Friends/Realtionship

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You're the average of the five people spend the most time with. attributed to Jim Rohn - American entrepreneur, author and motivational trainer (1930-2009)

Strangers become friends

There are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t yet met. Irish proverb, based in the poem "Faith" (1913) by Edgar A. Guest (British-American poet, 1881-1959)

Spouse

The best way to get a good spouse is to deserve one. Charlie Munger - Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), at the Daily Journal Annual Meeting 2017

Reciprocal

Relationship is based on reciprocity. Martin Buber - Jewish religious philosopher (1878-1965)

Friendship

A friendship founded on business is a good deal better than a business founded on friendship. John D. Rockefeller - American oil magnate, sundays school teacher at at his time richest man of the world (1839-1937)

Amitié

Comme donc ceux qui tirent le gravier du Tage en séparent l’or qu’ils y trouvent pour l’emporter, et laissent le sable sur le rivage, de même ceux qui ont la communication de quelque bonne amitié doivent en séparer le sable des imperfections, et ne le point laisser entrer en leur âme. François de Sales - fondateur de l"ordre, mystique et évêque de Genève de 1602-22 (1567-1622), de...

Friend

The only way to have a friend is to be one. Ralph Waldo Emerson - American writer (1803-1882), from his essay "Friendship" (1841), Quotations book 2021

Value of joy

To get full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. Mark Twain – born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910), from "Following the Equator" ("Pudd"nhead Wilson"s New Calendar", chapter XLVIII, 1897), Quotations book 2021

Marriage

Marriage is the beginning and the pinnacle of culture. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - German poet (1749-1832), from "Elective Affinities", part one, chapter nine (1809)

Le sourire

Il est un bon moyen de se créer une âme amicale : le sourire. ... Le sourire large, net. ... Savoir sourire : quelle force ! Force d’apaisement, force de douceur, de calme, force de rayonnement. Guy de Larigaudie - scout et écrivain français (1908-1940), de Étoile au grand large" (postum 1943)

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Ò δέ καθήμενος μετὰ ἀδελφῶν, οὐκ ὀφείλει εἶναι τετραγωνιαῖος, ἀλλὰ στρογγύλος, ἵνα πρὸς πάντας κυλίηται. wisdom of Abbas Matoe - early Christian monk, as quotet in "The Words of the Fathers" ("Apophthegmata Patrum"), a book about the first Christian monks in Egypt (3rd to 5th...

Real friendship

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. attributed to Walter Winchell - American journalist (1897-1972), Quotations book 2019

Friend – Ships

There are good ships, and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea. But the best ships are friendships, and may they always be. Irish saying - Quotations book 2018

Chocolate

There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate. Proverb, seen at Linda Grayson - American entrepreneur (Printwick Papers), often falsely attributed to Charles Dickens

Watch children

Watching children grow up is a great delight. You see in them your own faults and your wife’s virtues, and that can be a very stabilizing influence. Sir Peter Ustinov - English actor and writer (1921-2004)

Openness

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi - Indian politician, 1966-77 and 1980-84 Prime Minister (1917-1984), Quotations book 2014

Together

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. The Bible, Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (NIV) - Quotations book 2016

Friendship

Friendship is like a track on the sand, it vanishes if not consistently re-done. from Kamerun

Partnership

Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning. William H. "Bill" Gates - American Software entrepreneur, Microsoft (b. 1955)