“Sincerity may not help us make friends, but it will help us keep them.”

“It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.”

“Everybody's broken, sweetie. God helps us get put back together. ~Rev. Mayes The Kind of Friends We Used to Be”

“What our closest friends do for us is to teach us true selflessness. We learn that while it might be safer for them if we keep them out, true friendship means letting them in. We cannot decide for them what they are willing to suffer with us and for us. While we certainly don't want to see our friends suffer, friendship isn't about protecting each other from pain so much as it is about helping each other to become what God has called us to be.”

“Our friends should be companions who inspire us, who help us rise to our best.”

“The help which tends to make us spiritually strong is the highest help, next to it comes intellectual help and after that comes physical help.”