Quotes about Companions

Companions, in misery and worse, that is what we all are, and to try to change this substantially avails us nothing. Votes: 4

San Francisco leads the world in the category of Most People On The Sidewalk Holding Conversations With Purely Imaginary Companions. Votes: 3

Companions are we, enlivened by a mighty gallop quickly sliding a harsh straw basket of sea foam gathered astride the tide. Votes: 3

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life. Votes: 3

Among the principles of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama'ah lie the attitude of peace and purity of their heart and tongue towards the Sahaba(Companions) of the Prophet (saw). Votes: 3

Around, around, Companions all, take your ground, And name the bell with joy profound! CONCORDIA is the word we've found Most meet to express the harmonious sound, That calls to those in friendship bound. Votes: 3

Enemies could become the best companions. Companionship is based on a common interest, and the greater the interest the closer the companionship. What makes enemies of people, if not the eagerness, the passion for the same thing? Votes: 3

Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators the creator seeks -- those who write new values on new tablets. Companions the creator seeks, and fellow harvesters; for everything about him is ripe for the harvest. Votes: 3

Friendship arises out of mere Companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interest or even taste which the others do not share and which, till that moment, each believed to be his own unique treasure (or burden). Votes: 3

Beauty and folly are old companions. Votes: 2

Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions. Votes: 2

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. Votes: 2

Poetry gives us courage and sets us straight with the world. Poems are great companions and friends. Votes: 2

Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill. Votes: 2

I can't picture going to a beach, or anywhere on vacation, without a couple of books as companions. Votes: 2

The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test. Votes: 2

Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures. Votes: 2

Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby. Votes: 2

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. Votes: 2

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. Votes: 2

Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven. Votes: 2

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. Votes: 2

A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change. Votes: 2

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Votes: 2

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Votes: 2

Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale. Votes: 2

My professional acting life, stage and screen, has brought me public support, emotional fulfillment and material comfort. It has brought me together with fine people, good companions with whom I've shared the inevitable lot of all actors: flops and hits. Votes: 2

We ogle plants and animals up close on television, the Internet and in the movies. We may not worship the animals we see, but we still regard them as necessary physical and spiritual companions. Technological nature can't completely satisfy that yearning. Votes: 2

We know that we are often judged by the company we keep. We know how influential classmates, friends, and other peer groups can be. If any of our companions are prone to be unrighteous in their living, we are better off seeking new associations immediately. Votes: 2

Humans have a fraught relationship with beasts. They are our companions and our chattel, our family members and our laborers, our household pets and our household pests. We love them and cage them, admire them and abuse them. And, of course, we cook and eat them. Votes: 2

People always joke that 'dog' spells 'god' backwards. They should consider that it might be the higher power coming down to see just how well they do, what kind of people they are. The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test. Votes: 2

I was socially isolated as a kid. I had friends, but I wasn't very good at sports and that sort of thing so I became quite comfortable being by myself, exploring. The world was my private playground, and in it, I was supreme. Darwin, Faraday, Huxley and other great scientists were my companions. Votes: 2

As a spiritual person, nature for me has always been a healing place. Going back all the way to my childhood on the farm, the fields and forests were places of adventure and self-discovery. Animals were companions and friends, and the world moved at a slower, more rational pace than the bustling cities where I'd resided my adult life. Votes: 2

Dolls are safe companions. Votes: 0

Good cheese needs good companions. Votes: 0

Ignorance and confidence are constant companions Votes: 0

Medicine and writing are natural companions. Votes: 0

Beauty and folly are generally companions. Votes: 0

Hymns are companions for life travelers. Votes: 0

Beauty and fear make uneasy companions Votes: 0

Wicked companions invite us to hell. Votes: 0

My own thoughts Are my companions. Votes: 0

My ideal travel companions are my family. Votes: 0

Regret is the most tiresome of companions. Votes: 0

These books are my friends, my companions. Votes: 0

Evil companions bring more hurt than profit. Votes: 0

Compassion and justice are companions, not choices. Votes: 0

Remember, you have no companions but your shadow Votes: 0

Dignity and love were never yet boon companions. Votes: 0

Diplomacy and virtue do not make easy companions. Votes: 0

Books are portable companions. But so are midgets. Votes: 0

Choose your companions before you choose your road. Votes: 0

It brings comfort to have companions in whatever happens. Votes: 0

Nothing is more binding than the friendship of companions-in-arms. Votes: 0

. . . companions were to be valued, wherever one found them. Votes: 0

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. Votes: 0

Nature and wisdom are not, but should be, companions. Votes: 0

Writing is a private discipline, in a field of companions. Votes: 0

My ideal travel companions are my surfboard, wetsuit, and guitar. Votes: 0

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions. Votes: 0

When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone. Votes: 0

War and Authority are companions; Peace and Liberty are companions. Votes: 0

A glorious life is filled with companions who have open hearts. Votes: 0

Even if it is painful and lonely, associate with worthy companions. Votes: 0

Most of us choose our companions and surroundings to reflect ourselves. Votes: 0

The burning soul, the burden'd mind, In books alone companions find. Votes: 0

Here I am, a wild beast cut off from his companions. Votes: 0

Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read. Votes: 0

Never were two people more opposite in sentiment than my companions. Votes: 0

Noble friends and companions are the whole of the holy life. Votes: 0

My dogs have been my most loyal friends and constant companions. Votes: 0

Fly from bad companions as from the bite of a poisonous snake. Votes: 0

It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery. Votes: 0

Books are the best companions as they make you sit near wisdom. Votes: 0

Why was it that pride and foolishness were so often close companions? Votes: 0

The warrior of the Light sits around a fire with his companions. Votes: 0

Rage and grief are savage companions, but despair is the final undoing. Votes: 0

Books"”they weren't ladders out of the abyss, but they were companions. Votes: 0

We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions. Votes: 0

Let those be thy choicest companions who have made Christ their chief companion. Votes: 0

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims. Votes: 0

Muslims (companions) misunderstood the speech of the Prophet on the day of Ghadeer. Votes: 0

It is necessary to shed old ideas, habits, opinions and even companions sometimes. Votes: 0

Have as much good nature as good sense since they generally are companions. Votes: 0

I master my doubts now. I have fun with them, they're my travelling companions. Votes: 0

The hard and stiff are death's companions. The soft and weak are life's companions. Votes: 0

It's not the breed that makes a good companion. All dogs are great companions. Votes: 0

There is a moon inside every human being. Learn to be companions with it. Votes: 0

To the resentment that hides inside love, to the loneliness that hides among companions. Votes: 0

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame." Votes: 0

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame. Votes: 0

Our friends should be companions who inspire us, who help us rise to our best. Votes: 0

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame Votes: 0

We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions in their danger. Votes: 0

Books are ... companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of mind. Books are humanity in print. Votes: 0

Satan has his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and detested. Votes: 0

She had certain thoughts which were like companions, ideas which were like older and wiser friends. Votes: 0

A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. Votes: 0

I've nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions. Votes: 0

We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit. Votes: 0

Make thy books thy companions. Let thy cases and shelves be thy pleasure grounds and gardens. Votes: 0

Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance. Votes: 0

Talking over the things which you have read with your companions fixes them on the mind. Votes: 0

If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself. Votes: 0

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books. Votes: 0

You ask of my companions. Hills, sir, and the sundown, and a dog as large as myself. Votes: 0

If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions. Votes: 0

I am conquered less by fortune than by the egotism and ingratitude of my companions in arms. Votes: 0

Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life. Votes: 0

Books are the most worthy companions to take with you on this bitter-sweet journey known as life. Votes: 0

And the bright faces of my young companions Are wrinkled like my own, or are no more. Votes: 0

Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present. Votes: 0

I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold. Votes: 0

It even has the same phraseology as the English orders of knighthood, companions and this sort of thing. Votes: 0

Loyal companions are an unequaled grace, stanching fear before it bleeds you numb, a reliable antidote for creeping despair. Votes: 0

Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so. Votes: 0

Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people. Votes: 0

Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations. Votes: 0

The writers of books are companions in one's life and, as such, are often more interesting than other companions. Votes: 0

It is good to have companions when occasion arises, and it is good to be contented with whatever comes. Votes: 0

He remembers the five rules of combat set down by Chuan Tzu - faith, companions, time, space and strategy. Votes: 0

Worthy books Are not companions – they are solitudes: We lose ourselves in them and all our cares. Votes: 0

One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few. Votes: 0

For me nonviolence is a creed. I must act up to it, whether I am alone or have companions. Votes: 0

How sad, how strange, we make companions out of air and hurt them, so they will defy us, completing creation. Votes: 0

In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world. Votes: 0

Shining outward qualities, although they may excite first-rate expectations, are not unusually found to be the companions of second-rate abilities. Votes: 0

The real friends of the space voyager are the stars. Their friendly, familiar patterns are constant companions, unchanging, out there. Votes: 0

Those who are enjoying something, or suffering something, together, are companions. Those who enjoy or suffer one another, are not. Votes: 0

I would say don't worry about what you should do, do whatever you can. And seek companions with shared values. Votes: 0

. . . the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain. Votes: 0

Lust hath these three companions: the first, blindness of understanding; the second, hardness of heart; the third, want of grace. Votes: 0

To live among such excellent helps as our libraries afford, to have so many silent wise companions whenever we please. Votes: 0

Our companions please us less from the charms we find in their conversation than from those they find in ours. Votes: 0

How tranquil is a coral tomb, and may the heavens grant that my companions and I be buried in no other! Votes: 0

Read somewhat in the English poets every day. You will find them elegant, entertaining and constructive companions through your whole life. Votes: 0

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense. Votes: 0

Success and failure. We think of them as opposites, but they're really not. They're companions - the hero and the sidekick. Votes: 0

Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know. Votes: 0

Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters. Votes: 0

Our moods and insights are transitory. This current is a flow of grace moving us to our right livelihood, companions, destiny. Votes: 0

We should talk over the lessons of the day, or lose them in Music, Chess, or the merriments of our family companions. Votes: 0

Professed authors who overestimate their vocation are too full of themselves to be agreeable companions. The demands of their egotism are inveterate. Votes: 0

Poetry and painting continue to be companions: they cast their shadow and light, their silences and tones, at the edges of each other. Votes: 0

I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo; and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers of the Nautilus. Votes: 0

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then will the faculties rise fair and full within. Votes: 0

When a Jew, in America or in South Africa, talks to his Jewish companions about 'our' government, he means the government of Israel. Votes: 0

I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same place. Votes: 0

I am an ark in the swift flood of time, and my companions, a fellowship. Who throws in with us sails into light. Votes: 0

As an only child, I may have been alone a lot, but I was never lonely. My invisible friends were my constant companions. Votes: 0

Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone. Votes: 0

I do not know what horrified me most [during the depression]: the economic misery of my companions [or] their moral and ethical coarseness. Votes: 0

Select companions who are striving for enlightenment. They all have their imperfections, certainly, but at least their attention is moving in the right direction. Votes: 0

Then the Warrior of the Light thanks his traveling companions, takes a deep breath and continues on, laden with memories of an unforgettable journey. Votes: 0

The coquette has companions, indeed, but no lovers,--for love is respectful and timorous; and where among her followers will she find a husband? Votes: 0

The terms `Husband' and `Wife' are inappropriate. They are only companions ad partners. One does not slave for other. They both have equal status. Votes: 0

The chickadee and nuthatch are more inspiring society than statesmen and philosophers, and we shall return to these last as to more vulgar companions. Votes: 0

It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions. Votes: 0

The trick, my brethren and sisters is to enjoy the journey, traveling hand in hand, in sunshine and storm, as companions who love one another. Votes: 0

But women aren't just bodies! ... boor! they're "companions" as well! what of their charms, their grace, their twitterings? sure, sure! if suicide appeals to you ..." Votes: 0

I believe that in this generation those with the courage to enter the conflict will find themselves with companions in every corner of the world. Votes: 0

My paintings are reflections of my own inner mysteries... they all reflect my relationship to my steadiest of companions and muses - nature and animals... Votes: 0

As long as you invite faith, courage, and perseverance to become your daily companions, every test would inevitably mature into a testimony in your life. Votes: 0

However low he may fall, a man can never deny himself the delight of feeling cleverer, more powerful or even better fed than his companions. Votes: 0

I think humans have to learn a new way of dwelling on this earth. A way of living with their companions: animals, plants and fish. Votes: 0

Yet the companions of the Muses will keep their collective nose in my books And weary with historical data, they will turn to my dance tune. Votes: 0

Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defending him with shield and body, for he was their mother's elder brother. Votes: 0

I employ 20 people in Vienna. The other 130 coworkers are pilots and flight companions. The Overhead is limited with me. Reduces naturally the costs of my fliers. Votes: 0

It is well known that apes in the wild offer spontaneous assistance to each other, defending against leopards, say, or consoling distressed companions with tender embraces. Votes: 0

And if ye cannot be saints of knowledge, then, I pray you, be at least its warriors. They are the companions and forerunners of such saintship. Votes: 0

Just as water will conform to the shape of the vessel that contains it, so will a man follow the good and evil of his companions. Votes: 0

God put many animals here [on Earth] for pets, playthings and companions for us and our children, and we're still going to enjoy them [in Heaven]. Votes: 0

The last man! Yes I may well describe that solitary being's feelings, feeling myself as the last relic of a beloved race, my companions extinct before me... Votes: 0

I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time - those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything. Votes: 0

Happiness, eternal or temporal, is not the reward that mankind seeks, Happinesses are but his wayside companions. His soul is in the journey and in the struggle. Votes: 0

On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property. Votes: 0

In an age where the lowered eyelid is just a sign of fatigue, the delicate game of love is pining away. Freud and flirtation are poor companions. Votes: 0

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 natural world. Votes: 0

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 which please him. Votes: 0

Man is the sole animal whose nudities offend his own companions, and the only one who, in his natural actions, withdraws and hides himself from his own kind. Votes: 0

I urge you to choose companions well and cherish those friends who lift you and make you better in their presence. And be such friends to one another. Votes: 0

Mud, rubbish and dirt are man's companions all his life; shouldn't they be precious to him, and isn't one doing man's service to remind him of their beauty? Votes: 0

Whene'er with haggard eyes I view This dungeon that I'm rotting in, I think of those companions true Who studied with me at the U- Niversity of Gottingen. Votes: 0

Pain and trials are almost constant companions, but never enemies. They drive me into His sovereign arms. There He takes my disappointments and works everything together for good. Votes: 0

The highest wisdom and the highest genius have been invariably accompanied with cheerfulness. We have sufficient proofs on record that Shakespeare and Socrates were the most festive companions. Votes: 0

The number of your antagonists are far more greater than that of your companions, so you have to keep a stone of awareness to mark the boundary line. Votes: 0

She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions. Votes: 0

It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey. Votes: 0

Fathers and husbands! do ye not also understand this fact? Do ye not see how, in the mental bondage of your wives and fair companions, ye yourselves are bound? Votes: 0

I will not hide my tastes or aversions...If you are true, but not in the same truth with me, cleave to your companions; I will seek my own. Votes: 0

In talking with scholars, I observe that they lost on ruder companions those years of boyhood which alone could give imaginative literature a religious and infinite quality in their esteem. Votes: 0

The romantic chivalric tradition takes, or at any rate has in the past taken, the young man's eye off women as they are, as companions in shipwreck not guiding stars. Votes: 0

We wish genius and morality where affectionate companions, but it is a fact that they are often bitter enemies. They don't necessarily coalesce any more than oil and water do. Votes: 0

I am learning my way toward something that will make sense of my life, and I learn by going where I have to go, with whatever companions I am graced. Votes: 0

Bride and groom are not just two contracting parties but two loving and beloved companions, joined in establishing a home that will be nothing less than a source of immortality. Votes: 0

The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule. Votes: 0

They may not change your skins colour; they may not change your body odour; but once they can change your daily thoughts, they can influence your habits! Beware of evil companions! Votes: 0

Some men act upon women like champagne; when they appear the women are sparkling and full of brilliance; when they leave the fair ones grow flat, stale, and most unprofitable companions. Votes: 0

As I began to discover my own truth and endeavored to possess it with CLARITY, I became more and more alienated from that which my companions held, or professed to hold. Votes: 0

I know that my companions from the moment of birth were heaven's choicest souls. I grew side by side with them, in fact all the education and inspiration came over them. Votes: 0

A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without familiars in order to be open to influences, to change. Votes: 0

At best, the true philosopher can fulfil his mission very imperfectly, which is to pilot himself, or at most a few voluntary companions who may find themselves in the same boat. Votes: 0

Death and sorrow will be the companions of our journey; hardship our garment; constancy and valor our only shield. We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible. Votes: 0

Creation happens to us, burns into us, changes us, we tremble and swoon, we submit. Creation - we participate in it, we encounter the creator, offer ourselves to him, helpers and companions. Votes: 0

In everything that moves through the universe, I see my own body, and in everything that governs the universe, my own soul. All men are my brethren, and all things my companions. Votes: 0

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 to be your companions and close friends. Votes: 0

Cats didn't start as mousers. Weasels and snakes and dogs are more efficient as rodent-control agents. I postulate that cats started as psychic companions, as Familiars, and have never deviated from this function. Votes: 0

The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates, the politic assemble the factions, the typical idler has connections, princes have courtiers. Only the virtuous have friends. Votes: 0

If the wild filly, "Progress," thou wouldst ride,Have young companions ever at thy side;But wouldst thou stride the stanch old mare, "Success,"Go with thine elders, though they please thee less. Votes: 0

I spent a lot of time alone; I left school to be tutored. So, most of my companions were animals. It's as simple as that. I knew more animals than I did people. Votes: 0

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions Votes: 0

It is of far more important that a man shall play something himself, even if he plays it badly, than that he shall go with hundreds of companions to see someone else play well. Votes: 0

Parents are untamed, excessive, potentially troublesome creatures; charming to be with for a time, in the main they must lead their own lives, independent and self-employed, with companions of their own age and selection ... Votes: 0

There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions. Votes: 0

There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions." Votes: 0

Show me a man's closest companions and I can make a fairly accurate guess as to what sort of man he is, as well as what sort of man he is likely to become. Votes: 0

Lemberger's stories are marvelous compounds of scholarship, imagination and empathy. Brought to life with rich historical detail, these biblical women, sidelined and silenced for centuries, prove to be audacious, utterly relatable, and spellbinding companions. Votes: 0

Talent and generosity are needed to recognize talent and generosity in our companions; all is discord to an ear that has no idea of harmonies, but it needs a musical ear to delight in music. Votes: 0

Our German forefathers had a very kind religion. They believed that, after death, they would meet again all the good dogs that had been their companions in life. I wish I could believe that too. Votes: 0

Still, I have been no one's enemy but my own. My easy nature, either in drinking or anything else, was always ready to submit to persuasions of profligate companions, who often led me into snares. Votes: 0

Far from being the father of jihad, [Prophet] Mohammad was a peacemaker, who risked his life and nearly lost the loyalty of his closest companions because he was determined to effect a reconciliation with Mecca Votes: 0

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 they are with you, you can possess no greater treasures. Votes: 0