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By Maggie Hofstaedter
Friendship is one of life’s greatest gifts. Unlike some things, like your bedtime, your friends are your choice. Starting a new friendship can be exciting, but building a great friendship takes work! Being a TRUE friend means:
- Being helpful
- Sticking up for your friend
- Supporting them
- Listening well
- Sharing with them
- Being honest
Here are some great quotes that get at the heart of what friendship is all about:
- “Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.” –Plautus
- “No road is long with good company.” –Turkish proverb
- “A true friend is the greatest of all blessings.”– Francois de La Rochefoucauld”
- “A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you whenyouhave forgotten the words.” – Unknown
- “The best mirror is an old friend.” – George Herbert
- ʺTruly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.ʺ – G. RandolfʺIt’s a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.ʺ – Oliver Wendell Holmes
- ʺThe best things in life aren’t things…they’re your friends.ʺ – Anonymous
- “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nortouched….but are felt in the heart.” –Helen Keller
- “What is a friend? Asingle soul dwelling in two bodies.” –Aristotle
- “What is a friend? I will tell you…it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.” – Frank Crane
- “A good friend remembers what we were and sees what we can be.” – Unknown
- “A friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be somewhere else.” – Unknown
- “A friend loveth at all times.” – Proverbs 17:17
- “Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows.” – Unknown
This video shows incredible friendships between some very unusual partners!
Additional Resources:
Here are some IMK posts that highlight friendship at its finest!
- Jessie Rees- Never Ever Give Up (NEGU)!
- Mariah Saves Gorillas – “Saving Gorillas One Cell Phone at a Time”!
- Diamond the Dog – Her Heroism Truly Makes Her “Man’s Best Friend”!
- Wyatt Erber – The Biggest of Hearts in a Very Small Package
- Hailey Scheinman – Taking Sisterly Love to a Whole New Level!
Topics for Discussion:
- Do you have a best friend? What makes him or her so special to you?
- What do you think would happen in the world if everyone tried to bea bit more friendly?
Take Action:
Teacher Features:
- Here is a link to a Critical Reading Skills worksheet that you can use for elementary school students.
- Here is a link to a Critical Reading Skills worksheet that you can use for middle school students.
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