1. A best friend is someone who loves you when you forget to love yourself(sing songs together with you friend with a friend, it won't matter if you're singing out of time)
2. Friends believe in us and inspire us to be a better person (just knowing a friend's potential is not enough. Make sure you talk about their attributes and motivate them)
3. Real friends require honesty, openness and even vulnerability. They also require attention and simple acts of kindness. (With a friend do a random act of kindness. Like pay the toll ticket of the person behind your car)
4. A good friend is so many wonderful someones all mixed in a marvelous blend. You are my "now and forever" good friend.(plan a picnic. One brings the bread, the other the butter, ketchup, hotdogs)
5. God reaches out to us through the loving heart of friend.(surprise a friend by recording greetings from other friends on tape recorder)
6. My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me(think about your friend's best qualities and virtues. Try to adapt this in your own life)
7. The friend who holds your hand and tells you the truth is made of dear stuff.(always tell your friend the truth and tell it in the most loving way possible)
8. Friends know exactly what to say, to make us feel better.(with friends, always remember to say the truth, in the most loving manner)
9. Friends have ways of speaking without words.(act out your favourite movie without words. See which of your friends is best at guessing. May be you are the ones who think most alike!)
10. A true friend is one who overlooks your failure and tolerates your success.(Make a poster or banner with a special greeting and hang it up to celebrate a friend's accomplishment)
11. Friends forgive our mistakes and help us forget them. They believe in our dreams and help us find them.( think of how you can help your friends attain their dreams)
12. How rare and wonderful is that flash of a moment when we realize we have discovered a friend.( say a little prayer for the newest friend you have)