Companion Quotes
689 quotes by 512 authors
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
— Saint Augustine
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What a lonely species we are, searching for signals of life from other galaxies, adopting companion animals, visiting parks and zoos to commune with other…
— Diane Ackerman
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Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
— Francis Bacon
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Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not necessarily…
— Alan Ball
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He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.
— Isaac Barrow
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Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them…
— Francis Beaumont
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few…
— Joseph Addison
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There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which…
— Buffalo Bill
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People always joke that 'dog' spells 'god' backwards. They should consider that it might be the higher power coming down to see just how well…
— Linda Blair
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For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties…
— Erma Bombeck
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Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires…
— Daniel Boone
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My dark side, my shadow, my lower companion is now in the back room blowing up balloons for kids' parties.
— Gary Busey
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A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one's self, without a companion, and without a single argument.
— Sholom Aleichem
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Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.
— Coco Chanel
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Much certainly of the happiness and purity of our lives depends on our making a wise choice of our companions and friends. If our friends…
— Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury
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Does this mean we will always understand our challenges? Won't all of us, sometime, have reason to ask, 'O God, where art thou?' Yes! When…
— Robert D. Hales
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War and Authority are companions; Peace and Liberty are companions.
— Benjamin Tucker
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In everything that moves through the universe, I see my own body, and in everything that governs the universe, my own soul. All men are…
— Zhang Zai
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The nicest Father's Day surprise of all for Dad would be if you handed him a box, and he unwrapped it, and there, inside, sitting…
— Dave Barry
Who Wrote These Companion Quotes
512 authors contributed a total of 689 Companion Quotes, led by these top contributors: