The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the end there doesn't have to be anyone who understands you, there just has to be someone who wants to.
Robert Brault
There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.
George Sand
The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.
Bob Marley
Better is a near neighbor than a distant cousin.
Italian proverbs
Friends living far away are no friends.
Greek Proverbs
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.
Dale Carnegie
The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
Theodore Roosevelt
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
Stephen Covey
Never ask advice of someone with whom you wouldn’t want to trade places.
Darren Hardy
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.
Kahlil Gibran
Little presents keep up friendship.
French proverbs
The child that gets a stepmother gets a stepfather also.
Danish proverbs
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
Dr. Seuss
He that marries for love has good nights and bad days.
He knows not what love is that has not children.
True love never grows hoary.
To love and to be wise is impossible.
Spanish proverbs
One always returns to one's first love.