Friendship quotes and a poem

I was thinking of how much fun it has been to meet so many wonderful blog friends and how fortunate I am to have the close friends that I have and so I did a quick search for some of my favorite quotes so I could share them with you. Here they are:

"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

"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Happiness is time spent with a friend and looking foward to sharing time with them again."- Lee Wilkinson

Friendship's Flower© Helen Steiner Rice

Life is like a gardenAnd friendship like a flower,

That blooms and grows in beauty

With the sunshine and the shower.
And lovely are the blossoms

That are tended with great care,

By those who work unselfishly

To make the place more fair.
And, like the garden blossoms,

Friendship's flower grows more sweet

When watched and tended carefully

By those we know and meet.

And, if the seed of friendshipIs planted deep and true

And watched with understanding,

Friendship's flower will bloom for you.