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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:

      • Visit the Amazon page for“How Kids Make Friends” for a great book to help with your efforts at friendship!
      • Visit the Random Acts of Kindness website to learn terrific ways you can be a friend to others!

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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Great Friendship Quotes for Kids - InspireMyKids? ›

Quotes describing the meaning of friendship

That's when I realized what a true friend was. Someone who would always love you—the imperfect you, the confused you, the wrong you—because that is what people are supposed to do.” —R. J. L.

What is an inspiration quote on friendship? ›

Quotes describing the meaning of friendship

That's when I realized what a true friend was. Someone who would always love you—the imperfect you, the confused you, the wrong you—because that is what people are supposed to do.” —R. J. L.

What is a catchy quote for friendship? ›

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”

What is an empowering quote for friends? ›

Real friends are the ones you can count on no matter what. The ones who go into the forest to find you and bring you home. And real friends never have to tell you that they're your friends.”

What is a short inspirational message for youth? ›

Inspiring Quotes for Tweens and Teens:

It doesn't matter how slow you go, just don't stop. Pause, but don't stop.” “Don't waste your life trying to live someone else's.” “The more you give, the more you get.”

What is the golden quote for friendship? ›

The golden rule of friendship is to listen to others as you would have them listen to you.

What is a classic friendship quote? ›

A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.

What is a famous quote about friendship for kids? ›

“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.

What is a few lines on friendship for kids? ›

A true friend cares, shares, and is always honest. Friendship is one bond that never ceases and lives on even if people are not physically close to each other. From sharing happy moments to sad ones, friends are the life support that helps one get through the most enjoyable and difficult circ*mstances.

What are some elementary best friend quotes? ›

Cherish childhood friends, for they're the architects of our youth.” “In the embrace of childhood friends, we find solace.” “The laughter shared with childhood friends echoes through time.” “Childhood friends light up our lives like twinkling stars.”

What are real friendship quotes? ›

True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.” “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can actually change his own future.” – Anne Frank (This applies to friendships too!) “Friendship isn't about who you know it's about who you can be yourself with.”

What is a famous quote about the power of friendship? ›

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” “Two things you will never have to chase: True friends and true love.” “Time doesn't take away from friendship, nor does separation.” “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”

What do you say to an inspirational friend? ›

“I'm proud of you for walking this road, for doing what's right for you.” “You're making a big change, and that's a really big deal.” “I know what you're going through is hard, but I'm rooting for you every minute of every day.” “Even when you might not feel it, you've got the strength to get through.”

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