October 28

There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.
- Katherine Butler Hathaway

October 27

Jesus' love does not depend upon what we do for Him. Not at all. In the eyes of the King, you have value simply because you are.
- Max Lucado

October 26

Do to others as you would have them do to you.
-Luke 6:31 NRSV

October 25

Friendship is love with understanding.

October 24

We make our living by what we do. We make our life by what we give.
- Danny Glover

October 23

Everyone was meant to share God's all-abiding love and care; He saw that we would need to know a way to let these feelings show.... So God made hugs.
- Jill Wolf

October 22

What the heart gives away is never gone.... It is kept in the hearts of others.
- Robin St. John

October 21

See to it that you really do love each other warmly, with all your hearts.
-1 Peter 1:22 TLB

October 20

Friendship is like love at its best: not blind but sympathetically all-seeing; a support which does not wait for understanding; an act of faith which does not need, but always has, reason.
- Louis Untermeyer

October 19

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
- Mother Teresa

October 18

A friend is there when everyone else isn't, believing when everyone else hasn't, understanding when everyone else doesn't, loving when everyone else wasn't.

October 17

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.
- Margaret Lee Runbeck

October 16

Be beautiful inside, in your hearts, with the lasting charm of a gentle and quiet spirit which is so precious to God.
-1 Peter 3:4 TLB

October 15

If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden.
- Claudia A. Grandi

October 14

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
- Orison Swett Marden

October 13

Thank you, God in heaven, for friends. When morning wakes, when daytime ends, I have the consciousness of loving hands that touch my own, of tender glance and gentle tone.
- Margaret Sangster

October 12

Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people.
- Christina Baldwin

October 11

May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way.
-2 Thessalonians 3:16 NIV

October 10

God's hand is always there, and once you grasp it, you'll never want to let it go.

October 9

One of the highest compliments I can receive is that I am your friend.

October 8

I thank God, my friend, for the blessing you are... for the joy of your laughter... the comfort of your prayers...the warmth of your smile.

October 7

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
- Washington Irving

October 6

Your Heavenly Father knows your needs. He will always give you all you need from day to day.
-Luke 12:30-31 TLB

October 5

Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to point us to that realm which is the real and endless home of the heart.
-Henry Ward Beecher

October 4

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.
- William Feather

October 3

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and the choice.
- Ben Jonson

October 2

Friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

October 1

His love and His kindness go on forever.
-1 Chronicles 16:34 TLB

September 30

I wish you long life and happiness- for your long life will be my happiness!

September 29

Of all best things upon the earth, I hold that a faithful friend is the best.
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton

September 28

A joyful heart is like a sunshine of God's love.
- Mother Teresa

September 27

A friend is the hope of the heart.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

September 26

How precious it is, Lord, to realize that you are thinking about me constantly! I can't even count how many times a day your thoughts turn towards me.
-Psalm 139:17 TLB

September 25

Friends are the flowers in the garden of life.
- Weisman

September 24

The best friendships have weathered misunderstandings and trying times. One of the secrets of a good relationship is the ability to accept the storms.
-Alan Loy McGinnis

September 23

There are times when encouragement means such a lot. And a word is enough to convey it.
- Grace Stricker Dawson

September 22

We cannot tell the precise moment when a friendship starts.... It is like filling a vessel drop-by-drop which makes it at last run over; so a series of kindnesses...make the heart run over.
- James Boswell

September 21

In response to all he has done for us, let us outdo each other in being helpful and kind to each other and in doing good.
-Hebrews 10:24 TLB

September 21

In response to all he has done for us, let us outdo each other in being helpful and kind to each other and in doing good.
-Hebrews 10:24 TLB

September 20

Life's short and we never have enough time for the hearts of those who travel the way with us. O, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind.
- Henri Frederic Amiel

September 19

Happiness is my friend's hand.
- Gillian Queen, age 10

September 18

God has put something noble and good into every heart His hand created.
- Mark Twain

September 17

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
-George Eliot

September 16

The Lord is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made.
-Psalm 145:13 NIV

September 15

Love is not the saying of the words but the giving of the self.
- Robert Lander

September 15

Love is not the saying of the words but the giving of the self.
- Robert Lander

September 14

It is our uniqueness that gives freshness and vitality to a relationship.
- James Dobson

September 13

God shares with the person who is generous.
- Irish Proverb

September 12

Have confidence in God's mercy, for when you think He is a long way from you, He is often quite near.
- Thomas a Kempis

September 11

The Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion.
-Isaiah 30:18 NIV

September 10

Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

September 9

My friend is not perfect- no more than I am- and so we suit each other admirably.
- Alexander Smith

September 8

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting... thank God for it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

September 7

The language of friendship is not words but meaning.
- Henry David Thoreau

September 6

He will give you, though his great power, everything you need for living a truly good life: he even shares his own glory and his own goodness with us!
-2 Peter 1:3 TLB

September 5

No one can develop freely in this world and find a full life without feeling understood by at least one person.
- Paul Tournier

September 4

Laughing at ourselves as well as with each other gives a surprising sense of togetherness.
- Hazel C. Lee

September 3

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that i still possess.
- Martin Luther

September 2

Our friends are lenses through which we can better see ourselves.

September 1

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
-Proverbs 25:11 KJV

August 31

To love anyone is nothing else than to wish that person good.
-Thomas Aquinas

August 30 ( Happy Birthday to me!)

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.
- George Eliot

August 29

The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

August 28

Friendship is not diminished by distance or time... by suffering or silence. It is in these things that it roots most deeply. It is from these things that it flowers.
- Pam Brown

August 27

High above the sky, or in the deepest ocean- nothing will ever be able to separate us from the love of God.
-Romans 8:39 TLB

August 26

A faithful friend is the medicine of life.
- Ecclesiasticus

August 25

And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but by the love for them that is in other people.
- Leo Tolstoy

August 24

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.
- Arthur Helps

August 23

Faithful friends are beyond price, and there is no measuring of their goodness.

August 22

Fix your thoughts on what is true and good and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely, and dwell on the fine, good things in others.
-Philippians 4:8 TLB

August 21

I wish you all the joy that you can wish.
- Shakespeare

August 20

Friendship: It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self and seeing and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.
- Thomas Hughes

August 19

I can live for two months on one good compliment.
- Mark Twain

August 18

A friend is someone who laughs at your jokes when they're not very funny and sympathizes with your problems when they're not very serious.

August 17

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other.
-Ephesians 4:32 NIV

August 16

God loves us, and the will of love is always blessing for its loved ones.
- Hannah Whitall Smith

August 15

God has a purpose for your life, and no one can take your place.

August 14

It is love which gives things their value.
- C. Carretto

August 13

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts.
- Thomas Hughes

August 12

Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything.
-1 Corinthians 13:7 PHILLIPS

August 11

A cheerful friend is like a sunny day which sheds its brightness on all around.
- J. Lubbock

August 10

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
- Thomas Carlyle

August 9

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves.
- Lydia M. Child

August 8

The happiness of life is made up of little things- a smile, a hug, a moment of shared laughter.

August 7

This is my command: Love each other.
-John 15:17 NIV

August 6

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
- Washington Irving

August 5

Love has its source in God, for love is the very essence of His being.
- Kay Arthur

August 4

Some people are so special that once they enter your life, it becomes richer and fuller and more wonderful than you ever thought it could be.

August 3

Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
- Henry Ward Beecher

August 2

Let love be your greatest aim.
-1 Corinthians 14:1 TLB

August 1

Having someone who understands is a great blessing for ourselves. Being someone who understands is a great blessing to others.
- Janette Oke

July 31

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others, and others' love to us.
- Thomas Traherne

July 30

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.
-Henry van Dyke

July 29

Our joy will be complete if we remain in His love- for His love is personal, intimate, real, living, delicate, faithful love.
- Mother Teresa

July 28

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning.
-Lamentations 3:22-23 NRSV

July 27

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.
- Mark Twain

July 26

We need time to dream, time to remember, time to reach the infinite. Time to be.
- Gladys Taber

July 25

The most I can do for my friend is simply be a friend.
- Henry David Thoreau

July 24

Appreciation is like salt- a little goes a long way to bring out the best in us.

July 23

As we have opportunity, let us do good to all.
-Galatians 6:10 NIV

July 22

There is no possession more valuable that a good and faithful friend.
- Socrates

July 21

What the dew is to the flower, gentle words are to the soul.
- Polly Rupe

July 20

A loyal friend is like a safe shelter; find one and you have found a treasure.
- Sirach

July 19

They are closest to us who best understand what life means to us, who feel for us as we feel for ourselves, who are bound to us in triumph and disaster.
- Henry Alonzo Myers

July 18

You gave [us] drink from the river of your delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
-Psalm 36:8-9 NRSV

July 17

What made us friends in the long ago when we first met?
Well, I think I know; the best in me and the best in you hailed each other because they knew that always and always since life began our being friends was part of God's plan.
- George Webster Douglas

July 16

Whatever one possesses becomes of double value when we have the opportunity of sharing it with others.
- Bouilly

July 15

There's something beautiful about finding one's innermost thoughts in another.
- Oliver Schreiner

July 14

Praise is sweet, but there can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.
- Victor Robinsoll

July 13

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
-Ephesians 4:2 NIV

July 12

The friend given you by circumstances over which you have no control was God's own gift.
- Frederick Robertson

July 11

The only place God can bless us is right where we are, because that is the only place we are!
- Richard J. Foster

July 10

Friends are... companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
- Pythagoras

July 9

It is in identifying yourself with the hopes, dreams, fears, and longings of others that you may understand them and help them.
- Wilferd A. Peterson

July 8

The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.
-Psalm 126:3 NIV

July 7

Friends warm the world with happiness!

July 6

A friend is a person with whom you dare to be yourself.
- Pam Brown

July 5

A friend understands what you are trying to say... even when your thoughts aren't fitting into words.
- Ann D. Parrish

July 4

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.
- Robert Southey

July 3

Say only what is good and helpful to those you are talking to, and what will give them a blessing.
-Ephesians 4:29 TLB

July 2

Do not keep the alabaster boxes of your love and tenderness sealed up.... Fill [your friends'] lives with sweetness. Speak approving, cheering words while their ears can hear them and while their hearts can be thrilled by them.
- Henry Ward Beecher

July 1

People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.
- Arthur Christopher Benson

June 30

Kindness opens in each heart a little heaven.

June 29

A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.
- William A. Ward

June 28

Encourage each other to build each other up.
-1 Thessalonians 5:11 TLB

June 27

Time is a very precious gift of God; so precious that it's only given to us moment by moment.
- Amelia Barr

June 26

Friendships that have stood the test - time and change - are surely best.
- Joseph Parry

June 25

When just being together is more important than what you do, you are with a friend.

June 24

Perhaps you'd be a bit surprised how often, if you knew, a joke, a song, a memory will make me think of you.

June 23

Love is patient; love is kind.... It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
-1 Corinthians 13: 4, 7 NRSV

June 22

Every moment is full of wonder, and God is always present.

June 21

Sincerity, truth, faithfulness, come into the very essence of friendship.
- William Ellery Channing

June 20

May you wake each day with His blessings and sleep each night in His keeping. And as you grow older, may you always walk in His tender care.

June 19

Being with you is like walking on a very clear morning - definitely the sensation of belonging there.
- E. B. White

June 18

A cheerful heart is good medicine.
-Proverbs 17:22 NIV

June 17

The highest love of all finds its fulfillment not in what it keeps, but in what it gives.
- Father Andrew SDC

June 16

My Friend is one who takes me for who I am.
- Henry David Thoreau

June 15

What brings joy to the heart is not so much the friend's gift as the friend's love.

- Ailred of Rievaulx

June 14

If we celebrate the years behind us, they become stepping-stones of strength and joy for the years ahead.

June 13

God has given each of you some special abilities; be sure to use them to help each other, passing on to others God's many kinds of blessings.
-1 Peter 4:10 TLB

June 12

Happiness is a marvelous magnet to the human personality.
- James Dobson

June 11

I thank God far more for friends than for my daily bread- for friendship is the bread of the heart.
- Mary Mitford

June 10

Heaven bless you... just for being you.

June 9

Friendship is a cadence of divine melody melting through the heart.
- Mildmay

June 8

The Lord is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.
-Psalm 145:9 NRSV

June 7

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
- Anais Nin

June 6

No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.
- Francois Mauriac

June 5

Love comes out of heaven unasked and unsought.
- Pearl S. Buck

June 4

I especially value the friends who love me as God loves me-- through no merit of my own!
- Sharon M. Mason

June 3

Love...always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
-1 Corinthians 13: 4, 7-8 NIV

June 2

That I am here is a wonderful mystery to which I will respond with joy.

June 1

Do not allow the grass to grow on the road of friendship.
- Madame Geoffrin

May 31

Delight yourself in the surprises of today!

May 30

Hold a true friend with both your hands.
- Nigerian Proverb

May 29

You have welcomed me as your guest; blessings overflow! Your goodness and unfailing kindness shall be with me all of my life.
-Psalm 23: 5-6 TLB

May 28

If instead of a gem or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a lovely thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving even as an angel gives.
- George MacDonald

May 27

May you grow to be as beautiful as God meant you to be when He first thought of you.

May 26

Yes, we must ever be friends; and all who offer you friendship, let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest, and the dearest!
- Longfellow

May 25

To be able to find joy in another's joy, that is the secret of happiness.
- George Bernanos

May 24

Clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
-Colossians 3:14 NRSV

May 23

Friendship is the greatest honesty and ingenuity in the world.
- Jeremy Taylor

May 22

Every single act of love bears the imprint of God.

May 21

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
- Simone Weil

May 20

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
- Henry Ward Beecher

May 19

I thank my God every time I remember you.
-Philippians 1:3 NIV

May 18

Did I choose you?
Did you choose me?
And what difference does it make?
All that really matters, friend, Is that we chose Together.
- Lois Wyse

May 17

We do not remember days, we remember moments. Make moments worth remembering.

May 16

Friendship is won, not by the giving of things, but by the giving of the heart.
- Roy Lessin

May 15

The secret to enjoying life is to be thankful for what each day brings.

May 14

Love each other... and take delight in honoring each other.
-Romans 12:10 TLB

May 13

Every true friend is a glimpse of God.
- Lucy Larcom

May 12

That it will never come again is what makes each day so sweet.

May 11

May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, May the sun shine warm upon your face... And, until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

May 10

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. The must be felt with the heart.
- Helen Keller

May 9

For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come.
-Song of Solomon 2:11-12 KJV

May 8

Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.
- Thomas Jefferson

May 7

Wherever there is a human being, there is a chance for kindness.
- Seneca

May 6

I count your friendship one of the chiefest pleasures of my life, a comfort in time of doubt and trouble, a joy in time of prosperity and success, and an inspiration at all times.
- Edwin Osgood Grover

May 5

That we are alive today is proof positive that God has something for us to do today.
- Anna R. B. Lindsay

May 4

The steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children.
-Psalm 103:17 NRSV

May 3

Friends will not only live in harmony, but in melody.
- Henry David Thoreau

May 2

No life is so strong and complete, but it yearns for the smile of a friend.
- Wallace Bruce

May 1

To know someone here or there with whom you feel there is an understanding in spite of distances or thoughts unexpressed --- that can make of this earth a garden.
- Goethe

April 30

Being a good friend, and having a good friend, can enrich your days and bring you lifelong satisfaction.
- Sue Browder

April 29

No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.
-John 15:13 NRSV

April 28

That friendship only is, indeed, genuine when two friends, without speaking a word to each other, can, nevertheless, find happiness in being together.
- George Ebers

April 27

Always new. Always exciting. Always full of promise. The mornings of our lives, each a personal daily miracle!
- Gloria Gaither

April 26

A friendship in which heart speaks to heart is a gift from God.
- Henri J. M. Nouwen

April 25

May happiness touch your life today as warmly as you have touched the lifes of others.

April 24

Whatever you do, do it with kindness and love.
-1 Corinthians 16:14 TLB

April 23

A true friend is one who hears and understands when you share your deepest feelings... prods you to personal growth, stretches you to your full potential. And most amazing of all, she celebrates your successes as if they were her own.
- Richard Exley

April 22

God's friendship is the unexpected joy we find when we reach His outstretched hand.
- Janet L. Weaver

April 21

The best mirror is an old friend.
- English Proverb

April 20

There is no limit to God's love. It is without measure and its depth cannot be sounded.
- Mother Teresa

April 19

May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12 NIV

April 18

The only way to have a friend is to be one.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

April 17

I have a garden of my own, Shining with flowers of every hue; I loved it dearly while alone, But I shall love it more with you.
- Thomas Moore

April 16

It is always good to know, if only in passing, a charming human being; it refreshes our lives like flowers and wood and clear brooks.
- George Eliot

April 15 (Tax Day)

Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.

April 14

Live in harmony and peace. And may the God of love and peace be with you.
-2 Corinthians 13:11 TLB

April 13

How good it feels, the hand of an old friend!
- Longfellow

April 12

You are...infinitely dear to the Father, unspeakably precious to Him. You are never, not for one second, alone.
- Norman Dowty

April 11

The threads of friendship embroider our lives with patterns of joy.

April 10

God's bright sunshine overhead, God's flowers beneath your feet... And by such pleasant pathways led, May all your life be sweet.
- Helen Wraithman

April 9 (100th post)

If we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
-1 John 4:12 NIV

April 8

A true friend is one who is concerned about what we are becoming, who sees beyond the present relationship, and who cares deeply about us as a whole person.
- Gloria Gaither

April 7

One friend ever watches a cares for another.
- Randle Cosgrave

April 6

Friendships begun in this world can be taken up again in heaven, never to be broken off.
- Francis de Sales

April 5

May God send His love like sunshine in His warm and gentle way, to fill each corner of your heart each moment of today.

April 4

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
-Psalm 37:4 NRSV

April 3

God bless you and utterly satisfy your heart...with Himself.
- Amy Carmichael

April 2

You're my friend -- What a thing friendship is, world without end!
- Browning

April 1 (April Fools Day)

Real friends are those who, when you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel as though you've done a permanent job.

March 31

We all mold one another's dreams. We all hold each other's fragile hopes in our hands. We all touch others' hearts.

March 30

The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs.... You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
-Isaiah 58:11 NIV

March 29

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
- Dorothy Nevill

March 28

Our road will be smooth and untroubled no matter what care life may send, If we travel the pathway together, and walk side by side with a friend.

March 27

Jesus cannot forget us; we have been graven on the palms of His hands.
- Lois Picillo

March 26

Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply.

March 25

The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
-Galatians 5:6 NIV

March 24

What do we live for, if not to make the world less difficult for each other?
- George Eliot

March 23

A good friend will sharpen your character, draw your soul into the light, and challenge your heart to love in a greater way.

March 22

Some people make the world special just by being in it.

March 21

A friend is one who loves you as you are.

March 20

He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
-Proverbs 11:25 NIV

March 19

You will find as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
- Henry Drummond

March 18

A friend is a close companion on rainy days, someone to share with through every phase... Forgiving and helping to bring out the best, believing the good and forgetting the rest.

March 17

Lord, grant that I may seek to comfort rather than be comforted; to love rather than be loved.
- Mother Teresa

March 16

A bell is not a bell 'til you ring it, A song is not a song 'til you sing it. The love in your heart wasn't put there to stay.... Love isn't love 'til you give it away.

March 15

Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 TLB

March 14

A sincere compliment is a tremendous gift.

March 13

Knowing what to say is not always necessary; just the presence of a caring friend can make a world of difference.
- Sheri Curry

March 12

All we have and are is a gift of grace to be shared.
- Lloyd John Ogilvie

March 11

Friendship above all ties does bind the heart, And faith in friendship is the noblest part.
- Lord Orrery

March 10

Two are better than one.... For if they fall, one will lift up the other.
-Ecclesiastes 4:9 NRSV

March 9

Take spring when it comes, and rejoice. Take happiness when it comes, and rejoice. Take love when it comes, and rejoice.
- Carl Ewald

March 8

God loves each one of us as if there were only one of us.
- Augustine

March 7

I remember the times you were there for me, showing real interest and concern. I'm thankful for the closeness we share. How I enjoy being with you!

March 6

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.

March 5

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.
- 1 John 4:7 NIV

March 4

A friend may well be reckoned a masterpiece of nature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

March 3

I appreciate your thoughtfulness and kind ways. I appreciate all the things you do and all the ways you show that you care.
- Roy Lessin

March 2

We are so very rich if we know just a few people in a way in which we know no others.
- Catherine Bramwell-Booth

March 1

If there is anything better than being loved, it is loving.

February 29 (Leap Year)

When we obey him, every path he guides us on is fragrant with his lovingkindness and his truth.
-Psalm 25:10 TLB

February 28

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.
- Ed Cunningham

February 27

Love is a good above all others, which alone makes every burden light.
- Thomas a Kempis

February 26

Friendship is not created by what we give, but more by what we share. It makes a whole world of things easier to bear.

February 25

We have been in God's thought from all eternity, and in His creative love, His attention never leaves us.
-Michael Quoist

February 24

A true friend is always loyal.
- Proverbs 17:17 TLB

February 23

Friends warm you with their presence, trust you with their secrets, and remember you in their prayers.

February 22

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh

February 21

Of all happinesses, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship.
-Seneca

February 20

A true friend is a gift of God...and only He who made hearts can unite them.

February 19

May you be given more and more of God's kindness, peace, and love.
-Jude 1:2 TLB

February 18

Wisdom from God shows itself most clearly in a loving heart.
- Lloyd John Ogilvie

February 17

Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.
-George Sand

February 16

Though our feelings come and go, God's love for us does not.
- C. S. Lewis

February 15

To have a friend is to have one of the sweetest gifts that life can bring.
- Amy Robertson Brown

February 14

Above all, love each other deeply.
-I Peter 4:8 NIV

February 13

So shall a friendship fill each heart with perfume sweet as roses are, that even though we be apart, We'll scent the fragrance from afar.
-Georgia McCoy

February 12

It is one of the blessings of old
friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

February 11

Love is the seed of all hope. It is the excitement to trust, to risk, to try, to go on.
- Gloria Gaither

February 10

The true way and the sure way to friendship is through humility- being open to each other, accepting each other just as we are, knowing each other.
- Mother Teresa

February 9

I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
- 3 John 1:2 NIV

February 8

The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.
- Maria Edgeworth

February 7

In friendship's fragrant garden, there are flowers of every hue. Each with its own fair beauty and its gift of joy for you.

February 6

What one loves in childhood stays in the heart forever.
-Mary Jo Putney

February 5

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love our friends for their sakes rather than our own.
- Charlotte Bronte

February 4

Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.
-Proverbs 21:21 NRSV

February 3

Is life not full of opportunities for learning love? Every man and woman every day has a thousand of them.... And the one eternal lesson for us all is how better we can love.
-Henry Drummond

February 2

Friendship is the result of making a good impression last.

February 1

To love someone means to see her as God intended her.
-Fyodor Dostoyevsky

January 31

A lasting friendship is a treasure.

January 30

Let us outdo each other in being helpful and kind to each other and in doing good.
-Hebrews 10:24 TLB

January 29

Your best friend is the person who brings out of you the best that is within you.
-Henry Ford

January 28

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

January 27

I am so glad you are here.... It helps me to realize how beautiful my world is.
-Ranier Maria Rilke

January 26

God makes our lives a medley of joy and tears, hope and help, love and encouragement.

January 25

These three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. Follow the way of love.
-1 Corinthians 13:13- 14:1 NIV

January 24

I breathed a song into the air, it fell to earth I know not where.... And the song,
from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.
-Longfellow

January 23

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in out life, or in the life of another.
-Helen Keller

January 22

If you share a friend's burden,
both of you will walk a little straighter.

January 21

In quietness and in trust shall be your strength.
-Isaiah 30:25 NRSV

January 20

Love is the only force capable of
transforming an enemy into a friend!
-Martin Luther King Jr.

January 19

Friends believe in your dreams as much as you do.

January 18

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others
without getting a few drops on yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

January 17

Friendship: It involves many things, but, above all, the power of going out of one's self and seeing and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.
- Thomas Hughes

January 16

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to
the soul and healing to the bones.

-Proverbs 16:24 NIV

January 15

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.

January 14

All the great blessings of my life are
present in my thoughts today.

- Phoebe Cary

January 13

The great acts of love are done by those
who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.

January 12

A friend is a gift whose worth cannot be
measured except by the heart.

January 11

Kindness is synonymous with happiness.

-Lionel Barrymore

January 10

May the Lord continually bless you
with heaven's blessings as well as with human joys.

-Psalm 128:5 TLB

January 9

Friends forget your defects,
and if they are very fond of you, they don't see any.

January 8

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

-Charles Dickens

January 7

I wish you sunshine on your path and storms to season your journey. I wish you peace~in the world in which you live and in the smallest corner of the heart where truth is kept.... More I cannot wish you~ except perhaps love~to make all the rest worthwhile.
-Robert A. Ward

January 6

A loving heart will always know the feelings
words can't always show.

January 5

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for he is so good! For his lovingkindness is forever.

-Psalm 118:29 TLB

January 4

I thank God, my friend, for the blessing you are...
for the joy of your laughter...
the comfort of your prayers...the warmth of your smile.

January 3

One of life's greatest treasures is the love
that binds hearts together in friendship.

January 2

How rare and wonderful is that flash of a moment when we realize we have discovered a friend.

-William Rotsler

January 1

A friend is someone who understands your past,
believes in your future,
and accepts you today just the way you are!