lot more fun.”

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”

“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.”

“Never shall I forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.”

“One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.”

“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.”

“Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.”

“Our most difficult task as a friend is to offer understanding when we don’t understand.”

“Tell me something only you know and make a new friend.”

“The essence of true friends is to make allowances for another’s little lapses.”

“The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.”

“The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.”

“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.”

“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”

“True friends are not mirrors where we can always see ourselves reflected in a positive light.”

“True friends are those who came into your life, saw the most negative part of you, but are not ready to leave you, no matter how contagious you are to them.”

“True friends can communicate with their eyes.”

“True friends walks in when the rest of the world has walked out.”

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

“We have been friends together In sunshine and in shade.”

“We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young.”

“What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.”

“When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.”

“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.”

Honesty can bring you a lot of power and humility. From creating character to embracing a strong moral compass, honesty is a key ingredient to our life.