68 Best Friend Quotes That Capture What True Friendship Is All About
Share these short and sweet messages with your bestie on their birthday or just because.
You know that friend—the one who is always there just when you need them, who knows and understands you like no one else does, who has so many layers of memories and shared joys and hardships with you. There's a reason they get the superlative best friend. But how do you put into words just what that forever unbreakable friendship bond means? Here we have gathered 68 best friend quotes that do just that.
As Michelle Obama wrote, friendships “are built of a thousand small kindnesses." Ally Condie speaks of the “tangled roots” we share, and Gina Barreca of how they are such “diamonds” in our lives. Some of the quotes are funny, others sentimental, and they are all short and speak to your most meaningful friendships and how they make you smile.
Write one in a card when sending Happy Birthday wishes to your best friend (along with the perfect gift you know they've been eyeing). Or, choose one to caption that Instagram throwback photo of the two of you together. Perhaps you might even emblazon one on a bag or shirt to take on that fun girls trip you have been planning. Whether you met as roommates in college or in the same class in preschool, these best friend quotes will express your bond in sweetest ways.
Donna Roberts
"A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails."
Nicole Richie
"True friends are like diamonds—bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style."
Winnie The Pooh
"I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen."
Amy Poehler
"Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life."
Edward Young
"Friendship is the wine of life."
The Beatles
"I get by with a little help from my friends."
Marlene Dietrich
"It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter."
Octavia Butler
"Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over."
Bill Watterson
"Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend."
Walt Whitman
"We were together. I forget the rest."
Vincent Van Gogh
"Close friends are truly life’s treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves."
Cicero
"Life is nothing without friendship."
Paulo Coelho
"Friendship isn’t a big thing—it’s a million little things."
Toni Morrison, Beloved
“She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.”
Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.”
Jennifer Lopez
“The truth is, no matter how lonely you might feel, you’re never going through anything alone....You can choose your family.”
Sarah Dessen, Someone Like You
“Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.”
Oprah Winfrey
“The best gift anyone can give, I believe, is the gift of sharing themselves.”
Mindy Kaling
“One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about.”
Maya Angelou
"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."
Leah Hall is currently a digital producer and writer for Country Living. She is based in Huntsville, Alabama.
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