Cornerstones

Quotations, Various

Cornerstones highlights thought-provoking quotes from notable folks.

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
Eleanor Roosevelt

But it is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

But friendship is precious not only in the shade but in the sunshine of life: and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.
Thomas Jefferson

A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.
Winnie the Pooh

A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.
Maya Angelou

But if the while I think on thee, dear friend / All losses are restored and sorrows end.
William Shakespeare

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

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
Henry David Thoreau

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

I can trust my friends. These people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow.
Cher

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 (KJV)

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
Jim Morrison

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

'Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults, greater to tell him his.
Benjamin Franklin

Women's friendships are like a renewable source of power.
Jane Fonda

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

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