My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.

यथा तोये नरः स्नात्वा पिपासां याति सागरम्।

तथा दोषेषु मित्राणि प्राप्यायान्ति दुर्जनाः॥"

Translation: Just as a person who bathes in water quenches his thirst by reaching the ocean, in the same way, friends help us overcome our faults and lead us to righteousness.

Explanation: True friends guide us towards the right path and help us correct our mistakes.

Abraham Lincoln has given up this quote where he wanted to stress that your friends are significant in building our personality. The environment we are surrounding is critical in concreting our foundations. Same is preached to every toddler by their parents to keep friendship with good fellows. जैसी संगत वैसी रंगत , is very famous proverb echoes almost every sphere. This is indeed true because who loves gardening their hands are always spreading fragrance while butcher always stinks. 

Abdul Kalam sir has stated in his autobiography:- 

I inherited honesty and self-discipline from my father; from my mother, I inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness and so did my three brothers and sister. But it was the time I spent with Jallaluddin and Samsuddin that perhaps contributed most to the uniqueness of my childhood and made all the difference in my later life. The unschooled wisdom of Jallaluddin and Samsuddin was so intuitive and responsive to non-verbal messages, that I can unhesitatingly attribute my subsequently manifested creativity to their company in my childhood. 

Sir many times in his speech also mention about the important role that his fellow mates have made in making his carrier and the sacrifices made by his friends. We all can acknowledge that in any moment of life, our friends and peers actually make some extra efforts that proliferates our success rates may be in any spheres.

 Why Good Friends are important? 

Good friends are great for your health. Friends can help you celebrate good times and provide support during bad times. Friends prevent isolation and loneliness and give you a chance to offer needed companionship, too. Friends can also elevate our sense of belonging and purpose

Boost our happiness and reduce our stress

Improve our self-confidence and self-worth

Help us to cope up with traumas, such as divorce, serious illness, job loss or the death of a loved one

Encourage us to change or avoid unhealthy lifestyle habits in many cases.Friends also play a significant role in promoting our overall health. Adults with strong social connections have a reduced risk of many significant health problems, including depression, high blood pressure and an unhealthy body mass index (BMI). In fact, studies have found that older adults who have meaningful relationships and social support are likely to live longer than their peers with fewer connections.

Real friends bring out the best in you, fake friends bring out the worst :- 

Our real friends generally shows us the path that suits us and are always helping us to grow. Critism is the ladder to elevate because anyone can applaud us but our dear one only can critise us at our face. The true friends keeps on highlighting our areas of improvements that helps us to grow and achieve the success that we deserves. Real friends everyday makes us to learn and relearn new information that are offcourse very critical for us in achieving our goals. 

Mirrors never lie and giving the reflection that we are incidenting on it similarly are our real mates that never leaves us but desires to aloof that unrequired skills in us. 

Generally, people are judged by the friends they are accompanying 

The Art of Making Friends :- 

Building and keeping friendships is not everyone’s cup of tea, as it takes a lot of understanding, effort, and patience. Making friends in a new school or in a new class is an arduous thing, and some students feel it is complicated. Every person needs a person to talk to in their highs and lows, and living without a friend means living a lifeless life. However, by using some tactics and developing positive habits, we can improve your potential to form meaningful connections.

Be welcoming

Show that you’re all ears

Look for Common Interests

Embrace their true self

Let your real self-shine