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Famous Thankful Quotes for Friends
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. Cicero
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Aesop
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Karl Menninger
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. JFK
If ever there is a 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. Winnie The Pooh
Develop an attitude of gratitude and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. Brian Tracy
In the end though maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end maybe it’s wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you forever and sincerely for as long as we have voices. Elizabeth Gilbert
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow. William Shakespeare
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. Voltaire
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. Walter Winchell
When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Tecumseh
True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable. David Tyson
Got no checkbooks, got no banks, still I’d like to express my thanks. I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night. Irving Berlin
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. Elbert Hubbard
No duty is more urgent than giving thanks. James Allen
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. Henry Ford
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. Epictetus
Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes heart warm. Augustine Birrell
Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for. Zig Ziglar
A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself. Heidi Wills
Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want. Jim Rohn
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. Aristotle
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. Robert Brault
If you have one true friend you have more than your share. Thomas Fuller
The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become. Robert Holden
There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met. Jim Henson
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. William Arthur Ward
True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable. David Tyson
Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me. Fred Rogers
A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success! Doug Larson
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Brooks Adams
A friend is an emotional bond, just like friendship is a human experience. Simon Sinek
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward
Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life. Amy Poehler
Being able to help someone to learn is a talent. Margaret Riel
The language of friendship is not words but meanings. Henry David Thoreau
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Albert Einstein
The great thing about new friends is that they bring new energy to your soul. Shanna Rodriguez
Ideal teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross, then having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own. Nikos Kazantzakis
Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend. Bill Watterson
Because my teacher believed in me, I never gave up. Now I am flying towards my dreams. Heidi McDonald
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
Education is not filling a pail, but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats
Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. George Washington
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. Kahlil Gibran
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
Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. Bob Talbert
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious. Herodotus
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth. Dan Rather
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
I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession. John Wooden
Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives. Alexander Dumas
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. Hubert H. Humphrey
I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. Plutarch
If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together. Keep me in your heart. I’ll be there forever. Winnie the Pooh
Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends. Virginia Woolf
There is nothing on this earth more prized than true friendship. Thomas Aquinas
Friendship is a pretty full time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can’t have too many friends because then you’re just not really friends. Truman Capote
Friends are the siblings God never gave us. Mencius
Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over. Octavia Butler
A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. Grace Pulpit
Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. Kahlil Gibran
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. Helen Keller
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. Eleanor Roosevelt
Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness. Euripides
You find out who your real friends are when you’re involved in a scandal. Elizabeth Taylor
Friendship isn’t about who you’ve known the longest; it’s about who came and never left your side. Yolanda Hadid
When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands. Maria Shriver
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine. Thomas Jefferson
Friendship is a sheltering tree. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. Khalil Gibran
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa
There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love. William Hazlitt
For it is in giving that we receive. Francis of Assisi
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself and especially to feel, or not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at any moment is fine with them. Jim Morrison
Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. Oprah Winfrey
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. Elbert Hubbard
We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction. H.A. Ironside
Friends are medicine for a wounded heart and vitamins for a hopeful soul. Steve Maraboli
Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty. Doris Day
The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this? Henry David Thoreau
Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give. Ben Carson
Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. Elie Wiesel
There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark. Helen Keller
A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else. Len Wein
Silent gratitude isn’t very much use to anyone. Gertrude Stein
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. Socrates
When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. Elie Wiesel
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
If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily. Gerald Good
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. Thomas Aquinas
You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. Amy Carmichael
A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies. Aristotle
A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal. Steve Maraboli
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get. Frank A. Clark
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing not healing, not curing that is a friend who cares. Henri Nouwen
Life is unpredictable, it changes along with every individual. Today you have and tomorrow you may not have, be thankful for the good that stays with you. Rashida Rowe
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
Be thankful for the moments, the things you have, and the life you live. Wazim Shaw
As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was going to happen. Winnie The Pooh
I wake up every day with great appreciation for life and appreciation to play this game. Will Grier
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. C.S. Lewis
