Characteristics of a Good Friend

What characteristics do you look for when choosing a friend? There are many different characteristics that describe a good friend. Everybody has different ideas on what they want and need in a friend. Characteristics you might want in a friend could range from, someone you can relate with someone that is the complete opposable of you. What I want in a friend is something simple, when I choose my friends I would like then to be honest, confidence, and sincere.

What exactly does sincerity mean? Sincerity is generally understood to be truth in word and act. It is very important to be sincere at all times and to everyone in which you encounter. All people should be treated kindly and with respect. You cannot trudge though life always being negative or putting other people down, in reality you will be the one that is thought about in a negative and pessimistic way."Sincerity is a powerful sales tool" is a very meaningful quote and refers significantly to this aphorism. All teenagers must possess the quality of sincerity if they want to get through the many adversities life passes their way.

Honesty to me is the most important quality to look for in a friend because if you have honesty it will bring many other great qualities along whit it. Honesty is a facet of moral character and connotes positive and virtues attributes such as integrity, truthfulness and straight forwardness along with the absence of lying, cheating or theft. If you were to look up the meaning of truthfulness, you would see that it means “to be consistent in telling the truth and to be honest.” In that same dictionary, the word honesty is defined as “the capacity or condition of being honest; integrity; trustworthiness”. Without honesty the friendship would fall apart.

Self confidence is the ability to posses the absolute sureness of feeling that you are equal to the task at hand. If one is self-confident, that trait shines through the person in everything they do, say, what they wear and how they look. "Confidence is the key. If you don't believe in yourself, then nobody will”. A confident person believes in themselves, does what they feel is right and is never afraid of failure. Self-confidence is extremely important in almost every aspect of our lives.

In conclusion, the qualities I look for in a friend are sincerity, honesty and confidence. I think these qualities are important because, to me they are the foundation of every great friendship. I like to think that I am a perfect friend but, you are not going to find friends that are completely perfect. Friends might lie and hurt you at times but they make up if they are true friends. Everyone has a flaw but, if they try to stay honesty and loyal to you then that us close enough.