For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends. Cicero
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. Aristotle
Friends, there are many areas in which I need encouragement, but worrying is not one of them. I worry the way Renee Fleming sings high Cs: Effortlessly. Loudly. At length. Martha Beck
Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. Jesse Owens
God, my parents, my wife. I don't have a lot of friends, because I'm always moving around. I don't drink, so I don't hang out in bars. But they've been very big in my life. Because they have helped to encourage me. Herschel Walker
Going to Omaha for the College World Series - the people there are tremendous - huge crowds and a lot of excitement. I still remember those days - you make a lot of friends that you never forget when you win a championship like that. Roger Clemens
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable. Louisa May Alcott
I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.Nelson Mandela
I am not a foodie, thank goodness. I will eat pretty much anything. A lot of my friends are getting incredibly fussy about food and I see it as a bit of an affliction. Alain de Botton
I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children. Kate DiCamillo
I can't forgive my friends for dying; I don't find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing. Logan Pearsall Smith
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. Oscar Wilde
I don't come to tournaments to make friends, to go to parties, to hold conversations. I come to be the best, and I'm not mean and cruel and dirty. Venus Williams