People were writing about true friendship two thousand years ago, and we still think of it every time we tell a friend “thank you for being there”. Here are famous quotes about friendship, Ukrainian proverbs and short original lines from the UFL team, sincere, funny and for best friends. Use them on a card, as a caption or for Friendship Day.
More on this topic: International Friendship Day, flowers for a friend, gifts for a friend, love quotes.
“A friend is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.” — attributed to Aristotle
“Friendship makes prosperity brighter, and lightens adversity by sharing it.” — Cicero, On Friendship
“You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
“If you tame me, then we shall need each other.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” — attributed to Helen Keller
“An old friend is better than two new ones.” — Ukrainian proverb
“A friend in need is a friend indeed.” — Ukrainian proverb
“Tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you who you are.” — Ukrainian proverb
“Better a hundred friends than a hundred coins.” — Ukrainian proverb
We wrote these lines ourselves; use them in cards and captions.
“A friend is someone you can be silent with and never feel awkward.”
“True friendship doesn’t count miles or years.”
“Thank you for always being on my side, even when I’m wrong.”
“A good friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.”
“A best friend is a sister we chose ourselves.”
“With you I can laugh until I cry and cry until I laugh.”
“Our friendship has survived exams, moves and bad haircuts.”
Words feel even better with flowers; see flowers for a friend.
“A friend knows everything about you and is still your friend.”
“A real friend eats your last sweet but buys you a whole new pack.”
“We’re friends because our sense of humour is equally weird.”
Yellow roses, gerberas and sunflowers symbolise friendship. A bright bouquet with a quote on the card makes a lovely just-because gift.
See roses and flowers in a box.
It is attributed to Aristotle by the ancient biographer Diogenes Laërtius.
For example, “A best friend is a sister we chose ourselves.”
The UN International Day of Friendship is on 30 July.
Author: Maria Svitlovir
Graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Biology and Medicine (2001). BSc in Biology, MSc in Horticulture. Writes about plants, works at a garden centre selecting and repotting plants, and contributes to plant reference guides.
© Kyiv 2026 UFL Flower Shop
Trademark UFL №191476 is used under license of the rights holder.
All rights reserved. Any use of materials without a link to the site is prohibited.
Birthday
Hydrangeas
