1067 – “We can’t choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that.”

-Albus Dumbledore in J K Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

1027 – “Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.”

-anonymous

1012 – “Mas, sea verdad o sueño, obrar bien es lo que importa. Si fuere verdad, por serlo; si no, por ganar amigos para cuando despertemos.”

“But whether it be truth or dream, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth’s sake. If not, then to gain friends for when we awaken.”

-Segismundo in Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s play La vida es sueño

881 – “Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I shd. say, ‘sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends.'”

–C S Lewis

878 – “If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”

–The Doctor (Played by Matt Smith) from Doctor Who

876 – “The richest person in the world is not the one who still has the first dollar they ever earned. It’s the person who still has their first friend.”

–anonymous

760 – “Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everybody I’ve ever known.”

–Chuck Palahniuk

750 – “You have been my friend. … That in itself is a tremendous thing.”

–Charlotte in E B White’s Charlotte’s Web [See Source Note for exact quote]

It is Make a Friend Day, so go out and makes some new ones!

681 – “I don’t like to commit myself about heaven and hell – you see, I have friends in both places.”

–anonymous [See Source Notes]

668 – “How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give ’em.”

–anonymous