15 Great Best Friend Quotes (+Video)

15 Great Best Friend Quotes (+Video)

Best friends are a very important part of most people’s lives.

Indeed, research has shown that having a close friend increases the chances of being happy with life. They can provide support when times are tough, and can celebrate special moments with you. It doesn’t matter whether you see them every day, once a year, or hardly see them at all. You can still maintain the relationship by phone or online. The most important thing about best friends is that they love you for who you are. On the other hand, having a best friend means you are responsible for being there for them when they need support.

Friendship is really a special kind of love, so when you find a true friend, hang on to them real tight. And don’t forget to tell him or her, from time to time, how much the friendship means to you.

Perhaps you will find in this selection of quotations some words that will help you to express your true feelings. Or, perhaps not, since some of them are just amusing or cynical. Browse through and see what you think:

1. Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read. –Groucho Marx

2. When a man’s best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.Edward Abbey

3. Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic’s best friend! –Gerard Way

4. The waste basket is the writer’s best friend. –Isaac Bashevis Singer

5. I used food as a coping mechanism for many, many years, and it was my best friend for a long time. –Carnie Wilson

6. The monster was the best friend I ever had.Boris Karloff

7. A boy’s best friend is his mother.Joseph Stefano

8. Thank God my best friend’s a therapist.Amanda Palmer

9. You can’t make someone be your best friend.Rosalind Wiseman

10. He’s my best friend and the father of my children. He’s a great ex.Sarah Ferguson

11. A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, but Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.Leo Robin

12. Being in love with your best friend is problematic.J.M. Richards

13. A good enemy can be better than the best of friends.Simona Panova

14. A good friend will come and bail you out of jail, but a best friend will be sitting next to you saying, ‘Damn, that was fun’!Kate Angell

15. Best friends are forever. That’s why they’re called BFFs.Lauren Conrad

Maybe the concept of friendship is best summed up in the words of this well known hit song from Dionne Warwick:

Keep smiling, keep shining Knowing you can always count on me, for sure That’s what friends are for For good times and bad times I’ll be on your side forever more That’s what friends are for

You can see the complete performance by Dionne Warwick, Elton John and others, in this video:

We couldn’t have expressed it better; what do you think? Does it explain how you feel about YOUR best friend? You can tell our readers by using the comment feed below. For more quotes about friendship go here.