70 friendship quotes to share with your BFFs

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Friends—they’re our lifesavers, butt kickers and memory keepers. They hold us down and lift us up no matter what. Some friends are family, and some are even soulmates. That’s why friends deserve a special shoutout.

Save these friendship quotes to share with your besties and make their day. There’s something for everyone in your crew—best friend quotes, funny friendship quotes, long-distance friendship quotes, inspirational friendship quotes and lots more.

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Best friends quotes  

  • A good person tolerates your car singing. A good friend sings right along with you. – Sara Quenzer 
  • Two superheroes. No sidekick. That’s us. – Carrie Bratcher
  • TGBF (Thank God for Best Friends). – Jake Gahr
  • A good friend knows everything about you…and loves you anyway. – Dan Taylor
  • The best friends on the road of life are the ones who go the extra mile. – Chris Brethwaite
  • Best friends are there whenever, wherever, until, because…always. – Meghan Craig 
  • Great friends can say all the things with just a look. – Melissa Woo
  • Heartlines can mean just as much as bloodlines. – Melvina Young
  • Best friends read your mind, know your heart and feed your soul. – Meghan Craig
  • Small talk, medium talk, big talk…with real friends, any type of talk always feels “just right.” – Tom Shay-Zapien
  • One good friend is worth a thousand acquaintances. – Cheryl Hawkinson
  • True friends are like chips and salsa. They always show up for you—no need to ask. – Joey Benevento
  • We’re best friends because we’re the same amount of weird. ­­– Meghan Craig
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Funny friendship quotes  

  • A friend doesn’t care how much laundry is in the background of your video call. – Meghan Craig
  • Friends are the swim-up bars in the sea of life. – Dan Taylor
  • With friends, the cone of silence has ice cream on top. – Meghan Craig
  • Your girls don’t judge you. They’ll side-eye you until you get it right, though. ­– Melvina Young
  • A real friend knows when to listen, when to stop listening, when to talk, when to stop talking, when to pour wine, when to stop pouring and just hand over the bottle. – Lee Franklin
  • Hair changes. Friendship stays. – Chris Conti
  • Friends are the family we choose…to get in trouble with. – Allyson Cook
  • You know how I do. And you’re my friend anyway.
  • Friends are like coffee… you need ’em every damn day. – Tina Neidlein
  • Friends finish each other’s sentences. And wine. – Megan Haave
  • There is no problem that two friends cannot ignore, discuss, plot against, make fun of, or drown in chocolate sauce. – Jennifer Fujita
  • The better the friend, the less cleaning you do before they come over. – Dee Ann Stewart
  • Sometimes, the whole day just seems to be flipping you off. That’s a good day to have friends. – Jim Howard
  • When you’re with a good friend, every hour’s a happy hour. – Jake Gahr
  • Friends are like fingerprints—every one is unique, and one day they might get you convicted of a crime. – Andrew Blackburn
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Short friendship quotes  

  • Between friends, words are optional. – Penny Krugman
  • With us, there’s no such thing as TMI. – Ellen Brenneman
  • Girlfriends help you make nonsense of the world. – Allyson Cook
  • Friends are the people who convince us we’re not that weird. – Keion Jackson
  • Friends are the gravy on the biscuit of life. – Erin Canty
  • A friend is a sunny day in human form. – Bill Gray
  • When life is an obstacle course, friends help us power through. 
  • Friendship: the best umbrella during life’s storms. – Tina Neidlein
  • Friends are family, too. – Lee Franklin
  • Friends got your back no matter what.

Long-distance friendship quotes  

  • A friend can make you smile even when they’re not around. – Mike Rokoff
  • A friend is someone you’re connected to across time, space, and bizarre life situations. – Cheryl Hawkinson
  • Nothing can separate true friends. Nice try, geography. – Carolina Fernandez
  • An unseen thread of warmth, love and memory draws friends together across the miles. – Ellen Brenneman
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Inspirational friendship quotes  

  • The best friends to have are the ones who make every long road feel shorter and every adventure even bigger. – Keely Chace
  • Whatever we step in, fall off of or trip over…friendship always gives us a soft place to land. – Jeannie Hund
  • A friend sees you in the best possible light, even if you’re not being your best possible self. – Jeannie Hund
  • To understand and to be understood—that is the essence of friendship.
  • When it gets the darkest, you’ll see who your true friends are. They’ll be the ones carrying the light. – Katherine Stano
  • Laughter is louder and life feels lighter with good friends. – Melissa Woo
  • Friendship is a forgiving mirror showing us we’re good enough just the way we are. – Molly Wigand
  • The thing about strength is that when you’re running a little low, you can tap a friend for a refill. – Melvina Young
  • God couldn’t hand out hugs all the time, so he created friends. – Jim Howard
  • Friends are the stars that light up our lives all year round. – Cheryl Hawkinson

Meaningful friendship quotes  

  • No one has had my back, held my hand and hyped me up like my sisters. – Amy Trowbridge-Yates
  • Through the ups, the downs and the sideways, life is always better with friends. – Mercedes Lucero
  • Laughing with a friend is the best kind of laughing there is.
  • How to measure friendship—by hours of listening by decibels of laughter by pounds of problems solved by miles of life walked together. – Cheryl Hawkinson
  • Whatever words you say, a friend will hear your heart. – Suzanne Berry
  • Here’s to the moments that become great memories with the friends who become family. – Melissa Woo
  • When you face the world with a friend by your side, your happiness doubles—your troubles divide. – Cheryl Hawkinson
  • Our friendship is rooted in realness. That’s what makes it so strong.
  • The best cure for a bad day is a good friend. – Bill Gray
  • Friends make the good things better and the bad things not so bad simply by being there. – Renee Daniels
  • There’s no such thing as boring when you share it with a friend. – Cheryl Hawkinson
  • Friends are angels who love you even at your most un-angelic. – Carolina Fernandez
  • The best kind of self-care is having a friend like you.

 

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Gratitude friendship quotes  

  • If your smile muscles hurt, thank a friend! – Chris Brethwaite
  • Gratitude is what happens when you’ve got awesome friends. – Keely Chace
  • A friend is a gift, a blessing, a reason to be grateful to God. – Jake Gahr
  • Good friends in my life. Grateful feelings in my heart. – Keely Chace
  • Friends give us the blessing of belonging. – Megan Haave
  • If you’re happy and you know it, thank your friends. – Amy Trowbridge-Yates
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Friendship quotes for old friends  

  • They knew they’d be friends forever. And so it was. – Cheryl Hawkinson
  • Friends come and go, but the really good ones sit and stay. – Tina Neidlein
  • Some friendships just get better with time. – Jim Howard
  • Longtime big friends. – Cheryl Hawkinson
  • “WTF?” times may come and go, but “BFF” is forever. – Ellen Brenneman
  • Someone who sticks by you, helps guide you and always sees the good in you…that’s the kind of friend you hold on to forever. – Carolina Fernandez
  • The best friends are “to the end” friends. – Jake Gahr
  • We grow, we change, but friendship always fits. – John Peterson

 

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  • Some quotes excerpted from Joys of Friendship: A Celebration of Girlfriends and True Friends, both published by Hallmark Gift Books, a division of Hallmark Cards, Inc., Copyright © Hallmark Licensing, LLC Lettering by Tobe Reed.