Words that Describe a Good Friendship

Have you ever thought of what friendship really means? It is really hard to put into words. Friendships are mutually beneficial, meaning each of you get something out of the relationship. Friends are there when you need them, whether to comfort, support, congratulate, or just listen. Here is a list of words that describe a good friendship: affable, affectionate, amiable, amicable, attentive, available, believable, brave, caring, cheerful, considerate, cordial, discerning, easygoing, empathetic, faithful, forgiving, funny, generous, gentle, giving, good listener, heartfelt, honest, humorous, kind, loving, loyal, nice, optimistic, punctual, reliable, responsible, sensitive, sincere, sociable, sweet, sympathetic, tactful, thoughtful, trustworthy, truthful, warm, warm-hearted, winning, and wonderful.

Sayings About Friends

If you are composing a speech or writing a paper and need some sayings or quotes about friendship, here are a few for you to consider:

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? Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone. - Margaret J. Wheatley The more I think it over, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. - Vincent van Gogh Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. - Marcel Proust The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. - Elizabeth Foley Friendship is a sheltering tree. - Samuel Coleridge It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. - Ralph Waldo Emerson The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.... A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words. - Rachel Naomi Remen Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Mark Twain

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? Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment. - Seneca The only way to have a friend is to be one. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dale Carnegie Wrote the Book Dale Carnegie wrote one of the first ever self-help books called How to Win Friends and Influence People in 1937. In the book he explains how to handle people, make them like you, and how to influence them. He stresses the importance of:

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? Not criticizing or complaining, but giving honest opinions The need to smile, remembering their name, and being sincerely interested in people with whom you want to make friends. Being a good listener, getting them to talk about themselves, and then continuing

the conversation about things that interest them.

These things make the other person feel important and that can be the beginning of a friendship. Dale Carnegie had many words that describe a good friendship and advice on making friends. He also shows the importance of a positive attitude, and that can help you make friends. Here is a sampling of his wisdom.

? The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures

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When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

Do things for others and you'll find your self-consciousness evaporating like

morning dew.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

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第二篇：关于友谊的英语句子

Trust not the praise of a friend， nor the contempt of an enemy. 不要信赖朋友的赞扬，也不要仇敌的轻蔑放在心上。

We can live without a brother， but not without a friend. 我们生活中可以没有兄弟，但不能没有朋友。

We can live without our friends， but not without our neighbours. 生活可无友，邻居不能无。

When a friend asks， there is no tomorrow.

朋友的要求不要拖。

Without a friend the world is a wilderness.

没有朋友，世界就等於一片荒野。

A bosom friend afar brings distant land near.

海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

Admonish your friends in private， praise them in public. 在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。

A faithful friend is hard to find.

益友难得。

A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 一本好书，莫逆之交。

A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.

远亲不如近邻。

An empty purse frightens many friends.

囊中无分文，亲友不上门。

A ready way to lose friend is to lend him money.

失友皆从借钱起。

A thousand friends are few， one enemy is too many.

朋友千人尚觉少，仇敌一人犹嫌多。

A true friend is known in the day of adversity.

疾风知劲草，患难见真情。

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

真正的朋友好似两个身子长著一颗心。

Better an open enemy than a false friend.

明枪易躲，暗箭难防。

Between friends all is common.

朋友之间不分彼此。

Books， like friends， should be few and well chosen.

书籍如朋友，应该少而精。

Everything is good when new， but friend when old.

东西新的好，朋友老的好。

Familiar paths and old friends are the best.

熟路好遵循，老友最可珍。

Friends are like fiddle-strings， they must not be screwed too tight. 朋友像琴弦，不能太拧紧。

Friendship cannot stand always on one side.

来而不往非礼也。

Friendship is love with understanding.

友谊是爱加上谅解。

Friendship multiplies joys and divides grieves.

友谊可以增添欢乐，可以分担忧愁。

Friendship —— one soul in two bodies.

友谊是两人一条心。

Friendship the older it grows the stronger it is.

友谊地久天长。

Friends may meet， but mountains never greet.

朋友可相逢，高山永分离。

Friends must part.

天下无不散之筵席。

He is rich enough who has true friends.

有真朋友的人是富翁。

Hunger knows no friend.

饥难周友。

In time of prosperity， friends will be plenty； In time of adversity， not one amongst twenty.

富在深山有远亲，穷在闹市无人。

The world is but a little place, after all. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻．

Friendship is love without his wings. 友谊是没有羽翼的爱

A friend in need is a friend indeed。患难见真情。

A faithful friend is hard to find. 益友难得.

A father is a treasure. a brother is a comfort. but a friend is both. 父亲是财富.兄弟是安慰.朋友兼而有之.

A friend exaggerates a man＇s virtue. an enemy hiscrimes. 朋友宣扬人的美德.敌人夸大人的罪过.

A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.曩中有钱.不如朝中有友.

A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难朋友才是真朋友.

A friend is a second self. 朋友是另一个我.

A friend is best found in adversity. 患难见真友.

A friend is never known till a man have need.不到患难时.永远不能认识真正的朋友.

A friend is not so soon gotten as lost. 交友慢.失友快.

A friend to every body is a friend to nobody. 广交友.无深交.

A friend without faults will never be found.没有缺点的朋友是永远找不到的.

A good friend is my nearest relation. 良友如近亲.

Admonish your friends in private. praise them in public.在私底下要忠告你的朋友.在公开场合又表扬你的朋友.

1.A life without a friend is a life without a sun.

人生在世无朋友，犹如生活无太阳。

2.A friend in need is a friend indeed.

患难见真交。

3.To preserve a friend three things are required: to honor him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities.

维持友谊需要三点∶当面尊重他，背后赞扬他，需要时帮助他。

4.When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow.

朋友的要求不要拖。

5.A bosom friend afar brings distant land near.

海内存知己，天涯若比邻。

6.Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public.

在私底下要忠告你的朋友，在公开场合又表扬你的朋友。

7.A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us.

一本好书，莫逆之交。

8.Between friends all is common.

朋友之间不分彼此。

9.Friendship cannot stand always on one side.

来而不往非礼也。

10.Friendship is love with understanding.

友谊是爱加上谅解。

11.Friendship multiplies joys and divides griefs.

友谊可以增添欢乐，可以分担忧愁。

12.Friendship ---- one soul in two bodies.

友谊是两人一条心。

13.Friendship the older it grows the stronger it is.

友谊地久天长。

14.He is rich enough who has true friends.

有真朋友的人是富翁。

有关朋友与友谊的英语谚语

A friend is easier lost than found 得朋友难, 失朋友易。

A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。

Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。

Life without a friend is death. 没有朋友, 虽生犹死。

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 患难见真情。

Old friends and old wines are best. 陈酒味醇, 老友情深。

A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。

A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。

He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. 背后说好话, 才是真朋友。

Set great store by friendship. 情意重千斤。

Between friends all is common. 朋友之间不分彼此。

Old friends and old wine are best. 陈酒味醇, 老友情深。

The friendship of a gentleman is insipid as water. 君子之交淡如水。

A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. 海内存知己, 天涯若比邻。

Most men's friendships are too inarticulate. 人的友谊是无法言喻的。

Friendship is like a plant of slow growth. 友谊像生长着的植物, 是慢慢地建立起来的。A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. 好书如挚友, 情谊永不渝。A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn. 路遥知马力, 日久见人心。I like a simple friend, who holds my faults like a looking glass before my face. 我喜欢这样的朋友, 他对我的缺点就像照镜子一样直言不讳。

It is well that there is no one without a fault, for he would not have a friend in the world . 世界上没有不犯错误的人. 想交没有错误的朋友, 你就没有朋友。

It is only the greathearted who can be true friends; the mean and the cowardly can never know what true friendship is. 只有伟大胸怀的人才是真正的朋友; 平庸和怯懦之辈决不可能了解真正友谊的含义。

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy. 没有朋友的人不会幸福，不处逆境不能识别朋友。

Nothing makes the earth seem to spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes. 远方的朋友能使世界变得非常宽阔; 他们组成了经纬度。

Of our mixed life two quests are given control: food for the body, friendship for the soul. 在复杂的生命中, 有两点要牢记:为生存需要吃饭, 而心灵需要友谊。

The best that we find in our travel is an honest friend. He is a fortunate voyager who finds many. 旅行中最愉快的事是交到一个真诚的朋友。

The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life. 能交到真正的朋友是人生中最成功的事。

The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them. 对朋友爱得越深, 奉承得就越少。 The smell of coin is often the knell of friendship. 铜臭味浓往往是友谊的不祥之兆。The true friendship seeks to give, not take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto. 真正的友谊追求的是给予, 而不是索取; 是帮助别人, 而不是被人帮助; 是为人服务, 而不是被人服务。

To prepare a friend, three things are required: to honor him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities. 维护朋友, 有三件事情要做到：当面要尊重他, 不在场时要表扬他, 苦难时要帮助他。

Choose thy friends like thy books, few but choice. 选择朋友要像选书那样, 数量要少, 但质量要精。

My friend is not perfect—nor am I—and so we suit each other admirably. 朋友不会十全十美，你自己也一样，双方要互相尊敬。

For a congenial friend a thousand toasts are too few; in a disagreeable conversation one word more is too many. 酒逢知己千杯少，话不投机半句多。

A gentleman acts on behalf of an understanding friend, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her lover. 士为知己者用，女为悦己者容。

A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother. 兄弟不一定是朋友, 而朋友一定是兄弟。

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends in spots. 友谊是两者思想的结合, 志趣相投才能成为朋友。

Be true to your word, your work, and your friend. 人应遵守诺言, 忠实自己的工作和友人. I know not whether our names will be immortal; I am sure our friendship will. 我不知道我们的名字能否永垂不朽; 我敢说我们的友谊会与世长存。

In the hours of distress and miser, the eyes of every mortal man turn to friendship; in the hour of gladness and conviviality, what is our want? It is friendship. When the heart overflows with gratitude, or with any other sweet and scared sentiment, what is the world to which it would give utterance? A friend. 情绪低落时，人们会寻找友谊；欢乐的时刻，缺少什么呢? 还是友谊。在充满感激之情或其他甜蜜神圣的感情时，又会说什么词呢? 朋友。