Companion Quotes · Page 23

Talent and generosity are needed to recognize talent and generosity in our companions; all is discord to an ear that has no…

— Julia McNair Wright

“Talk to strangers politely... Every friend you have now was once a stranger, although not every stranger becomes a friend.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

When you teach them-teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion,…

— Christopher Paolini

My dark side, my shadow, my lower companion is now in the back room blowing up balloons for kids' parties.

— Gary Busey

God put many animals here [on Earth] for pets, playthings and companions for us and our children, and we're still going to…

— David Berg

I knew he was unreliable, but he was fun to be with. He was a child’s ideal companion, full of surprises and…

— Anonymous

If they are ignorant, they are despised, if learned, mocked. In love they are reduced to the status of courtesans. As wives…

— George Sand

Friends, companions, lovers, are those who treat us in terms of our unlimited worth to ourselves. They are closest to us who…

— Henry Alonso Myers

“A good coach can be a caring parent, a wise teacher, an exemplary pastor, a passionate friend or a devoted mentor. Keep…

— Israelmore Ayivor

[On Thomas Babington Macaulay:] He was a most disagreeable companion to my fancy ... His conversation was a procession of one.

— Florence Nightingale

And if ye cannot be saints of knowledge, then, I pray you, be at least its warriors. They are the companions and…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

My dad was a great movie companion. He wouldn't diminish 'The Jerk.' If I liked it, he liked it. He could see…

— Noah Baumbach

The Prydain Companion is more than a quick reference or handy glossary, though it is all of that as well. Instructive, certainly.…

— Lloyd Alexander

Freedom sees in religion the companion of its struggles and its triumphs, the cradle of its infancy, the divine source of its…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Reality may not always be a happy companion. If we learn to trust ourselves and fully put through our paces, we can…

— Erik Pevernagie

Faith is not an easy virtue; but, in the broad world of a person's total voyage through time to eternity, faith is…

— Theodore Hesburgh

And the bright faces of my young companions Are wrinkled like my own, or are no more.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I maintain that we ought to abolish the institution and stop causing or facilitating the existence of more 'companion' animals.

— Gary L. Francione

Pain is a difficult companion. There's no getting around that. But, if pain is to be a companion, searching and discovering your…

— Mary Anne Radmacher

To take a wife merely as an agreeable and rational companion, will commonly be found to be a grand mistake.

— Lord Chesterfield

A star shoots bleeding across the skyline, a companion to the black wind. Silence comes sweeping across everything.

— Joë Bousquet

There once was a child, and he strolled about a good deal, and thought of a number of things. He had a…

— Charles Dickens

What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and zoos to…

— Diane Ackerman

The best lesson which we get from the tragedy of Karbala is that Husain and his companions were rigid believers in God.…

— Thomas Carlyle

Music is my friend, my constant companion.

— Shankar Mahadevan