A friend is someone you trust and with whom you share a deep level of understanding and communication. Making a new friend is just the beginning of the journey, and you should be a better friend yourself. Inspirational new friends quotes will make you look at life differently and help you live a meaningful life.
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Most Famous New Friends Quotes
Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them. – Francesco Guicciardini
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. – Walter Winchell
If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you. – Winnie the Pooh
I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes. – Kim Smith
Each new friendship can make you a new person, because it opens up new doors inside of you. – Kate DiCamillo
Getting to know new people and gaining new friends is one of life’s greatest pleasures. So conquer your fears and get out there. – Tony Clark
The great thing about new friends is that they bring new energy to your soul. – Shanna Rodriguez
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. – Ernest Hemingway
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. – Anais Nin
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. – Aristotle
Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them. – Francesco Guicciardini
We are partners by fate. We become friends by choice. – Jacquie McTaggart
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. – Anais Nin
A friend is the hope of the heart. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one. – C.S. Lewis
I love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons. – Taylor Swift
Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God’s best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one’s self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another. – Thomas Hughes
A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints. – Wilfred Peterson
Be genuinely interested in everyone you meet and everyone you meet will be genuinely interested in you – Rasheed Ogunlaru
Every new friend is a new adventure… the start of more memories. – Patrick Lindsay
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. – Dale Carnegie
True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable. – David Tyson
I’ve kept most of my friends for decades, and I continue to make new friends. – John Grant
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one. – C.S. Lewis
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart. – Washington Irving
There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met. – Jim Henson
A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world. – Leo Buscaglia
Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up. – Thomas J. Watson
The happiest business in all the world is that of making friends, And no investment on the street pays larger dividends, For life is more than stocks and bonds, and love than rate percent, And he who gives in friendship’s name shall reap what he has. – unknown
Every person is a new door to a different world. – Six Degrees of Seperation
There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met. – Jim Henson
Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything. – Muhammad Ali
Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. – Anais Nin
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day. – Dalai Lama
Friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small silly presents every so often just to save it from drying out completely. – Pam Brown
[It] is the juvenal period of life when friendships are formed, and habits established, that will stick by one. – George Washington
To be a friend means encouraging strengths in others and accepting their weaknesses; in other words, accepting them for who they are. – Catherine Pulsifer
Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. – Elie Wiesel
We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young. – Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Be gracious to all men, but choose the best to be your friends. – Isocrates
A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are. – Unknown
How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give ’em. – Shel Silverstein
Every person is a new door to a different world. – Six Degrees of Separation
Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God’s best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one’s self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another. – Thomas Hughes
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. – Socrates
Everyone you meet knows something you don’t know but need to know. Learn from them. – C.G. Jung
Yeah, I love doing ensemble pieces. You get to meet so many new people and make new friends. – Devon Sawa
Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation. – Oscar Wilde
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. – Confucius
A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. – Arnold H. Glasgow
Friends are like the stars; they are always there, but you only see their true brightness at the darkest times. – Jeremy Arnold
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. – Aristotle
Aaah, summer – that long-anticipated stretch of lazy, lingering days, free of responsibility and rife with possibility. It’s a time to hunt for insects, master handstands, practice swimming strokes, conquer trees, explore nooks and crannies, and make new friends. – Darell Hammond
Some souls just understand each other upon meeting. – N. R. Hart
Make new friends, but keep the old; Those are silver, these are gold. – Joseph Parry
To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world. – Brandi Snyder
Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace. – Kahlil Gibran
Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance. – Rabindranath Tagore
If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere. – Zig Ziglar
You can find tranquility, you can find party, you can find new friends. I’m a cruise convert. – Guy Fieri
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun of life. – Jean de La Fontaine
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. – Flavia Weedn
The language of friendship is not words but meanings. – Henry David Thoreau
I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. – Plutarch
In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. – Albert Schweitzer
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? – Eugene Kennedy
A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad. – Arnold H. Glasgow
Over the years, Forgotten Realms and gaming have taken me all over the world and made me all sorts of new friends. – Ed Greenwood
New friends can often have a better time together than old friends. – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fortify yourself with a flock of friends! There is always at least one who will understand, inspire, and give you the lift you may need at the time. – George Matthew Adams
A friend is a priceless gem for the crown of life here and a cherished star in memory forever. – Cyrus S. Nusbaum
I felt it shelter to speak to you. – Emily Dickinson
I meet people and they become chapters in my stories. – Avijeet Das
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. – Friedrich Nietzsche
If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart… I’ll always be with you. – Winnie the Pooh
There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate – Linda Grayson
Nothing makes the earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance. – Henry David Thoreau
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. – Ally Condie
One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human. – George Santayana
True friends are the people who brighten your smile everytime your with them – Julia VeRost
The language of friendship is not words , but rather meanings . It is an intelligence above language. – Henry David Thoreau
I might give my life for my friend, but he had better not ask me to do up a parcel. – Logan Pearsall Smith
To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world. – Brandi Snyder
When I’m traveling, I always look for a dance studio. It’s a great workout and a wonderful way to meet new friends in the community. – Rachel Boston
What I love the most about being a pro fighter is meeting the people. You get to meet all the fans and new friends that you get to meet up with all the time. – Sage Northcutt
Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up. -Thomas J. Watson
People are guests in our story, the same way we are guests in theirs. But we all meet each other for a reason because every person is a personal lesson waiting to be told. – Lauren Klarfeld
What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. – Dave Tyson Gentry
Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating what is noble and loving in another. – Thomas Huxley
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too I thought I was the only one. – C.S. Lewis
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. – Charles R. Swindoll
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. – Audrey Hepburn
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm & constant. – Socrates
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. – Clifton Fadiman
Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don’t over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.- Leo F. Buscaglia
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. – Marcel Proust
Value friendship for what there is in it, not for what can be gotten out of it. – H. Clay Trumbull
A friend is, as it were, a second self. – Cicero
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. – Ecclesiastes
Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected. – Charles Lamb
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. – Laurence J. Peter
Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great. – Mark Twain
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you. – William Arthur Ward
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. – Alice Walker
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. – Woodrow T. Wilson
