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You may see your friends several times a week, or it may be that Thanksgiving is the one holiday when your favorite people make the effort to all be in one place at the same time. If Friendsgiving is party of your social tradition, these inspirational Friendsgiving quotes will work a treat. Even if the table is filled mostly with new faces (in which case, you’ll also need some dinner table icebreakers to initiate them into your group), a sweet Friendsgiving quote can be weaved into your Thanksgiving toast or shared on social media.
Family gatherings can be complicated and exhausting for many of us. A Friendsgiving can offer people a more relaxed experience that allows the real gratitude of the season to shine through.
So if you’re spending Thanksgiving with friends with this, here are some awesome and sentimental Friendsgiving quotes to get you into the holiday spirit.
1“A promise between friends means never having to give a reason.” — Phoebe Buffay, Friends
No ifs, ands, or buts about it.
2“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” — Jane Austen
Real friendship is full of love and loyalty.
3“It seems that they had been and always would be friends. Time could change much, but not that.” — Winnie the Pooh
This quote is so relatable for anyone who is still close with their friend group from high school or college. Even though you may have graduated and moved on, you’ll always come back to each other.
4“Keep the ones that heard you when you never said a word.” — Unknown
If you’re lucky enough to have a friend (or more) who know something is wrong without you even telling them, then you’re lucky enough. This would make a great Instagram caption for a picture of you and your bestie or the whole group.
5"Friends are the family you choose." — Jess C. Scott
Friendsgiving is even more special when you get to celebrate with friends you consider as close, or closer, than the family you were born into.
6"It is not happy people who are thankful. It is thankful people who are happy." — Unknown
Little reminders of the importance of gratitude in daily life are a sweet way to welcome your guests for Friendsgiving. You could print this quote and set it on plates, or add it to place mats written on brown craft paper.
7"The language of friendship is not words but meanings." — Henry David Thoreau
Talk about a great reminder that love is a verb, and the best way to grow and nurture your friendships is through action.
8"It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs." — W.S. Gilbert
What matters most is the people around the table, not how gourmet the spread is. (Although a gourmet spread can't hurt.) Even the most delicious meal can turn your stomach if the company is distasteful.
9"Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend." — Albert Camus
No relationship is 50/50, but talk about a great way to remind your friends at the Friendsgiving table that you're all equally awesome.
10"True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable." — David Tyson Gentry
And if that Thanksgiving dinner turns out as well and delicious as you'll inevitably hope, everyone will be too busy eating to enjoy a lengthy conversation. Friendship + food = wonderful, comfortable silence.
11"There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate." ― Linda Grayson
Hey, there's nothing wrong with a subtle hint. Maybe you should print this on the invites to your Friendsgiving feast.
12"Life isn't about having a thousand friends, it's about finding the very few right ones you need." — A.R. Asher
This one is particularly appropriate for a smaller Friendsgiving gathering. The holidays are a good time to remember: It's the quality of one's friendships that matter, not the quantity.
13"Friends are like the second family you make for yourself. Friendship makes you feel home though you're not at home." ― Wilson Kanadi
On Friendsgiving especially, having a place that feels like home, even if it isn't home, is the best you can hope for.
14"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." ― Marcel Proust
We have a saying in our family: we're grateful for friends who are family, and family who are friends. This perfectly sums that up, and just in time for Friendsgiving celebrations.
15"If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart." ― Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez had the right idea when it comes to making friends over a meal. Food is a powerful bonding tool.
16"Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing." ― Elie Wiesel
Ideal for a Friendsgiving where significant others are few and far between, this quote expresses a universal truth. Romances may come and go, but friendships are forever.
17"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12." — Stephen King, Stand by Me
This line from the classic novel would be fitting for a Friendsgiving gathering of pals you've had since grade school. (Maybe use this to caption a side-by-side, then vs. now photo post.)
18"On the pumpkin pie of life, friends are the whipped cream."
A Thanksgiving-centric twist on the Salman Rushdie quote: "In the cookie of life, friends are chocolate chips." Because pumpkin pie without whipped cream is just... sad.
19"Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” — Amy Poehler
Poehler knows what’s up. Find your own Tina Fey, and don’t ever let her leave. Hosting the Golden Globes together, however, is optional.
20“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
Is this a gorgeous quote or what? True, for some of us, that “new world” may simply be a pal informing us that we really need bangs. But still.
21“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” — Marcel Proust
After such a crazy hard year, I know I’ve never felt more grateful for my good friends and the people in my life who’ve helped me to laugh, despite the world being completely bonkers.
22“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” — Donna Roberts
And I’m sure my own friends would say that song is A-ha’s “Take On Me”. For real though, we all need friends to who remind us who we are and what we hold dear — particularly when times are tough.
23“The capacity for friendship is God’s way of apologizing for our families.” — Jay McInerney
OK, yes, of course you love your family and are grateful for them. But yes, they may also not really understand you and drive you completely bananas. Both can be true.
24“When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.” - Maria Shriver
Preach, Maria Shriver. This is a great quote to remember, this year in particular. Even when things can seem so dark and unending, we still have each other.
Honor your companions with a Friendsgiving quote that speaks from the heart.
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