Top 100 Better Than A Friend Quotes
#1. Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
Plautus
#2. What's better than a friend who knows all the ugly corners of your soul and loves you anyway?
Ruth Cardello
#3. There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.
Linda Grayson
#6. There is nothing better than being a parent. It is the most challenging job one could ever ask for. I love being a mom and I love being a friend to my children as well.
Marlee Matlin
#7. It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics dope and all of that stuff. It is a thousand times better than whiskey. It is an assistant and a friend.
Louis Armstrong
#8. There is one thing better than making a new friend,and that is keeping a old one.
Elmer G. Leterman
#10. There's no worse enemy and no better friend than a brother, Tuan, for one brother knows another, and in perfect knowledge is strength for good or evil.
Joseph Conrad
#11. The actual secret to success: Be a better friend today than you were yesterday.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#12. You will never have a better friend than a friend who points you to Christ.
Alistair Begg
#13. it is better to be in the dark with a friend than in the light without one.
Teacher
#14. I said, 'We have dreamed, dear friend. Another time, we might awaken. Let it be a dream forgotten at morning.' That seemed a better way of saying it than, 'Never remind me of this, for fear I should stick a knife in you.
Mary Renault
#15. In wanting, a man knows himself better than in having, since, in the absence of temporal things, man is better prepared for the reception of eternal things.
John Tauler
#16. Better to quarrel with a friend than to support enemies.
Idries Shah
#17. I used to go over to my friend's house and we'd watch VCR tapes, three of them a day, and I was like, "I could come up with better stories than this." And I've wanted to write films ever since.
Michelle Rodriguez
#18. Don't take this the wrong way but I care more and I'm a better online friend than you. I also spend way to much time online.
Jim Gaffigan
#19. The reality of growing up is we changed schools so many times, my brother was my best friend. We have a five-year age gap, and my brother inspired me. He started boxing, and I just want to show that I could do things better than him.
Wladimir Klitschko
#20. Listen, there is no way any true man is going to let children live around him in his home and not discipline and teach, fight and mold them until they know all he knows. His goal is to make them better than he is. Being their friend is a distant second to this.
Victor Devlin
#21. What are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
#22. It was only in the first few years that she felt herself screaming silently, at times, for a glimpse of human ability, a single glimpse of clean, hard, radiant competence. She had fits of tortured longing for a friend or enemy with a mind better than her own.
Ayn Rand
#23. The brutal honesty of a friend is better than the fake flattery of an enemy.
Me
#24. People actually were worried that I was going to get stereotyped as a monster after Freddy, but my God, I got stereotyped as white trash for years, the best friend for years, the redneck for years, the nerd for years and let me tell you ... it's better to be a monster than to be a nerd.
Robert Englund
#26. This morning it occurred to me for the first time that my body, my faithful companion and friend, truer and better known to me than my own soul, may be after all only a sly beast who will end by devouring his master.
Marguerite Yourcenar
#27. Friendship of the wise is good; a wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.
Rumi
#28. It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.
Pierre-Jean De Beranger
#29. Better the anger of a friend than the kiss of an enemy.
Solomon
#30. By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
Ingrid Newkirk
#31. A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
Pythagoras
#32. If your words do not have a smile, if you do not talk heart to heart, and you decide everything with your head, it is better to keep a dog as a friend rather than you.
Harbhajan Singh Yogi
#33. Yeah, okay. But, Nico, you do choose how to live your life. You want to trust somebody? Maybe take a risk that I'm really your friend and I'll accept you. It's better than hiding.
Rick Riordan
#34. Don't blink. You just might miss your babies growing like mine did. Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your 'better half' Of fifty years is there in bed. And you're praying God takes you instead. Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think So don't blink.
Kenny Chesney
#35. I have a friend who does everything, travels all over the world, goes everywhere, and he says that no matter where in the world he's been, it never gets any better than having a child.
Nia Peeples
#37. We are unfashioned creatures, but half made up, if one wiser, better, dearer than ourselves - such a friend ought to be - do not lend his aid to perfectionate our weak and faulty natures.
Mary Shelley
#38. Consolation from a stranger is better than discouragement from a friend.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#39. I knew she was right. Of course she was right. Bex was always right. She knew me better than I knew myself. But then again, isn't that a best friend's job?
Ally Carter
#40. Be a companion with Christ, and he will draw near unto you and be your best friend. There is no better friend than Christ.
William R. Bradford
#41. Never abandon a friend - either yours or your father's. When disaster strikes, you won't have to ask your brother for assistance. It's better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away. - Proverbs 27:10
Gary Chapman
#42. [Will Herondale] would say he knew a warlock who was a better friend, and more worth trusting, than many a nephilim warrior.
Cassandra Clare
#43. One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
Sophocles
#44. Credit, youre jewish, your best friend is black, and your girlfriend is a cheating whore. Even if I wore gay, I'd still have it better than you.
Tucker Max
#45. If you want to treat China as an enemy, you have a much better chance of making them an enemy than if you treat them as a potential friend.
Jim Sasser
#46. Philosophers have often held dispute
As to the seat of thought in man and brute
For that the power of thought attends the latter
My friend, thy beau, hath made a settled matter,
And spite of dogmas current in all ages,
One settled fact is better than ten sages. (O,Tempora! O,Mores!)
Edgar Allan Poe
#47. Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend than inspiration.
Ralph Keyes
#48. The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing any better.
R. K. Milholland
#49. Talk with your daughters, Play with your sons. You need to be a better friend to them than anyone else. This society offers lots of evil friends. Before they make those kinds of friends, they need to find their best friend in you.
Nouman Ali Khan
#50. Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Helen Keller
#51. Casey Affleck is a really good friend of mine. I know Casey a lot better than I know Ben, even though Ben and I have worked together a lot.
Liv Tyler
#52. Ten minutes with a genuine friend is better than years spent with anyone less.
Crystal Woods
#53. Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.
George MacDonald
#54. What is more fawning than a dog? And yet what is more faithful? What is more fond and caressing than a squirrel? But where will you find a better friend to man?
Erasmus
#55. Better are the blows of a friend than the flase kisses of an enemy.
Thomas Becket
#56. It is better to have an enemy than to have a fool for a friend.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#57. There's no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor.
James Cash Penney
#58. what do you want with her?" As if she didn't already know. "Call her now. Tell her that I am a friend of yours and she'll enjoy herself. It will be better that way." "Better than what?" "My breaking into her house to get to her. Which is what I'll do, if I have
J.R. Ward
#59. It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend.
Ali Ibn Abi Talib
#60. It is better to have just one friend that adds value to your life than having a million friends that add no value to your life.
Abdulazeez Henry Musa
#61. Ranger is a man of few words. He's Cuban-American, former Special Forces, he makes a much better friend than an enemy, and he's Vinnie's numero uno bounty hunter.
Janet Evanovich
#62. I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.
Confucius
#64. In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.
Sophie Swetchine
#66. The greatest thing about tomorrow is, I will be better than I am today. And that's how I look at my life. I will be a better golfer, I will be a better person, I will be a better father, I will be a better husband, I will be a better friend. That's the beauty of tomorrow.
Tiger Woods
#67. AugustineThe wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy. To love with sternness is better than to deceive with gentleness ... In Luke [14:23] it is written: "Compel people to come in!" By threats of the wrath of God, the Father draws souls to his Son.
Saint Augustine
#68. Better a good enemy than a bad friend.
Plato
#69. You can ride, you can travel with a friend of your own;
The final step you must take alone.
No wisdom is better than this when known:
That every hard thing is done alone.
Hermann Hesse
#70. It is better for a realist to bend his will and ethics to accommodate a true friend than it is for him to stick to his principles that may turn the friend into an adversary.
Janvier Chouteu-Chando
#71. To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone.
Umar
#72. You smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover's say, And happy is the lover. 'Tis late to hearken, late to smile, But better late than never: I shall have lived a little while Before I die for ever.
A.E. Housman
#73. Fear is a better friend than you, who feel nothing, beneath the weight of my pain.
Ellen Hopkins
#74. Well we're good friends so I'm a little prejudice, but I think [Hillary Clinton] is incredibly qualified, and better prepared to be president than almost anyone who's ever run frankly.
Madeleine Albright
#75. There is no better friend than a sister, and there is no better sister than you.
Anonymous
#76. Better a wrong will than a wavering; better a steadfast enemy than an uncertain friend; better a false belief than no belief at all.
George Eliot
#77. There is no better friendship booster than the ability to listen. The ability to show genuine interest in others is an admirable quality of a true friend.
Phil Callaway
#78. I was a little worried she might try to drag me off to hell and drain my essence at some point, but I figured that was still better than having Gretchen for a best friend.
Josephine Angelini
#79. I am thrilled to be a member of the Kobalt family. I've never felt so taken care of on every level. As a songwriter, publisher and friend ... there is no better home than Kobalt!
Desmond Child
#80. She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a wise man has defined it to be, 'truth, reverence, and good will,' then her friend Friedrich Bhaer was not only good, but great.
Louisa May Alcott
#81. She's my best friend, better than a dog or car.
Lou Reed
#82. No medicine is more valuable, none more efficacious, none better suited to the cure of all our temporal ills than a friend to whom we may turn for consolation in time of trouble, and with whom we may share our happiness in time of joy.
Aelred Of Rievaulx
#83. When I hear him sing and see what he can do, though, it's always a reminder of why I look up to Usher as my mentor and why I will always be an Usher fan to my core. But I'm lucky to say that he's an even better friend to me than he's a mentor. He's truly the real deal.
Justin Bieber
#84. A friend is more to be longed for than the light; I speak of a genuine one. And wonder not: for it were better for us that the sun should be extinguished, than that we should be deprived of friends; better to live in darkness, than to be without friends
John Chrysostom
#85. You have lived on broken hearts all your life," said Caspian, "and if you are beggared, it is better to be a beggar than a slave. But where is my other friend?
C.S. Lewis
#86. That is the true mingling of kinship when a man can tell someone all his thoughts; anything is better than to be fickle; he is no true friend who only says pleasant things.
Anonymous
#87. Neoptolemus: I am glad to see you and take you as a friend.
For one who knows how to show and accept kindness
will be a better friend than any possession.
Sophocles
#89. What I like way better than LGBT in terms of labeling sexuality actually is a scheme that comes to me from my friend Animal Prufrock wherein one is identified not by what they supposedly "are" but rather by what they are into. Which brings us to the terms hemosexual, shemosexual, and mosexual.
Ani DiFranco
#90. While some women had wing girls for club hopping, Sal had something far more important - a best friend who could run patient interference better than most linebackers.
Carolyn McCray
#92. When you feel solitude is your only option, never be afraid to accept a gentle smile from a friend, and the warmth of another's hand in yours. Walking together is a better option, than walking alone....
Virginia Alison
#94. Spanish alone was understood or spoken here; our friend, the countryman, stuck to us most nobly, he understood us not a bit better than the rest but saw that we were in distress and would not desert us.
George Grey
#95. A friend is always good to have, but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me.
Dave Matthews
#98. One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about.
Mindy Kaling
#99. Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.
Josh Billings
