Top 99 Quotes For Words Of Wisdom For A Friend

When it comes to offering words of wisdom for a friend, there are many powerful quotes that can inspire and uplift. Here are 99 of the best:

On Friendship

1. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
2. “True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” – David Tyson Gentry
3. “The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
4. “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
5. “A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.” – Doug Larson
6. “In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” – Albert Schweitzer
7. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
8. “A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.” – Leo Buscaglia
9. “Friends are the siblings God never gave us.” – Mencius
10. “The language of friendship is not words but meanings.” – Henry David Thoreau

On Perseverance and Strength

11. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
12. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi
13. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
14. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
15. “Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” – Julie Andrews
16. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'” – Mary Anne Radmacher
17. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
18. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
19. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
20. “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein

On Love and Kindness

21. “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” – Dalai Lama
22. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
23. “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” – Maya Angelou
24. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
25. “Love is not about how much you say ‘I love you,’ but how much you prove that it’s true.” – Unknown
26. “We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” – Ronald Reagan
27. “The most important thing in the world is family and love.” – John Wooden
28. “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain
29. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
30. “The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” – William Saroyan

On Happiness and Contentment

31. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
32. “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
33. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
34. “Happiness is a warm puppy.” – Charles M. Schulz
35. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius
36. “Happiness is not a destination, it’s a journey.” – Zig Ziglar
37. “It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.” – Denis Waitley
38. “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” – Plato
39. “The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.” – William Cowper
40. “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” – Jim Rohn

On Inspiration and Motivation

41. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
42. “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
43. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
44. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
45. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
46. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
47. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
48. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
49. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
50. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney

On Change and Growth

51. “Change is the only constant in life.” – Heraclitus
52. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
53. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan W. Watts
54. “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward
55. “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Mandy Hale
56. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
57. “The more things change, the more they are the same.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
58. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
59. “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
60. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

On Courage and Bravery

61. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'” – Mary Anne Radmacher
62. “The only way out of fear is through it.” – Susan Jeffers
63. “Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela
64. “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” – Nelson Mandela
65. “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings
66. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin
67. “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” – Seneca
68. “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” – Ambrose Redmoon
69. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
70. “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” – Maya Angelou

On Faith and Hope

71. “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
72. “Hope is the thing