Courtesy of Henrik Edberg The Positivity Blog
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
Ernest Hemingway
“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.”
David Tyson
“Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.”
Washington Irving
“There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.”
Jim Henson
“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.”
Leo Buscaglia
“Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.”
Thomas J. Watson
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
Dale Carnegie
“How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give ’em.”
Shel Silverstein
“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”
Arnold H. Glasgow
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
Confucius
“A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.”
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