National Make a Friend Day: Best quotes and sayings about friendship

When it comes to holidays, February 11 is a biggy when it comes to holidays. Not only is it the refreshing National Peppermint Patty Day, Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day and Satisfied Staying Single Day, February 11 is also National Make a Friend Day!

Let's be honest. Many of us are overworked and just plain stressed out. We are busy leading such hectic lives, we barely have time for ourselves, much less maintaining old friendships. While the origins of this annual holiday are unknown, today serves as an important reminder on the value of friendship.

Whether old or new or somewhere in between, friends serve such an important role in our lives. Friends are our confidants. We can share our deepest, darkest secrets, our victories and our defeats. Real friends love us and like us for who we really are - the good, the bad and the ugly. And the older we get, the more valuable those friendships become.

In honor of National Make a Friend Day, today is the perfect opportunity to begin a new friendship and while you are at it, do something nice for an old friend today as well.

Best Quotes & Sayings About Friendship

• It takes a long time to grow an old friend. ~ John Leonard

• The friend is the man who knows all about you and still likes you. ~ Elbert Hubbard

• Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. ~ Helen Keller

• Friends are those rare people who ask how you are and then wait for the answer. ~ Unknown

• My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. ~ Henry Ford

• A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. ~ Douglas Pagels

• It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. ~ Marlene Dietrich

• The best time to make friends is before you need them. ~ Ethel Barrymore

• Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things. ~ Unknown

• A friend is, as it were, a second self. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

• Friendship isn't about whom you have known the longest. It's about who came and never left your side. ~ Unknown

• A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart. ~ Heather Pryor

• A true friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are half-cracked. ~ Unknown

• A good friend is cheaper than therapy. ~ Unknown

• A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. ~ Walter Winchell

• A friend can tell you things you don't want to tell yourself. ~ Frances Ward Weller

• 'Tis a great confident in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his. ~ Benjamin Franklin

• Friends are like a good bra - supportive, hard to find and always close to your heart! ~ Unknown

• Real friends love us and like us for who we really are - the good, the bad and the ugly! ~ Jace Shoemaker-Galloway

• It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. ~ William Blake

• Friendship is one mind in two bodies. ~ Mencius

• We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone. ~ Orson Welles

• A friend is someone who can see the truth and pain in you even when you are fooling everyone else. ~ Unknown

• There comes a point in your life when you realize who really matters, who never did, and who always will. ~ Unknown

Sources:

Quote Garden. Quotations about Friendship

The Board of Wisdom. The Best Friendship Quotes

Brainy Quote. Friendship Quotes