13+ Powerful Quotes About Friendship (You Need To Remember)

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Looking for relatable, powerful reminders? Want to reflect on the friendships you have in your life? Then here’s 13+ quotes about friendship to really get you thinking.

See, at times, learning how to form genuine friendships can feel like a complete battle.

After all, it really is hard to make friends as an adult (and that’s nothing personal against you!)

But that’s why you need powerful quotes about friendship to put things back into perspective and act as those all-important reminders.

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13+ Powerful Quotes About Friendship (You Need To Remember)

In no particular order then, let’s jump straight in, with some of the most powerful quotes about friendship that act as important reminders…

1) A friend is someone who helps you when you’re down, and if they can’t, they lay down beside you and listen.

This is a famous friendship quote from Winnie the Pooh. Yes it’s a cartoon but it actually has some important lessons, this undoubtably being one of them.

See, you don’t have to always be okay in order to be loved. You can go through hard times. You’re not a burden.

True friends are there fore you, they’ll care, help when they can and listen. Sure, you’ve got to help yourself too, but you don’t have to go through anything alone…

And that’s what shows who your true friends are. If they walk away – don’t take it personally. See it as a blessing as it saved you hurt in the long run to see their true colours now.

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2) Friendship isn’t about who you’ve known the longest. It’s about who walked in and said, “I’m here for you” and proved it. 

The proving part is the important bit. It’s easy for someone to say, “I’m there”, but are they? What are they actually doing? How are they showing it?

And likewise, how are you? Step up, show up, do more than simply seeing them when it’s convenient for you.

It’s about genuine love and care. It’s not just about having someone to hang out with, that’s not a genuine friendship at all.

And so – it also doesn’t matter how long you’ve known someone, it matters who consistently shows up in your life. Similarly…

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3) Good friends are like stars in the night sky. You don’t always see them, but you always know they’re there. 

Just like how long you’ve known a person doesn’t really come into it – distance or life commitments will never let a true friendship fade.

It doesn’t matter how long it’s been between seeing each other, your bond and connection doesn’t change. And you know – no matter what – they’re always still there…

Just a phone call away, whenever you want or need!

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4) Stick with the people who pull the magic out of you, not the madness.

This is another one of our favourite quotes about friendship, acting as an all-important reminder.

See, it’s all about finding people who bring out the best in you and who SEE the best in you…

The people who lift you up, make you feel special, enable you to be your true, full self (with no judgments) and who you really align with.

Be with people who calm you, sooth you, rather than create drama, questions and frustrations.

It sounds obvious, but all too often – we don’t stop to really stop to evaluate our friendships and the effects (either positive or negative) that they’re having on us.

Could it be that you need to have a bit of a toxic detox? There’s no shame in it.

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Powerful Quotes About Friendship

5) Notice the people who are happy for your happiness, and sad for your sadness. They’re the ones who deserve special places in your heart. 

When it comes to true friendships, there shouldn’t be jealousy or rivalry. If there is, it’s one of the biggest signs of a fake friendship. Instead – there should be genuine love, support and care.

You can tell when someone is genuinely happy for you – they’ll ask questions, take an interest, praise you up, big you up even!

And when you’re down, like we said – they feel it, they’re worried about you and they go out of their way to be there for you because they want to try to take, even the slightest bit of, pain away.

In today’s world, so often we have relationship standards and expectations, but we forget that you should have your friendship standards too. This is something that’s too often missed. Know what is and isn’t healthy. Know what you will and won’t tolerate.

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6) One loyal friend is worth more than a thousand fake ones.

After all, as Martin Luther King Jr so rightly said – “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

Loyalty is everything when it comes to friendship, and – as part of that – you should know that your friends have got your back. You deserve that.

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7) A friendship is NOT about “supporting your friends even when you know they’re wrong.” That’s not a friendship. That’s being an enabler. That’s being an accomplice. Friendship is loving someone enough to tell them to stop being a goddamn idiot before they ruin their lives.

This is a big one. True friends are willing to have the tough conversations and know that your friendship is strong enough to handle it.

They do what’s right and what’s best for you in the long run, instead of keeping things polite and surface level.

Sometimes, you need someone to pull you into line, or at the very least – give you the complete honesty you need to have the reality check yourself.

When they do that, and you can accept it without taking offence, you undoubtably grow closer and stronger – feeling more like family than just friends.

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8) A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg, even though they know that you are slightly cracked. 

This is undoubtably another one of our favourite quotes about friendship.

After all, you can have your issues, your challenges, your past, your baggage, your insecurities and of course your flaws. (Don’t we all?)

True friends know all of this, they’ve gotten to know your on a deep level.

They see you for you, but they still love you for all of you and think you’re frickin’ amazing! On a similar note…

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Powerful Quotes About Friendship

9) A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future and accepts you today, the way that you are.

You can bring out the best in a friend, you can support them, uplift them, push them and encourage them, but true friendship is still when you accept them, flaws and all, and love them unconditionally.

Why? Because you’ve taken the time to TRULY get to know them, you understand them and ultimately – accept them. That’s what’s called true love and is therefore also, true friendship.

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10) 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 at all. 

These wise words from Muhammad Ali are undoubtably ones to remember.

Just like you don’t learn about how to manage and understand relationships at school, you don’t learn to manage or understand friendships either. Yet they are fundamental…

In fact, decades of studies shows that genuine friendships help you to live happier, healthier and longer lives.

The thing is, not only do you need to know what a genuine, healthy friendship looks like, but you also need to learn how to be a true friend yourself.

That can be a learning curve – dropping your guard and being who you want, need and should be, to the right people. But it’s an important one.

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11) Friendship isn’t a big thing – it’s a million little things.

It’s not about waiting for a friend to do a huge, big gesture for you. It’s about recognising all the little things that make the friendship truly heartwarming and special.

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12) Everyone has a friend during each stage of life. But only lucky ones have the same friend in all stages of life.

This is a powerful quote about friendship that also reminds you – some friends won’t stay for every season, they’re simply part of certain chapters of your life, and that’s okay.

It’s natural and normal to outgrow people or find misalignments that make you not compatible long term. It’s similar to dating – not everyone is there to stay and this isn’t spoken about enough.

The biggest blessings are, of course, the life-long friends, but they’re not a given, so be mindful of this, and kind to yourself about it, too.

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13) I think if I’ve learned anything about friendship, it’s to hang in, stay connected fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don’t walk away, don’t be distracted, don’t be too busy or tired, don’t take them for granted. Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. 

One of the best quotes about friendship is this from Jon Katz and what better friendship quote to finish on? It’s honest, powerful and incredibly thought-provoking.

It puts the focus back on YOU and what YOU should do to not only be a good friend, but make your friendships last.

After all – you can’t control what others do, but you can control what you do. If you want meaningful friendships, always look at how you can be the kind of friend that you want to have first. Be the best friend that you can be… That’s the magic key!

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That’s All For This One

So there we have it – that rounds up our 13 favourite quotes about friendship, to offer those all important reminders and reflections you need.

Which one made you think the most? Let us know in the comments below and be sure to share with your friends.

Wishing you all the care, kindness and happiness in the world.

Love,
Ell_xx

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Ella Stearn
Ell is a Breakup, Dating & Relationship Specialist & Coach, gaining over 7.5 million global readers to date. As the Creator of Forgetting Fairytales, her mission is to help you learn to love yourself, find the right person to give your love to, then make it a love that truly lasts.

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