F Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with F. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Friendship: A ship big enough for two in fair weather, but only one in foul.”
“Friendship? Yes Please.”
“Friendships acquired by a price and not by greatness and nobility of spirit are purchased but not owned, and at the proper time cannot be spent. Men are less hesitant about injuring someone who makes himself loved than one who makes himself feared, because love is held together by a chain of obligation that, since men are a wretched lot, is broken on every occasion for their own self-interest; but fear is sustained by a dread of punishment that will never abandon you.”
Source: The Prince
“Friendships - and indeed most relationships - are measured in the closeness of hearts,
minds and soul ties... not in the distance of physical miles or even the passing of time.”
“Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts.”
“Friendships and relationships better prosper among equals.”
Source: Some Mistakes Have No Pardon
“Friendships are a fascinating aspect of the human experience.”
“Friendships are an unforseeable burden.”
“Friendships are different from all other relationships. Unlike acquaintanceship, friendship is based on love. Unlike lovers and married couples, it is free of jealousy. Unlike children and parents, it knows neither criticism nor resentment. Friendship has no status in law. Business partnerships are based on a contract. So is marriage. Parents are bound by law. But friendships are freely entered into, freely given, and freely exercised.”
“Friendships are forgotten when the game begins.”
“Friendships are fragile and must be protected, because once broken, they can’t always be fixed.”
Source: Winner Takes Gold
“Friendships are like wooden bridges, sometimes they burn and turn to ash, but with enough time forgiveness and commitment, they can always be rebuilt with stone.”
“Friendships are nice. So is competence.”
Source: Michael Crichton: Two Complete Novels
“Friendships are not currency.”
“Friendships are older than friends.”
“Friendships are the family we make - not the one we inherit. I've always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family.”
“Friendships are the purer and the more ardent, the nearer they come to the presence of God, the Sun not only of righteousness but of love.”
Source: Indexes. Table of first lines. Imaginary conversations
“Friendships aren't perfect and yet they are very precious. For me, not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.”
“Friendships begin because, even without words, we understand how someone feels.”
“Friendships begin with liking or gratitude- roots that can be pulled up.”
“Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.”
Source: The Spiritual Maxims of Saint Francis de Sales
“Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindnesses... swapped back and forth and over again.”
Source: Becoming
“Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.”
“Friendships can make you or break you!”
“Friendships can survive after massive disappointment, but only if both parties are honest with one another.”
“Friendships come and go, but families are forever.”
“Friendships do not grow up in any carefully tended and contemplated fashion.... They begin haphazard.”
“Friendships dwell on the law of reciprocity.”
Source: The Law Of Reciprocity
“Friendships exist in seasons; the dynamics of social relationships change and evolve as we grow older.”
“Friendships founded on laughter are always fortuitous.”
“Friendships have different phases and change over time. All we can really control is ourselves. Be the type of friend you want to have!”
Source: BFF or NRF (Not Really Friends): A Girl's Guide to Happy Friendships
“Friendships I think can also be soul mates.”
“Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.”
Source: Parenting Your Teenager
“Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other.”
“Friendships multiply joys and divide griefs.”
“Friendships need nurturing to grow and stay healthy.”
Source: Billa & Buster: The Circle Of Kindness
“Friendships never grow old; they only last longer and gets newer and fresher everyday.”
“Friendships offer good practice in accepting the transience of experience and the persistence of feeling.”
Source: Epicurean Simplicity
“Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.”
“Friendships sail like any other ship... left unattended, it will drift away" - Sensei Stokes”
“Friendships take minutes to make, moments to break, years to repair.”
Source: Golden Son
“Friendships take work. Use disagreements as opportunity to come out better on the other side”
“Friendships that are first grounded in the shared professional ambitions - social stuff is built around that - and then you see people pulling each other up as they rise.”
“Friendships that don't fit my life anymore have faded away, and new ones have come in.”
“Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best.”
“Friendships that last have high connections, high mutual respect and low expectations.”
“Friendships unfold gradually as women share intimacies with one another- this takes time. You need to be willing to let your friends know the real you, but you don't want to spill your guts out the first time you're out to lunch.”
“Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.”
“Friendships, even the best of them, are frail things. One drifts apart.”
Source: To the Lighthouse
“Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.”
Source: Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality