126 Great Long-Distance Friendship Quotes And Sayings

Long-distance friendships are special in their own way. Despite the challenges of physical separation, these friendships highlight the resilience of connections that go beyond distance and time. So why not share a few long-distance friendship quotes with your friend to pay tribute to this bond. Your friends may annoy you and call you at any time of the day or night – but you cannot live without them. They are the ones with whom you share your joys and sorrows. From helping you deal with problems at home to recommending you for a new job – friends are selfless. Here are a few amazing long-distance best friend quotes you can send to your friends to make them feel extra special and tell them how much you miss them. Scroll down!

57 Long-Distance Friendship Quotes

Explore these “friends forever” quotes that capture the enduring spirit of your long-distance bond. They highlight how true friendship stands strong, no matter the miles between you.

1. “Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends leave footprints in your heart.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
2. “The distance may be far and wide, but my heart can cover them all. The space between us is so much more, but you should know that I love you so!” – Linda Roy
3. “No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.” – Robert Southey
4. “True friends stay with you no matter the distance or time that separates you from them.” – Lance Reynald
5. “Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.” – Washington Irving
6. “A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.” – Leo Buscaglia
7. “If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart… I’ll always be with you.” – Winnie the Pooh
8. “Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.” – Ally Condie
9. “For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” – Audrey Hepburn
10. “Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.” – Socrates
11. “True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.” – Unknown
12. “Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.” – Henry David Thoreau
13. “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elisabeth Foley
14. “There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.” – Diana Cortes
15. “There are friendships imprinted in our hearts that will never be diminished by time and distance.” – Dodinsky
16. “I don’t cry because we’ve been separated by distance, and for a matter of years. Why? Because for as long as we share the same sky and breathe the same air, we’re still together.” – Donna Lynn Hope

17. “True friendship is when two friends can walk in opposite directions, yet remain side by side.” – Unknown
18. “True friendship resists time, distance, and silence.” – Isabel Allende
19. “We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.” – William James
20. “So what if the distance is too long? What matters is that we have the courage of love to cover any distance which dares to separate us.” – Unknown
21. “Long-distance relationships are like wind to a fire; it puts out the small ones, but inflames the big ones.” – Unknown
22. “Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.” – Cindy Lew
23. “There is no distance too far between friends, for friendship gives wings to the heart.” – Unknown

24. “Friends are connected heart to heart. Distance and time can’t break them apart.” – Unknown
25. “A part of you has grown in me, together forever we shall be, never apart, maybe in distance, but not in heart.” – Hakan Massoud Nawabi
26. “A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain” – Kahlil Gibran
27. “No matter where you are, you will always be looking at the same moon as I am.” – Unknown
28. “Though we drifted apart in distance I still think of you as being right here. And although we have many new friends, it is our friendship that means the most to me.” – Unknown
29. “A thousand miles seems pretty far, but they’ve got planes and trains and cars. I’d walk to you if I had no other way.” – Plain White T’s
30. “I may not always be there with you, but I will always be there for you.” – Unknown
31. “Though miles may lie between us, we’re never far apart, for friendship doesn’t count the miles, it’s measured in the heart.” – Rozina Hasham

32. “If you’re out on the road, feeling lonely and so cold, all you have to do is call my name, and I’ll be there on the next train.” – Carole King
33. “I’m never sad when a friend goes far away, because whichever city or country that friend goes to, they turn the place friendly. They turn a suspicious-looking name on the map into a place where a welcome can be found.” – Helen Oyeyemi
34. “A strong friendship doesn’t need daily conversation, doesn’t always need togetherness, as long as the relationship lives in the heart, true friends will never part.” – Unknown
35. “We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.” – Unknown
36. “If one day you feel like crying, call me. I can’t promise to make you laugh, but I’m willing to cry with you.” – Unknown
37. “Distance means nothing when someone means everything.” – Unknown
38. “Another day that passes is another day closer to seeing you again.” – Unknown
39. “The people who are meant to be in your life will always gravitate back towards you, no matter how far they wander.” – Unknown
40. “Here is my favorite thing about long-distance besties; it can be years since you have seen each other and, the minute you start talking, it is like you were never apart.” – Becca Anderson
41. “When twilight drops her curtain down and pins it with a star, remember that you have a friend though she may wander far.” – L.M. Montgomery
42. “If the days won’t allow us to see each other, memories will, and if my eyes can’t see you, my heart will never forget you.” – Unknown
43. “If there is one thing you never need to doubt, it is our friendship. I am always just a phone call away.” – Unknown
44. “Your absence has not taught me how to be alone, it merely has shown that when together we cast a single shadow on the wall.” – Doug Fetherling
45. “If distance were measured in terms of the heart, we’d never be more than a minute apart.” – Unknown
46. “If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.” – A.A. Milne

47. “Can miles truly separate you from friends… If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?” – Richard Bach
48. “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” — Woodrow Wilson
49. “Remember that life’s most valuable antiques are dear old friends.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
50. “Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.” — Richard Bach
51. “True friendship is a plant of slow growth…” — George Washington
52. “Friendship’s the wine of life.” — Edward Young
53. “For it would then be true friendship, such as no hope, no fear, no self-interest can sever. That is a friendship that stays with people until they die—and that people die for.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca
54. “Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.” — Virginia Woolf
55. “What I realize now in hindsight is that there is a natural ebb and flow to friendships. There are times you think there’s nothing left between you, that you’ve hit the bottom, but the special ones survive, find ways of restoring themselves.” — Colette McBeth
56. “No friendship is an accident.” — O. Henry
57. “The greatest gift in life] is the gift of friendship, and I have received it; the greatest healing therapy is friendship.” — Hubert Humphrey

69 Funny Long-Distance Friendship Quotes

Check out these funny “old friends” quotes for a good laugh. They bring a touch of humor to your long-distance friendship, showing how you can still share fun moments even when apart.

1. “A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.” – Bernard Meltzer
2. “’Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.” – Charles Lamb
3. “There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” – Linda Grayson
4. “Friendship is Love without his wings!” – Lord Byron
5. “Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” – Unknown
6. “Definition of a long-distance relationship: Inconveniently the most effective way to find out if you really love each other.” – Unknown
7. “I miss you like an idiot misses the point.” – Unknown
8. “Whoever coined the term ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder’ was an idiot. Absence makes a bitch grow crazy.” – Toni Aleo
9. “If you think missing me is hard, you should try missing you.” – Unknown
10. “They say long-distance relationships will teach you to communicate well… We should be mind-readers by now.” – Lisa McKay
11. “Want to learn how someone really handles frustration? Put them in a long-distance relationship and give them a slow internet connection.” – Lisa McKay
12. “Very often I realize that the time people spend apart is as important in maintaining relationships as the time they spend together.” ― Joyce Rachelle
13. “We live so far apart because the world just isn’t ready for that much AWESOMENESS” – Unknown

14. “You and I are more than friends…. We’re like a really small gang.” – Unknown
15. “We’ve been friends for so long, I can’t remember which one of us is the bad influence” – Unknown
16. “I miss your stupid face.” – Unknown
17. “And then she knew that you could become homesick for people too.” – Beau Taplin
18. “Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you’re close in heart.” — Kay Knudsen
19. “If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky.” ― S.E. Hinton
20. “You know someone is very special to you when days just don’t seem right without them.” — John Cena
21. “When something is missing in your life, it usually turns out to be someone.” — Robert Breault
22. “Nothing makes a room feel emptier than wanting someone in it.”— Calla Quinn
23. “A true best friend may get you into trouble, but they will always be there to pull you out of it too.” ― Kaylee Stepkoski
24. “Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.”― Misty Copeland
25. “Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”— G. Randolf
26. “I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can play together all night.” — Bill Watterson
27. “A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.” ― Jim Morrison
28. “When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.”— Maria Shriver
29. “A real friendship should not fade as time passes, and should not weaken because of space separation.” — John Newton
30. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson
31. “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.”―  Elie Wiesel
32. “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.” ― C. S. Lewis
33. “My friends are my estate.”― Emily Dickinson
34. “Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.”— Cindy Lew
35. “If I had a single flower for every time I think of you, I could walk forever in my garden.” — Alfred Lord Tennyson
36. “A good friend is a connection to life — a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.”― Lois Wyse
37. “When you miss someone in your life, just close your eyes and think about the things that you do when you are with each other.” — Jeramae Panabia
38. “Distance means so little when someone means so much.” — Tom McNeal
39. “Friendship is selfless love, care, respect, and honor not a profitable opportunity.”― Santosh Kalwar
40. “Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.” –John Evelyn
41. “Where we love is home — home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.”–Oliver Wendell Holmes
42. “Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.”– Muhammad Ali
43. “Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.”– Tennessee Williams
44. “It is by chance that we met, by choice that we became friends.”— Henri J.M. Nouwen
45. “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive.” –Anais Nin
46. “If you have nothing in life but a good friend, you’re rich.” –Michelle Kwan
47. “True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.” –Charles Caleb Colton
48. “True friends are like diamonds — bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.” –Nicole Richie
49. “No matter how far you manage to go, distance will never be able to erase those beautiful memories. There is so much goodness that we shared together.” –Lucy Aims
50. “Ocean separates lands, not souls.” – Munia Khan
51. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”– Elbert Hubbard
52. “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” –Helen Keller
53. “Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.” –Sarah Dessen, “Someone Like You”
54. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” –Walter Winchell
55. “The best mirror is an old friend.” –George Herbert
56. “A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” – Donna Roberts
57. “A friend is what the heart needs all the time.” – Henry Van Dyke
58. “No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less.” – Jean De La Bruyere
59. “That’s the worst way to miss somebody. When they’re right beside you and you miss them anyway.” – Pittacus Lore
60. “There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi
61. “If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.” – A. A. Milne
62. “What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you.” – Richard Wilbur
63. “As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delight of presence best known by the torments of absence.” – Alcibiades
64. “Your absence has gone through me, like thread through a needle, everything I do is stitched with its color.” – W.S. Merwin
65. “The joy of meeting pays the pangs of absence; else who could bear it?” – Nicholas Rowe
66. “When you miss me just look up to the night sky and remember, I’m like a star; sometimes you can’t see me, but I’m always there.” – Jayde Nicole
67. “I exist in two places, here and where you are.”  – Margaret Atwood
68. “There should be a little gap between you and your friends, though you’ll miss their companionship and you’ll also miss their disrespect.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
69. “For the two of us, home isn’t a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.” – Stephanie Perkins

Infographic: How To Keep Long-Distance Friendships Alive

You can keep your long-distance friendship thriving in many ways apart from just sending each other quotes and sayings. For example, you can send them surprise gifts with their favorite snacks or outfits.

Check out the infographic below to learn more ways to keep a long-distance friendship strong.

Illustration: StyleCraze Design Team

Frequently Asked Questions

Why are long-distance friends the best?

Long-distance friends are the best because you always have your next meeting to look forward to. You can make plans for the next time you see them and always have a blast together. And when you realize that this friendship thrives despite the distance and several days of disconnect, you appreciate its strength even more.

Can long-distance friendship last?

Yes. If both friends don’t hesitate to reach out to each other regularly, you can enjoy a lasting long-distance friendship.

What is the best line for a best friend?

You can describe a best friend through a quote by Aristotle. He said, “A true friend is one soul in two bodies.”

How do I cheer up my long-distance friend?

There are many ways to cheer up a long-distance friend, like telling them why they are special to you, reminding them of your favorite memories together, and sharing a funny meme with them, and showing support through constant communication. You can also film a funny video and send it to them to cheer them up!

How can I maintain the strength of my long-distance friendship?

Some tips you can follow to maintain the strength of your long-distance friendship are to prioritize regular communication, be supportive during important moments, and engage in activities like virtual hangouts. Remember, thoughtful gestures and mutual effort keep the bond strong despite the distance.

Send your best friend a message from afar! Click on the video and learn how to craft the perfect message for your long distance best friend.

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