Friendship with Value

 

"The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity." -Arthur James Balfour

"Cultivating willing friendships is far more gratifying than struggling to salvage those that weren’t meant to be." -Marilyn Salisbury

"Go often to the house of your friend, for weeds choke up the unused path."

"He who loses money, loses much; he who loses a friend, loses more; but he who loses courage, loses all."

"How can I make it clear to him that what appears easy and attractive will drag him down into the depths, depths where there is no comfort to be found, no friends and no beauty, depths from which it is almost impossible to raise oneself?" -Ann Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

"It's an odd thing when we are suddenly faced with some overwhelming challenges in life, we discover the true roots of our friendships. The real ones stay no matter how you change. The rats abandon ship as you begin to sink below the water line."
-Bill Perks