What is a friend? I will tell you.
It is a person with whom you dare to be yourself.
~Frank Crane
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It’s the friends you can call at 4 a.m. that matter.
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The difficulty is not to die for a friend, but to find a friend worth dying for.
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Hold a friend’s hand through times of trial,
let her find love through a hug and a smile. 
But also know when it is time to let go,
for each one of us must learn to grow.
~Sharon A. Heilbrunn
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Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never ever the same.
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A friend is one who knows everything about us, and loves us anyway.
~Father Jerome Cummings
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I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
~Walt Whitman
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They may not remember what you said,
but they will remember how you made them feel.
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Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain.  It’s not something that you learn in school.  But if you don’t learn the meaning of friendship, then you really haven’t learned anything. ~Muhammad Ali.
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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.
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In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
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If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump after them.  I'd be at the bottom to catch them when they fall.
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Silence makes the real conversations between friends.
Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.
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Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.
~Thoreau
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The statistics on sanity are that one of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're ok, then it's you!
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People are like stained glass windows – they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness set in, their true beauty is only revealed if there is a light from within.
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Friends are angels who lift our feet
when our own wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
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Friends are like stars in the sky. New ones may form and old ones may fade away.  But no matter what, they shine a light into your life that will never be forgotten.
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True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.
~D.T. Gentry
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To understand the heart and mind of a friend, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
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A friend can tell you things you don’t want to tell yourself.
~Frances Ward Weller
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Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say.
Best friends listen to what you don't say.
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Angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
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Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget
~G. Randolf
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The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've ever had.
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My best friend brings out the best in me.
~Henry Ford
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In times of prosperity friends will be plenty.  In times of adversity, not one in twenty.
~English Proverb
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