February 1, 2000

• I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar. -Robert Brault
• Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives. -Dumas The Younger
• Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. - Jesse Owens
• The only way to have a friend is to be one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
• What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. -Aristotle
• It is more shameful to distrust one’s friends than to be deceived by them. -Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• Never Explain–your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway. -Elbert Hubbard
• Love is friendship set on fire. -French Proverb
• Your heart understands what your head cannot yet conceive; trust your heart.
• Many people will walk in and out of your life, but a friend will leave a footprint in your heart.
• It is a fearful thing to love what death can touch.
• It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.
• A hug is a great gift, one size fits all. It can be given for any occasion and it’s easy to exchange.
• Everyone needs to be loved…especially when they do not deserve it.
• The best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
• If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?
• Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.
• Do not walk in front of me, I may not follow. Do not walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
• Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don’t say.
• A real friend is one who walks in, when the rest of the world walks out.
• When you are down and out something always turns up, and it is usually the noses of your friends.
• Always remember the last thing you say to people each day. Because what if it happened to be the last thing you ever get to say to them?
• Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering to fly.
• Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If he isn’t there the first time you need him, chances are you won’t be needing him again.
• Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
• There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.
• Your friend is the man who knows all about you and and still likes you.
• Trust is like virginity. You lose it once and that’s it.
• Champagne for my true friends and true pain for my sham friends!
• You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.
• A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

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