#friend

Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#compassion #empathy #friendship #intellect #courage

What's most important in a friendship? Tolerance and loyalty. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#friendship

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#fear #friends #makes #people #strangers

We were as Hansel and Gretel and we ventured out into the black forest of the world. ↗

— Patti Smith

#faith #friendship #love #courage

Certain people will be upset when you speak the truth. They might get mad. They might get really mad. That's because they are still living the lie you've exposed. Stay strong. Speak truth. Do not allow yourself to get pulled back into their lie just to make others happy and yourself miserable. You are free. Stay free. ↗

— Toni Sorenson

#family #friendship #inspirational #truth #courage

I'll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind," said Sam. "And I'll carry Mr. Frodo up myself, if it breaks my back and heart. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#courage #friendship #inspirational #courage

Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#ever #friends #i #item #lived

Paul and I don't see that much of each other these days, but I certainly still regard him as a friend. ↗

— Peter Asher

#days #each #friend #him #i

Deal with him, Hemingway! ↗

— James Joyce

#friendship #heart #humor #inspirational #leadership

It's never too late to stop believing a lie," said Thomas. "You need only courage and friends, and you have both. ↗

— Patrick Carman

#courage #friends #lies #courage