While we don't have a say in the family we are born in, we surely can choose friends who become family. Friends are the ones who know us inside out, they listen us out, give advice, help and support when needed, and are there for us in times of need. And so, to honour and celebrate friends in our lives and the immportant role the play in our lives, every year Friendship Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of August in many countries across the world, including the US and India. Friendship Day is a special occasion dedicated to celebrating the bond of friendship.
The origin of Friendship Day dates back to 1930 when the Founder of Hallmark Cards-- Joyce Hall proposed the idea of a day dedicated to friends. While it began as a commercial holiday, over the years Friendship Day has evolved into a heartfelt celebration. On this day, people meet and greet their friends, exchange gifts, cards or catch up over food and drinks. They spend quality time together to thank their close friends for being an important part of their life. People who are away from their friends or those who can't catch up wish each other through digital wishes and greetings.
The significance of Friendship Day lies in its ability to remind us of the importance of close friends and the special bond we have with them in our lives. Friends offer support, companionship, and a sense of belonging. They are the people we turn to in times of joy and sorrow, and they provide a shoulder to lean on when needed. And over the years, many writers and poets have also written about the importance of friends and friendships in our lives, which many readers may resonate with even today. So, here we list down some of the best Friendship Day quotes by famous authors that will touch your heart.
1. “Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.” —Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
2. “She thought of how precious it was to be able to know another person over many years. There was incomparable richness in it.” —Alice Walker, The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart
3. “A good friend is a connection to life—a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.” —Lois Wyse, Women Make the Best Friends: A Celebration
4. "Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’" – C.S. Lewis
5. "Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity." – Khalil Gibran
6. "The only way to have a friend is to be one." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
7. "There are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t yet met." – William Butler Yeats
8. "Friendship is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything." – Muhammad Ali
9. "A true friend stabs you in the front." – Oscar Wilde
10. "True friends are always together in spirit." – L.M. Montgomery
11. “Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.”- George Eliot
12. “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'”
13. “Friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.”- George Eliot
14. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”- Charles Caleb Colton
15. “The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.”- Walter Winchell
16. “A friend is a gift you give yourself.”- Hubert H. Humphrey
17. “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love.”- Robert Louis Stevenson
18. “A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.”- Elie Wiesel
19. “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.”- Woodrow Wilson
20. “A best friend is someone who makes you feel better, even on your worst days.”- Anna Deavere Smith
21. “Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.”- Elbert Hubbard
22. “Anybody can look at you. It’s quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.” —John Green, Turtles All the Way Down
23. “The best kind of laughter is laughter born of a shared memory.” —Mindy Kaling, Why Not Me?
24. “Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don’t have to say anything.” —Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
25. "Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend." - Albert Camus
26. “A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.” — Winnie the Pooh
27. “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
28. “Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can’t have too many friends because then you’re just not really friends.” — Truman Capote
29. “It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
30. “What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.” — C.S. Lewis
31. “Friendship isn’t a big thing — it’s a million little things.” — Paulo Coelho
32. “Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindnesses... swapped back and forth and over again,” — Michelle Obama, “Becoming”
33. “No friendship is an accident.” — O. Henry
34. “Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.” — Aristotle
35. “That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart.” — Kristin Hannah
36. "Friends are the family you choose." — Jess C. Scott (Reader's Digest).
37. "A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden." — Unknown (The Right Wording) (Reader's Digest).
38. "True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart." — Helen Keller (Reader's Digest).
39. "Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’" — C.S. Lewis (Reader's Digest).
40. "A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are." — Unknown (The Right Wording) (Reader's Digest).
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