Shifts within friendships happen in imperceptible increments. There is distance, then assurance. Misconjecture, caution, gradual convergence. So much depends on the respect accorded to vulnerability.
I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure because of all the things granted us by wisdom none is greater or better than friendship.
I learned from Mr. Wrigley, early in my career, that loyalty wins and it creates friendships. I saw it work for him in his business.
If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships.
The ideal of all Kosovo is membership in the E.U. and a permanent friendship with the United States. I believe and I am convinced our dreams will come true.
Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing.
I guess after a certain age, things change and those things or people or friendships that happen in movies, just don't happen in real life.
The practical implementation of friendship, affection and love consists of incorporating the welfare (the rational welfare) of the person involved into one’s own hierarchy of values, then acting accordingly.
Communication is the soul of all relationships. More than any other skill, it is the heartbeat of success in sales, marketing, marriage, business, friendship, communities, and beyond.