I think that in the past I have expected far too much from friends. I have expected them to stick by me when I mistreat them, and I have expected them to automatically be there for me even if I have made little effort to ask myself what they expect from me in return. I have since come to think that we should not expect anything from friends...When a friend offers support in difficult times, that is something to be cherished rather than expected - Oxford Muse, 2005
I expect of my friends that we are mutually open and honest, that we help each other to grow and develop and that we challenge behaviours and ideas so that new understanding can take place. I also need to laugh a lot about life in general and difficulties in particular.Is that too much to ask of a friend?- Oxford Muse, 2005
I always found it hard to evolve in front of others who already 'knew' me precisely because I felt that prescribed and pre- determined identities are hard to shake. Perhaps I imagined or let the views of others influence me overly this way. There was also the attempt to shake of the parental perceptions and expectations. So I moved a lot. Making new friends without shared history was exciting. As I get older I do lament the loss of some earlier friendships as a result - Oxford Muse, 2005
Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else - Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship requires frequence - African tribe Kikuyu
Friendship is like a bank account. You can't continue to draw on it without making deposits - Anon
Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts - Henry David Thoreau
Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet - Chinese proverb
All things being equal, people will buy from a friend. All things being not quite so equal, people will still buy from a friend - Mark McCormack IMG
A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world - Lois Wys