February 18th

We have been friends together in sunshine and in shade. ~ Caroline Norton, "We Have Been Friends Together"

February 17th

Pleasure is the business of friendship.

February 16th

A true friend stands on the sidelines of your life, proudly cheering you on as you win each of life's battles.

February 15th

The world's greatest treasure is the small, simple pleasure of spending our time with good friends. Amidst laughter and tears we are bound through the years by a loyalty that never ends.

February 14th

Friendship is Love, without his wings! ~ Lord Byron

February 13th

Poor is the friendless master of the world. ~Edward Young

February 12th

Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them. ~ Owen Feltham

February 11th

Friends Activity: Too often our busy worlds leave our creativity buried and forgotten. Celebrate your creativity together and carve out a little time for the two of you. Sign up for an art class and unleash your inner artists!

February 10th

I would give more for the private esteem and love of one than for the public praise of ten thousand. ~ W. R. Alger

February 9th

A friend is a second self. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

February 8th

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend
         -Henry David Thoreau, Journal: Winter



(Pssst!! Walking Dead is tomorrow night!! Yay!)

February 7th

Friendships, like gardens, must be nourished and cultivated if they are to flourish and thrive. Take time to pull the weeds, turn the soil, and plant new seeds. Then enjoy the beauty of this love you have created.

February 6th

A ho-hum activity that's really fun when done with a good friend:
a home improvement project.

February 5th

Friends see only the stars in your eyes (and never the wrinkles around them).

February 4th

Courtesy and a tolerant, uncritical awareness of others will immediately reward you with a warm response from friends, family, and even strangers.

February 3rd

It is not what we say or sing, that keeps our charm so long unbroken, though every lightest leaf  we bring may touch the heart as friendship's token.
         -Oliver Wendell Holmes, "Our Oldest Friend"

February 2nd

If life has introduced you to even one person you can call a true friend, you are truly blessed.

February 1st

Friendship is the perfection of love.
                                             -Proverb

January 31st

With girlfriends you laugh until tears stream down your face. Then you wonder together what was so funny.

January 30th

We look to our friends for different things. 

Some are "night on the town" friends. 

Some are telephone friends. 

Others are office friends. Each contributes unique qualities and brings something 

special to our lives.  

January 29th

When the world's trying to beat you down, know that I'm here to lift you up.

January 28th

A loyal and true friend is a precious, priceless gift.

January 27th

The weight of the world on your shoulders becomes proportionately less to the strength of your friendships.

January 26th

Therefore, they who were my friends never can be changed or old; for the beauty of their you fond remembrance well can hold.
                     -Phoebe Cary, "Loss and Gain"

January 25th

For the her of men multiplied many times will never come up to the value of one friend.
                                           -Henry David Thoreau, Journal: Winter

January 24th

A good thing that's even better done with a friend: road trip!

January 23rd

The light of friendship is like the like the light of phosphorus,
                -seen plainest when all around is dark.
                             -Grace Noll Crowell

January 22nd

It's easy to love a friend for all the things we have in common. It's harder, but much more valuable, to love the things that set us apart from one another. Learning to appreciate our differences brings a new level of intimacy to our relationships with others.

January 21st

A knowing look from you tells me volumes more than whole conversations with other people. Words aren't even necessary between friends like us.

January 20th

The miracle of friendship usually begins with a simple smile.

January 19th

I bring the simplest pledge of love,
Friend of my
earlier days.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes,
"To James Freeman Clarke"                    

January 18th

Love is like the wild rose-briar,
Friendship like the holly-tree-
The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms
But which will bloom most constantly?
~Emily Bronte, "Love and Friendship"

January 17th

Our closest friends challenge us to change, to grow, and to become the best we can be.

January 16th

Tea and friendships are available in many comforting varieties.

January 15th

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love our friends for their sake rather than our own. ~ Charlotte Bronte

January 14th

But if you have any wish to speak openly to me as a friend, or to ask my opinion of any thing that you may have in contemplation as a friend, indeed, you may command me. I will hear whatever you like. I will tell you exactly what I think. ~ Jane Austen, Emma

January 13th

Friendship is a union of spirits, a marriage of hearts and the bond thereof virtues. ~ Williams Penn