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I'm the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am toughening up a little bit.

I've always thrived on the encouragement of others.

When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

In my experience, honesty is the best policy. And being a friend to somebody is not always the best way to help them.

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life.

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

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.