The International Day of Friendship is marked annually on July 30 to celebrate the bond between friends.

The day was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly to connect people across cultures, locations and ideologies.

On this day, spend some good time with your friends and celebrate your special bond with them. Greet your friends and loved ones on this unofficial holiday with these special quotes, courtesy Brainy Quote.

1. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” - Walter Winchell

2. “Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to pick up the pieces when it’s all over.” - Olivia Butler

3. “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another ‘You too? I thought I was the only one.’” - C.S. Lewis

4. “It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can be stupid with them” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. “True friendship resists time, distance and silence.” - Isabel Allende

6. “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

7. “I would rather walk in the dark with a friend than walk alone in the light” - Helen Keller

8. “A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you’ve been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” - William Shakespeare

9. “True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” - David Tyson

10. “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

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