Great Friendship Quotes for Kids

Friendship is one of life’s greatest gifts.  Unlike some things, like your bedtime, your friends are your choice.  Starting a new friendship can be exciting, but building a great friendship takes work!  Being a TRUE friend means:

• Being helpful
• Sticking up for your friend
• Supporting them
• Listening well
• Sharing with them
• Being honest

Here are some great quotes that get at the heart of what friendship is all about:

• • “Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.” – Plautus
  • “No road is long with good company.” – Turkish proverb
  • “A true friend is the greatest of all blessings.” – Francois de La Rochefoucauld”
  • “A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.” – Unknown
  • “The best mirror is an old friend.” – George Herbert
  • ʺTruly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.ʺ – G. RandolfʺIt’s a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.ʺ – Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • ʺThe best things in life aren’t things…they’re your friends.ʺ – Anonymous
  • “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched….but are felt in the heart.” – Helen Keller
  • “What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” – Aristotle
  • “What is a friend? I will tell you…it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.” – Frank Crane
  • “A good friend remembers what we were and sees what we can be.” – Unknown
  • “A friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be somewhere else.” – Unknown
  • “A friend loveth at all times.” – Proverbs 17:17
  • “Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows.” – Unknown

This video shows incredible friendships between some very unusual partners!

Additional Resources:

Here are some IMK posts that highlight friendship at its finest!

• • • Jessie Rees- Never Ever Give Up (NEGU)!
    • Mariah Saves Gorillas – “Saving Gorillas One Cell Phone at a Time”!
    • Diamond the Dog – Her Heroism Truly Makes Her “Man’s Best Friend”!
    • Wyatt Erber – The Biggest of Hearts in a Very Small Package
    • Hailey Scheinman – Taking Sisterly Love to a Whole New Level!

Topics for Discussion:

• • • Do you have a best friend? What makes him or her so special to you?
    • What do you think would happen in the world if everyone tried to be a bit more friendly?

Take Action:

• • • Visit the Amazon page for “How Kids Make Friends” for a great book to help with your efforts at friendship!
    • Visit the Random Acts of Kindness website to learn terrific ways you can be a friend to others!

Teacher Features:

• • Here is a link to a Critical Reading Skills worksheet that you can use for elementary school students.
  • Here is a link to a Critical Reading Skills worksheet that you can use for middle school students.