A friend is one who walks in when others walk 

A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.

A friend is one with whom you are comfortable, to whom you are loyal, through whom you are blessed, and for whom you are grateful.

A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care. A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart.

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.

Friends: people who know you well, but like you anyway.

What is a friend? I will tell you . . . . it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.

Signs of true friendship

Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right.

Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot congeal in winner

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.

When you’re up, your friends know who you are. When you’re down, you know who your friends are.

Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don’t say.

Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.

True friendship is like a rose: we don’t realize its beauty until it fades.

No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

Friendship is a treasured gift, and every time I talk with you I feel as if I’m getting richer and richer