Friendships are an integral part of our lives, and making new friends is a beautiful journey filled with memorable moments and shared experiences. Whether you’ve recently met someone who has become an important part of your life or you’re looking to strengthen your bond with new acquaintances, the right words can often convey your feelings and appreciation. That’s why we’ve gathered a collection of heartwarming, insightful, and inspiring quotes about new friends. These quotes will not only help you express your sentiments but also provide you with creative options to display them, whether it’s through copying and pasting, placing them on an image, or enhancing them with stylish fonts.
Discover the perfect words to celebrate the joy of forging new friendships, and let these quotes serve as a source of inspiration and connection as you navigate the wonderful world of building new relationships. Scroll down to find a selection of quotes that capture the essence of new friendships, and feel free to use them in your conversations, messages, or even as captions for your photos. Let’s explore the beauty of making new friends together!
I was a freshman at Stanford University the first time someone called me a ‘bama.’ One of my new friends from D.C. said it, laughing, and even though I didn’t know what it meant, exactly, I got that it was some kind of insult. I must have smirked or shrugged, which made him laugh harder, and then he called me ‘country,’ too. Jesmyn Ward
It’s weird to make new friends, but we’re three seasons in with ‘The Exes,’ and now it feels a lot like ‘Scrubs,’ where I’m very lucky because I get to work people like Wayne Knight, who I really like. Donald Faison
It’s weird, It’s really weird to be called a breakout star. And some people are referring to my show as the new ‘Friends’, which I can’t really even wrap my head around. Lizzy Caplan
I used to look like an American flag. The Padre uniform makes me look like a taco. Actually, the transition has been great. I’ve made 25 new friends, and I never thought I wanted to be anything other than a Dodger, but this is fun. Steve Garvey
I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily. Tom Petty
I’m just not the outgoing bubble of energy. But if I know you, it’s different. Practical jokes. Have fun. I’m not looking for any new friends. I got my friends. Eric Dickerson
I used to be very shy. I hated going to a new classroom and having to make new friends, meet new teachers, and adjust to a new environment. Son Ye-jin
I go off into Dublin and two days later I’m spotted walking by the Liffey with a whole bunch of new friends. Ronnie Wood
Through my writing, I have made new friends and continued to learn about this world of ours in all its wonder, with all its challenges. Sonia Levitin
I went through a lot of maturing in a year or two. I left all my best friends, and I didn’t really want to make new friends, so I spent a lot of time inside just being depressed. Soccer Mommy
When most people set out to change their lives, they often focus on all the external stuff, like a new job or a new location or new friends or a new romantic prospects and on and on. The reality is that changing your life starts with changing the way you see everything in your life. Mark Manson
I do have many of the same friends I grew up with. Most I’ve known since we were three or four years old! I have made new friends as well. Bella Thorne
Going to a restaurant is one of my keenest pleasures. Meeting someplace with old and new friends, ordering wine, eating food, surrounded by strangers, I think is the core of what it means to live a civilised life. Adam Gopnik
I’ve grown up putting my suitcase down, making new friends, and then having to pick it up again, like ‘Let’s move him to another foster home in six months’ time.’ Goldie
We regard America and Europe as old friends. We keep old friends, but we make new friends in Japan, India, and China. Olusegun Obasanjo
I’ve kept most of my friends for decades, and I continue to make new friends. John Grant
I don’t need celebrity friends. I don’t need new friends. I am what I am. Tony Bellew
I just am really bad at making new friends – especially in the music industry, because they’re not really real friends; they’re just music industry friends. Bibi Bourelly
Tower Records was a place to meet your friends, your co-workers or a place to meet new friends who shared a common love of music, literature and all things cultural. Colin Hanks
I’ve kind of become used to making new friends. Davis Webb
The main difference to me with Lyft is the sense of community and social experience. The pink mustache, fist bump and strict screening have fostered a strong sense of community with many stories of new friends, discovered jobs, and even some Lyft hugs after a tough break up. John Zimmer
Dr. Kaunda, although he was running a one-party state, was very close to the West, and that is why he achieved as much as he did. But we drifted away from the West to look for new friends. Michael Sata
It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old. George Eliot
When Fashion Week ends, I miss the shows and the shot of adrenaline that comes with them. Each day is a new show, a new fitting, and you make new friends. Every season you get to know the other girls a little better. Magdalena Frackowiak
When I was in fifth grade – so, about 11 – my folks moved us to Denmark. And so not only did I have all new friends and all new surroundings, I didn’t even understand what they were talking about, which was very difficult and kind of started me, I think, on my path to animation. Pete Docter
My dad was in the army so we moved around a lot and I changed schools every year and had to make new friends, and I found that if I was the funny guy I could do that easier. Jason Gann
We live life in restaurants, its the center of social life, where we celebrate with family and friends, make new friends, travel without traveling, and of course, eat. Philip Rosenthal
When I’m traveling, I always look for a dance studio. It’s a great workout and a wonderful way to meet new friends in the community. Rachel Boston
If you’re going to help somebody, sneak in, sneak out, do what you can. I just sneak along and do my thing and meet wonderful people, some people I’ve never met, new friends. Bobby Orr
It’s not easy to come somewhere new and have to find your place. You might feel someone doesn’t like you, or you might need to find new friends. It’s not easy, and I don’t like this kind of thing. It’s not easy, so you want to protect the players who are alone. Fernando Torres
I started writing this feature comedy in New York – a Chris Farley vehicle. The script was decent. When I got to LA, I met some new friends in film school and had them read my script and give me notes. David Steinberg
Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let’s not be afraid to receive each day’s surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity. Henri Nouwen
You can find tranquility, you can find party, you can find new friends. I’m a cruise convert. Guy Fieri
Make new friends, but keep the old; Those are silver, these are gold. Joseph Parry
Here’s the thing, we talk about diversity in the media as if it’s some weird artificial construct that we’re putting onto these narratives. But it isn’t. Our world is not homogenous. It is not all straight or white or able-bodied, or if it is, maybe you should make some new friends. That is not what our world looks like. Leigh Bardugo
President Bush will come here and there will be new ‘friends’ of America to open a new relationship with the world, new economic fortunes for those who ‘liberated’ them. Robert Fisk
I’m not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate. Ted Cruz
Moving to a new school, or up a year at an existing school – with new friends, teachers, subjects, rules and expectation – is a big deal for young people. All of us who are adults remember how daunting it was, but we sometimes take it for granted that children will be able to cope with the change. David Lidington
To balance China, the democracies will need new friends – and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate. David Frum
As a young boy in a new country, you had to make new friends, and that was really difficult. Victor Moses
Every time I go to Comic-Con, I’m jacked. I want to dress up and walk the floor and answer questions, because I’m excited about it. It’s like making new friends. Mae Whitman
As a child, it was really hard because I’d be thrown into a new school and have to make new friends, or I’d sit in class for months without speaking the language, but as I got older, I welcomed the possibility of discovering new cultures and languages. Alexander Dreymon
Honestly, man, I’m very, very soft spoken. I’ll go in a room and if you don’t know me, you’ll never know that I was there. I’ve always been that way, timid in a lot of ways. I don’t like making new friends. Shawn Porter
People are goofy about the movie business, so you end up counting on friends you knew before you were successful. It is harder to make new friends because you are a little more cautious. Michael Douglas
Central Park is the most amazing gift. It’s incredible. You find new spots, new people, new friends for the dogs. Diana Taylor
Aaah, summer – that long anticipated stretch of lazy, lingering days, free of responsibility and rife with possibility. It’s a time to hunt for insects, master handstands, practice swimming strokes, conquer trees, explore nooks and crannies, and make new friends. Darell Hammond
I used to go to sports camp every summer. I’d make a lot of new friends, and it was all athletic. It was basically a place for parents to send their kids to run out all their summer energy for two weeks. Matt Bomer
What I love the most about being a pro fighter is meeting the people. You get to meet all the fans and new friends that you get to meet up with all the time. Sage Northcutt
I’ve never been socially outgoing, but I suspect I’ve gotten more and more ambivalent about making new friends. I’m irritated by how-do-you-do chit-chat, but that’s how new relationships usually begin. Ariel Gore
It’s been a long road for me coming from NXT. I’ve been with NXT for almost four years, and just getting to WWE, and now being able to travel with them, I kind of have to make new friends and get hotel rooms and travel in different cities every single night. It’s very different, but it’s so much fun. Bayley
Every team you play for, you meet new friends. Jonas Valanciunas
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day. Dalai Lama
Yeah, I love doing ensemble pieces. You get to meet so many new people and make new friends. Devon Sawa
It is always good to make new friends. Jose Feliciano
I’ve been through so much, especially coming from New Orleans where there was Hurricane Katrina in 2005. I had to pick up. We had to move, make new friends, and I think my family was just strong for me as well because we had to start completely over again. Normani Kordei
I tell anyone who will listen to me: On a cruise, you can be with all these people, or you can be by yourself. You can find tranquility, you can find party, you can find new friends. I’m a cruise convert. Guy Fieri
I was always making new friends, then losing them. Sebastian Lelio
During his last 18 months in office, Eisenhower flew to Asia, Europe, and Latin America and deployed his war hero’s popularity to seek new friends for America while trying to improve relations with Moscow. By the time Ike left office, most Americans had forgotten their anger over losing the space race to the Soviets. Michael Beschloss
Trust is hard to come by. That’s why my circle is small and tight. I’m kind of funny about making new friends. Eminem
Over the years, Forgotten Realms and gaming have taken me all over the world and made me all sorts of new friends. Ed Greenwood
I’m not even on Facebook. I’ve got enough friends I never see. You know how you have a lot of friends you never call? I don’t have time for new friends, and I don’t want to be friends with someone only online. Mads Mikkelsen
It’s great to compose music just for my own enjoyment, but that I have been able to make a lot of new friends, have shows everywhere, and get to know so many places all thanks to music is impressive to me. Natalia Lafourcade
I don’t have friends, and it’s hard for me to make new friends. Right now, the people that are in my life are the people that I work with. Questlove
Never far from my thoughts are memories of being a little girl in Queens, N.Y., our family of five crowded in a small one-bedroom apartment, struggling to learn English and survive a new life in a new country, America. We humbly and gratefully still recall the kindnesses shown by strangers and neighbors who became new friends. Elaine Chao
Boxing has taught me to be disciplined, to be respectful to those around me. I am able to travel the world, meet a lot of people, and make new friends. Joseph Parker
I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness, and a better sense of humor. Brian Eno
I love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons. Taylor Swift
I love travelling; going to different parts of the world and making new friends is something that I really enjoy. Shriya Saran
My husband and I get along great. We’re both introverts, and it’s hard to make new friends. S. E. Hinton
To me, new friends, new genres, new person-to person chemistry is the DNA of EDM. Hardwell
I have to get out of the habit of jumping into relationships with new friends before I really get to know them. Cynthia Bailey