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Quotes About Friendship And Cohesion

Friendship Quotes – 54 Inspirational Sayings About True Friends, Solidarity and Community

Are you looking for inspiring and stirring quotes about friendship? Then you've come to the right place! If you want to make the world a better place, you need good friends. Because friendships are the pillars of our lives - they give us courage and hope - and support us in difficult moments. Staying together also ensures that positive change is maintained in the long term.

In this article, I would like to provide you with my favorite short quotes, wisdom and sayings about friendship and all the associated values as a source of inspiration. Let's go!

My please: Keep in mind that many of the quotes about friendship have been translated into English from other languages. I cannot guarantee that it is the original quote in each case. Therefore, double check them before you share them. If you like and share any of the quotes in the internet, please link this elaborately created collection. Thank you for your support!

The best cohesion quotes and sayings about friendship

I used to believe that you can't change anything on your own. But only because I never took the sentence any further. Because you are never completely alone if you want to change something positive in this world and eliminate injustice. Human values such as Friendship, cohesion, solidarity, community and solidarity play a decisive role in this.

Use the following friendship quotes and sayings about cohesion to make you aware of the power of solidarity and community.

Friendship quotes 1 - 10

  1. "In the end it is always our connections with people that make our lives worth living." (Wilhelm von Humboldt)
  2. "Finding people who feel and empathize for us is probably the most beautiful happiness on earth." (Carl Spitteler)
  3. "There are man whose unique touch forever leaves the sting in us to remain worthy of their respect and friendship." (Christian Morgenstern)
  4. "For the world you are someone, but for someone you are the world." (Erich Fried)
  5. "True friendship is a plant of slow growth." (George Washington)
  6. "Animals are my friends and I don't eat my friends." (George Bernard Shaw)
  7. "Unifying means learning to share." (Richard von Weizsäcker)
  8. "You and I - we are one. I cannot hurt you without hurting myself." (Mahatma Gandhi)
  9. "What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies." (Aristotle)
  10. "A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you." (Elbert Hubbard)

Friendship quotes 11 - 20

  1. "A true friend is discerned during an uncertain matter." (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
  2. "Animals are the best friends. They do not ask questions and do not criticize you." (Mark Twain)
  3. "Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings." (Jean de La Bruyère)
  4. "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." (Martin Luther King)
  5. "Words only connect where our wavelengths have long since coincided." (Max Frisch)
  6. "A friend is someone you share the path with." (African Wisdom)
  7. "Without the individual's commitment to the society any community will be overwhelmed in the long run." (Roman Herzog)
  8. "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance!" (Nicolas Chamfort)
  9. "Coming together is a beginning. Staying together is progress. Working together is success." (Henry Ford)
  10. "One true friend adds more to our happiness than a thousand enemies add to our unhappiness." (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)

Tip: I have also given you a separate collection of the best Quotes about humanity compiled. Look gladly times purely!

Friendship quotes 21 - 30

  1. "Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence." (George Washington)
  2. "What you love, set free. If it comes back, it's yours - forever." (Confucius)
  3. "We are with books as we are with people. We make many acquaintances, but only a few we choose as our friends." (Ludwig Feuerbach)
  4. "There are very few honest friends—the demand is not particularly great." (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)
  5. "A little friendship is worth more than the admiration of the whole world." (Otto von Bismarck)
  6. "What one cannot do alone, many can do together." (Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen)
  7. "Friendship flows from many sources, but purest out of respect." (Daniel Defoe)
  8. "Our external destinies interest people; our internal destinies only interest our friend." (Heinrich von Kleist)
  9. "Friendship is like Money; easier made than kept." (Samuel Butler)
  10. "Strange how people who suffer together have stronger connections than those who are most content." (Bob Dylan)

Book Tip: If you want to know more about true friendship and perhaps even rekindle old friendships, I can warmly recommend "The Little Book of Friendship" by Simon Ternyik* recommend

Friendship Quotes 31 - 40

  1. "A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love." (Max Muller)
  2. "Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give, which is everything." (Katharine Hepburn)
  3. "They are rich who have true friends." (Thomas Fuller)
  4. "Even the weak become strong when they are united." (Friedrich Schiller)
  5. "Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness." (Dag Hammarskjöld)
  6. "The pain is entrusted only to the friend; the happiness is shared with everyone." (Otto Ludwig)
  7. "It is difficult to achieve a spirit of genuine cooperation as long as people remain indifferent to the feelings and happiness of others." (Dalai Lama)
  8. "Friendship: something like love with sense." (Sabine Sauer)
  9. "Real friends show up when you're involved in a scandal." (Elizabeth Taylor)
  10. "The maturity of a community is reflected in how it copes with missteps within its own ranks." (Gottfried Edel)

Tip: Doing good definitely wins friends! For a little inspiration, take a look at the article about the good deeds in everyday life over.

Friendship Quotes 41 - 54

  1. "Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy." (Hermann Hesse)
  2. "If you are among the happiest 1 percent of humanity, then it is your obligation to think of the other 99 percent of humanity as well." (Warren Buffett)
  3. "Especially in times of global upheaval, it's important to know what connects us to each other." (Roman Herzog)
  4. "Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." (Mark Twain)
  5. "Friendship based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph; with time it fades." (Carmen Sylva)
  6. "Friendship is an art of distance, just as love is an art of intimacy." (Sigmund Graff)
  7. "Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief." (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
  8. "Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable." (Mahatma Gandhi)
  9. "Community spirit is seeing with another's eyes, hearing with another's ears, feeling with another's heart." (Alfred Adler)
  10. "If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself." (Henry Ford)
  11. "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts." (Aristotle)
  12. "Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it." (Albert Schweitzer)
  13. "Friendship is not only a delicious gift, but also a permanent task." (Ernst Zacharias)
  14. "The only way to have a friend is to be one." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Can you think of any other cohesion quotes and sayings about solidarity and friendship? Then share your favorite sayings in the comments!

Frequently asked questions about friendship and cohesion

What does friendship mean?

Friendship is the mutual affection and connection based on mutual trust between two people or several people.

How do you recognize a true friend?

True friends are always there for you, feel directly when you are not feeling well and help you. They accept you just the way you are - with all your quirks, rough edges and corners.

They also stand up for you in front of others, plan time together with you, support you in the things you set out to do and are genuinely happy with you when you achieve your goals in life.

Why is cohesion so important?

Cohesion is of great importance for your well-being in a social group. People who support each other increase their life satisfaction and protect each other from inequality, exclusion and poverty in the future.

Use friendship quotes and sayings about cohesion in everyday life

Of course, there are also false friends who take advantage of you, don't believe in you and aren't there for you when you need them. Therefore, surround yourself with real friends who will support you at all times and give you support even in bad times. And be a real friend yourself.

Do you remember the friendship books from your youth? In fact, even in adulthood, such friendship books create a real, deep bond with other people. If you like, you can this friend book to fill in* and see for yourself.

Either way, the solidarity among us drives us forward together and changes the world for the better. We need individual pioneers - but we are only strong as a community. Be it in the Fight against racismagainst misogyny, against homophobia, or against Speciesism.

Can you think of any other inspiring friendship quotes and sayings about cohesion and solidarity? Then please write a comment below this post.

Stay friendly,

Christoph from CareElite - Plastic-free living

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Christoph Schulz

Christoph Schulz

I'm Christoph, an environmental scientist and author - and here at CareElite I'm campaigning against plastic waste in the environment, climate change and all the other major environmental problems of our time. Together with other environmentally conscious bloggers, I want to give you tips & tricks for a naturally healthy, sustainable life as well as your personal development.

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