Valentines Day Quotes to Share with Our Friends

Valentines Day is primarily for lovers. But you can also celebrate Valentines Day with your friends. Strengthen the bond of friendship with a simple act of love. Let your friend know how much you enjoy his or her companionship with these Valentines Day quotes for friends. Why We Need Friends It is important to remember our friends on Valentines Day, because they are close to our hearts, wherever they are, however long its been since weve seen them. And thats because... Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life. — Greek philosopher PythagorasA friend is our alter ego — Greek philosopher ZenoA friend is a second self — Greek philosopher AristotleLove unlocks doors and opens windows that werent even there before. — American journalist Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotics NotebookMiracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense, everything that comes from love is a miracle. — American author Marianne WilliamsonThe cure for all ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word love. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life. — American abolitionist Lydia Maria ChildWalking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. — Helen KellerHe who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes. — Buddha, founder of Buddhism Why Friendship Is Better Than Love Lets face it: in our long lives, lovers come and go; love grows and fades and grows again. So there are significant reasons why our friends fill the gap that our lovers cant. Whether we have lovers or not, we still need friendship. Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. — Roman Stoic philosopher SenecaThere is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality. — Francoise DAubegne Maintenon, second wife to Louis XIV of FranceLove is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. — American writer Leo BuscagliaFriendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. — American political activist Elie WieselFriendship is really the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. — British writer Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey.A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. — Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibran Lovers as Friends Sometimes, if were very lucky, our lovers are also our best friends. Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. — Bible (Book of Proverbs)Love is friendship, friendship is love. If love fails, friendship should remain. For friendship is the foundation of love. — Author UnknownMy love, you know you are my best friend. You know that Id do anything for you, and my love, let nothing come between us. My love for you is strong and true. — American songwriter Sarah McLachlanWe loved with a love that is more than love. — American novelist and poet Edgar Allan Poe, Annabel LeeTwo souls with but a single thought, /Â  Two hearts that beat as one. — Austrian poet Friedrich HalmWho would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. — Roman philosopher Boethius Lessons on Being a Friend We all need our friends; but how do we fulfill our side of the bargain? If you judge people, you have no time to love them. — Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary Mother TeresaLove does not dominate; it cultivates. — German writer and statesman Johann Wolfgang von GoetheSome people care too much, I think its called love. — fictional friend of A.A. Milnes young son Winnie the PoohWeve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You cant just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think its going to get on by itself. Youve got to keep watering it. Youve got to really look after it and nurture it. — British songwriter John LennonYou dont love someone for their looks or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear. — British poet and playwright Oscar Wilde