#ends

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth. ↗

— Chanakya

#bitter #bitter truth #every #friendship #self-interest

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends. ↗

— Chanakya

#by the time #children #darling #first #five

My friends, there are no friends. ↗

— Coco Chanel

Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs. ↗

— George Chapman

#flatterers #friends #like #look #wolves

The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought. ↗

— Mary Cheney

#bit #candidate #presidential #tends #vice

Prison widens your circle of friends. In my stand-up, I can now talk about things that no one else has the right to touch. ↗

— Craig Charles

#circle #else #friends #i #i can

Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone. ↗

— Fred Rogers

#fear #friendship #inspirational #trauma #trust

When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#letters #money #send #sends #telegrams

There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water. ↗

— Alan Clark

#blood #circling #friends #politics #sharks

When we want to see someone in a certain way, we find a way, but when we don't we have to wake up and see who they truly are and not what our pain or anger chooses to believe. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#family #friends #love #opinions #seeing