Best Companions Quotations
304 Companions quotes by 240 unique authors
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I feel like one of God's chosen people, having had the opportunity to share, with many fine companions, these varied and lovely realms of our…
— Fred Bear
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Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite, are yet so contrived by nature as to be constant companions; and it is a fact that the same…
— Pierre Charron
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I have used the words and expressions which my experiences from Minsk to Kharkov to the Don suggested to me. But I should have reserved…
— Guy Sajer
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My books have been part of my life forever. They have been good soldiers, boon companions. Every book has survived numerous purges over the years;…
— Joe Queenan
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It is a truism to say that the dog is largely what his master makes of him: he can be savage and dangerous, untrustworthy, cringing…
— Ranulph Fiennes
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Make no man your friend before inquiring how he has used his former friends; for you must expect him to treat you as he has…
— Isocrates
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Knowledge and understanding are life's faithful companions who will never prove untrue to you. For knowledge is your crown, and understanding your staff; and when…
— Khalil Gibran
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When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the grass and trees, are soft…
— Laozi
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Seek worthy companions. Attend church faithfully. Never fail daily to seek for help through prayer. And I promise you that the way will be easier…
— Boyd K. Packer
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Books are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at home,…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
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I am an ark in the swift flood of time, and my companions, a fellowship. Who throws in with us sails into light.
— Rumi
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You do not have to marry in order not to be alone- all you need not to be alone is to have some other humans…
— Myles Munroe
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A light has dawned for me: I need companions, living ones, not dead companions and corpses which I carry with me wherever I wish. But…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Do you wish to learn? There are books that can teach you anything, and there is no cheaper form of education, nor one whose effects…
— Louis L'Amour
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Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors…
— Benjamin Franklin
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We should talk over the lessons of the day, or lose them in Music, Chess, or the merriments of our family companions.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Creation happens to us, burns into us, changes us, we tremble and swoon, we submit. Creation - we participate in it, we encounter the creator,…
— Martin Buber
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There is an unfortunate disposition in a man to attend much more to the faults of his companions which offend him, than to their perfections…
— Sir Fulke Greville
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My captain once said that you meet people in your life who you believe will be your companions on the road, only to discover that…
— Sally Gardner
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A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.
— James Madison
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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Without books, the development…
— Barbara Tuchman
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It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
— Publilius Syrus
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Books are the most worthy companions to take with you on this bitter-sweet journey known as life.
— Cassandra King
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Once you’re out of the classroom, you might vow never to open another book, after being force-fed their contents for so many years. But know…
— Cassandra King
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