Appreciation for family and friends?

kpam

I'll get back to you

Here's a little poem by Emily Bronte that compares friendship favorably with love:



'Love And Friendship'

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?
The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring,
Its summer blossoms scent the air;
Yet wait till winter comes again
And who will call the wild-briar fair?

Then scorn the silly rose-wreath now
And deck thee with the holly's sheen,
That when December blights thy brow
He still may leave thy garland green
(Emily Bronte)

JJorge,

Thank you for the response. Unfortunately, she's limited to two or three sentences.

K

"I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends"
-Walt Whitman (In Bradford, 'Biography and The Human Heart')

Wow! Good answer jjorge.

My favorite:

"Think where man's glory most begins and ends,
And say my glory was I had such friends."
(William Butler Yeats)

"From quiet homes and first beginning,
Out to the undiscovered ends,
There's nothing worth the wear of winning,
But laughter and the love of friends."
(Hilaire Belloc)

Thanks Roger

I believe I may have a couple more that kpam can look at . . . stand by.

Jjorge, beautiful quotes.

"I get by with a little help from my friends."
-John Lennon-
('With a Little Help From My Friends', song, 1967, w. P. McCartney)

kpam

The Lennon quotation is the last one I can come up with for now.





Misti

Glad you like them.

I can easily apply the Yeats quotation to my wonderful A2K friends.



(jjorge to self: 'darn it, there you go getting all MUSHY again!)

JJorge,

Thank you for the excellent quotes, especially the one from Lennon.

K

Here's another one.

Of course this fellow was not as smart as John Lennon.


To the query, "What is a friend?"
his reply was "A single soul dwelling in two bodies."

( Aristotle, quoted in Diogenes Laertius, 'Lives of Eminent Philosophers')

"Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend,
but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a
friend's success."
(Oscar Wilde)

Given the brief duration of the *presentation* the quote from Lennon most easily captures the sentiment of globally thanking family and friends. [Plus, her dad is a big Beatles fan.]

Again, thank you for the great suggestions. I quite like the others...

K

actually, I had a hunch that the Lennon quotation might fit best

she should probably NOT use the next line in the Lennon song:


'I get high with a little help from my friends' ... :-)

(although her father surely must know it)

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.
--Dave Tyson Gentry
Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
--Oliver Wendell Holmes

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief
--Marcus Tullius Cicero

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
--Joseph Addison

The friendship which is to be practised or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual pleasure, and must end when the power ceases of delighting each other.
--Samuel Johnson

Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue
--William Penn Fruits of Solitude

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain; for that rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.
--William Penn Treaty with the Indians

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
--Francis Quareles

I cannot concentrate all my friendship on any single one of my friends because no one is complete enough in himself.
--Anais Nin

No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship.
--Francis Marion Crawford

A simple friend thinks the friendship over when you have an argument. A real friend knows that it's not a friendship until after you've had a fight
--Unknown

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
--Mencius

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life without friendship is like the sky without sun.
--Anonymous

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship--never
--Charles Caleb Colton

Friendship is a single soul living in two bodies.
--Aristotle

A new friendship is like an unripened fruit - it may become either an orange or a lemon
--Emma Stacey

Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
--Eleanor Roosevelt

True friendship is never serene.
--Marquise de Sevigne

Friendship is a special kind of love.
--Unknown

The secret to friendship is being a good listener.
--Unknown

Nothing is great like friendship on earth, No jewel No pearl has got it's worth. No one except a friend can be trusted, Your life will never ever get rusted.
--Unknown

It is important for our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.
--Mignon McLaughlin

When you're looking for a friend don't look for perfection, just look for friendship.
--Unknown

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
--Mark Twain Pudd'nhead Wilson

True friendship starts the moment one person says to another, 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one!
--Unknown

Friendship is the golden thread that ties all hearts together
--Unknown

Friendship is a horizon-- which expands whenever we approach it.
--E. R. Hazlip.

Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief
--Joseph Addison

Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
--George Eliot

Good friends must not always be together; It is the feeling of oneness when distant That proves a lasting friendship.
--Susan P. Schultz

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. - Epicurus
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. - Euripides
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. - George Eliot
One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love. - Leo Tolstoy
Love is blind, but friendship is clairvoyant. - Unknown
Friends are God's way of taking care of us. - Unknown
The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them. - John 15:13
A friend walks in when the rest of the world walkes out. - Unknown
The best mirror is an old friend. - Proverb
Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success. - Oscar Wilde
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. - Aristotle
I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends. - Walt Whitman
You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence. - Psalms 16: 11
Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours. - Ludwig Van Beethoven
I believe in angels, the kind Heaven sends. I am surrounded by angels, but I call them my best friends. - Unknown
Love is friendship set on fire. - Unknown
A simple friend thinks the friendship over when you have an argument. A real friend knows that it's not a friendship until after you've had a fight. - Unknown
Friendship is the golden thread that ties all hearts together. - Unknown