Thoughts—Friends	
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Be a friend to 
yourself, and others 
will too.
—Scottish Saying
A true friend never 
gets in your way 
unless you happen to 
be going down. 
     —Arnold Glasow
Friendship improves 
happiness, and abates 
(stops) misery, by 
doubling our joy, and 
dividing our grief. 
    —Joseph Addison
You can make 
more  friends in two 
months by 
becoming really 
interested in other 	
people, than you can in two years by trying to get 
other people interested in you.      —Dale Carnegie
Tell me with whom thou art found, and I will tell 
thee who thou art.   —Johann vonGoethe
A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the 
foolish have never agreed. —Baltasar Gracian
It is a good thing to be rich; it is a good thing to be 
strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many 
friends.   —Euripides
Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place 
them in their best light. —Jennie Churchill
Recipe for having friends:  Be one.  —E. Hubbard
They cherish each other's hopes.  They are kind to 
each other's dreams. —Henry David Thoreau	
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of 
the world walks out.    —Walter Winchell 
  
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can 
afford to be stupid with them.   —Emerson
   
One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy 
is because they are not trying to impress other birds 
and horses.   —Dale Carnegie
Radiate friendship, and it will be returned tenfold.
   —Henry Davidson
True friendship brings sunshine to the shade, and 
shade to the sunshine.   —Thomas Burke
I desire to conduct the affairs of this administration 
that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins 
of power, if I have lost every other friend on earth, 
I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend 
shall be down inside of me.       
   —Abraham Lincoln
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; 
they are the charming gardeners who make our 
souls blossom.    —Marcel Proust
1. Scottish Saying:  Why should you be a friend to 	
yourself?	
2. Carnegie:  How can you make friends?
3. Churchill:  Where should you place friends?
4. Hubbard:  What is the recipe for having friends?
5. Winchell: Who is a real friend?
6. Carnegie: Why are birds/horses not unhappy?
7. Burke: What 2 things does friendship bring?
8. Lincoln:  If he lost every friend, who did he 	
think is the most important friend to have?	
9. a) With which quote on this page do you agree?  	
b) Give a reason for your choice.	
10. Carnegie says that the best way to make friends 	
is by becoming interested in people.  a) Do you 
agree or disagree.  b) Why or why not?
Thoughts & Quotes