“Funny how we take it for granted that we know all there is to know about another person, just because we see them frequently or because of some strong emotional tie.”— Robert Bloch, amazon.com
“One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.”— Gretchen Rubin, amazon.com
“But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.”— Timothy Ferriss, amazon.com
“Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn’t think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn't bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grassho…”— Dale Carnegie, amazon.com
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”— Dale Carnegie, amazon.com
“You don't get to do that, to come into somebody's life, make them care, and just check out.”— Rich Jepson, amazon.com
“You stop doing things to please other people and start doing things to please yourself. A lot of friendships will get trashed by this simple fact alone. Once you stop letting people treat you like garbage, most people don’t see a use for you anymore.”— Gigi Engle, elitedaily.com
“If you continuously go out of your way to make someone happy and they don’t return the energy, leave them because they don’t consider you worthy of the same energy they are taking from you.”— Anonymous, kushandwizdom.tumblr.com
“Surround yourself with people who are the ketchup to your french fries-they make you a better version of yourself. Yes french fries are amazing on their own, but combined with ketchup they are a force. Spend time with people who bring out your true flavors, but don't overpower you.”— Grace Helbig, amazon.com
“But then I wondered if sometimes our friendships are a bit like clothes and when they start feeling uncomfortable it's not because we've done anything wrong. It just means that we've outgrown them.”— Zoe Sugg, amazon.com
“I've decided that I'm not going to try to squeeze myself into a friendship that hurts me anymore. I'm going to let her go and just be friends with people who make me feel good about myself.”— Zoe Sugg, amazon.com
“Friends should be like a good bra, lifting you up. Bad friends are like sports bras. They can do wonders when you go out dancing or during high-energy times, but one a day-to-day basis they really just smush down some of your greatest assets.”— Mamrie Hart, amazon.com
“Smart people ask for help, because it’s a much more efficient way of doing things than wasting time doing it the wrong way.”— Grace Helbig, amazon.com
“Sometimes all you can do is hug a friend tightly and wish that their pain could be transferred by touch to your own emotional hard drive.”— Richelle E. Goodrich, amazon.com
“All I can say is that you make me... you make me into someone I couldn't even imagine. You make me happy, even when you're awful. I would rather be with you - even the you that you seem to think is diminished - than with anyone else in the world.”— Jojo Moyes, amazon.com
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”— J.K. Rowling, amazon.com
“Never forget: self-awareness is a sacred duty, one that rises above everything else. It would be selfish to think that you are no use to anyone and to waste your talents and energy following around people who don’t know what they want to do with their lives.”— Martin Laird, motivationgrid.com