Friendship Day: is observed annually on the first Sunday in August, this year it will be celebrated on Sunday, August 6th, 2023 in India. The day is dedicated to the importance of friendships and how it shapes us as people.
The celebration of International Friendship varies from country to country. In nations such as Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, India, the United States, and Bangladesh, Friendship Day is observed on the first Sunday in August, while many other countries celebrate this Day on July 30.
Friendship Day
Friendship is the truest form of human relationships. It is based on the idea of unconditional love, barring all kinds of societal barriers of caste, creed, colour, age, religion and ethnicity. So every day is a friendship day because a friend never leaves our side, but this Day is celebrated every year to observe the day as a special one dedicated to the friends we have in our life and how they form one of the most important parts of our existence.
2024 – Sunday – 4th August
2025 – Sunday – 3rd August
2026 – Sunday – 2nd August
2027 – Sunday – 1st August
This day is celebrated across several countries. The first event was held in 1958. It was first proposed in Paraguay in 1958 as International Friendship Day. In 2011, the United Nations finally declared July 30 as the official International Friendship Day. However, in India; it is usually celebrated on the first Sunday of the month of August.
The UN proposed that friendship can inspire peace efforts between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals and can link up communities.
The yellow rose is often associated with International Friendship Day. It is considered a symbol of friendship and is exchanged among friends on this day.
Friendship Day Quotes
- Cheers to the bonds that make life brighter and hearts warmer.”
- “To my amazing friends, thank you for being there always”
- “Friendship knows no distance. Sending warm wishes across the miles”
- “Here’s to the old and the new friends who make life worth celebrating”
- “On this special day, let’s promise to stand by each other forever. Happy Friendship Day 2023!”
- “Distance can’t diminish our friendship’s power. Sending love on Friendship Day 2023!”
- Cheers to the crazy moments, inside jokes, and never-ending laughter! You brighten my days, and I’m grateful to have you by my side.
- You are someone I can count on at every step of my life. May our beautiful friendship last forever.
- You have always been the light in my darkest times, and I cannot thank you enough for it. I just want to say I love you best friend.
- You are the one person in my life who has always made me feel special, picked me up on my worst days, and been a big support through thick and thin. Sending you warm hugs on this special Day.
- It’s hard to meet people in life who are willing to give everything without any hope of getting anything in return. I call myself lucky because I have someone like you in my life. It’s you!
- You and I were a match from the beginning. I’m forever grateful to have found you and wish you all the blessings life can bring!
- “Dearest friend, I love you the most because you are always there to join me in the most stupid things in life”
- “I find myself extremely lucky to have a friend like you who is much more than a friend to me, who is my life”
- “No matter how old we grow, no matter how much distance we have between us, you will always stay in my heart”
- “To a friend who has always been there for me, I thank you for being such a wonderful friend… Happy Friendship Day and always stay as awesome as you are!!!”
- “Finding a friend who connects with you at all levels is extremely rare but I feel I am the blessed child of the Almighty”
- “The most beautiful thing about our friendship is that we understand each other in every situation and that is what makes us so strong”
- “Wishing a very Happy Friendship Day to my dearest, sweetest friend who has always surprised me with doing things that no one would ever do for me.”
- “When I was small, I used to pray to God to give me the most special friend in this world and when I see you, I know that my prayers have been answered well”
- “On Friendship Day, let us dedicate this day to the crazy, weird and unique attitude we have towards life…. Let us be alike… Let us be stupid!!!”
- “When I look at you, I feel that you have been blessed with a lot more than you deserve…. Happy Friendship Day to you for having a friend like me.”
- “You have to do lots of good deeds and pray a lot to God to have a friend like me…. I am your jackpot and you are the lucky soul… Happy Friendship Day 2023.”
- “On this Day, I promise you that you will always find me in all the stupid things you are going to do in your life because we are contracted partners in crime for life.”
- “Wishing a very Happy Friendship Day to my friend. You are the brightness to my smile, you are the light in the dark, you are the hope when I am lost.”
- “Let us celebrate the beautiful friendship that we share to make it a perfect Day, the day that gives us another reason to spend more time together.”
- “If there is someone on whom I can depend without a single thought then it is you my friend”.
- “You feel much stronger and happier when you have a friend you can always trust. I think I am truly blessed to have you”.
- “You have painted my life in the lovely colours of friendship and brought so much happiness and smiles into my life”
- “Whenever I am in my trouble, I think you. Whenever I want to party, I think of you. Whenever I am sad, I think of you. Be it any emotion I am undergoing, I always think of you my friend. Happy Friendship Day.”
- “It is the magic of your friendship that has helped me become a better person in life”.
- “The life is much more fun when you have a friend to multiply your smiles and minus your sorrows”
- “Friendship is all about being there for each in good and bad times and never giving up on each other”
- Cheers to us and cheers to the journey that have had together. I am truly blessed to have a friend who has accepted me the way I am and has cared for me unconditionally”
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