Curate Your Inner Circle Quotes

“Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people - or find a different room”

“Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.”

“Most ideas are born and lost in isolation.”

“It's the friends that you can call up at 4:00 am that matter.”

“Don't try to do everything by yourself, but try to connect with people and resources. Having that discipline and perseverance is really important.”

“Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future.”

“The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.”

“Do not expect positive changes in your life if you surround yourself with negative people.”

“Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.”

“I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.”

“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”

“It's better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.”

“Don't you dare for one more second surround yourself with people who are not aware of the greatness that you are.”

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”

“Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

“Surround yourself with people who remind you more of your future than your past.”

“A joy shared is a joy doubled.”

“Sometimes you have to give up on people, not because you don't care, but because they don't.”

“The best thing you will ever do for yourself is to say goodbye to people who make you less than you could be.”

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and be understood.”

“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.”

“Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.”

“Get a mentor in the applicable field if you're at all unsure of what you're looking for.”

“Surround yourself with people who challenge you to be better”

“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.”

“It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction”

“Don't join an easy crowd; you won't grow.”

“A single rose can be my garden; a single friend, my world.”

“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.”

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

“I judge people based on their capability, honesty, and merit”

“Your team must be the size of your dream.”

“Surround yourself with people who challenge you, teach you, and push you to be your best self.”

“The language of friendship is not words, but meanings.”

“Surrounding yourself with inspiring people is now just as important as being talented or working hard.”

“Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful”

“Your network is your net worth.”

“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.”

“Never apologize for having high standards. People who really want to be in your life will rise up to meet them.”

“Big people talk about big ideas; average people talk about average ideas; small people talk about other people.”

“Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.”

“Our chief want in life, is someone who shall make us do what we can. This is the service of a friend. With him, we are easily great.”

“Iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”

“If the people in your circle aren't contributing to your growth, then you're not in a circle, you're in a cage.”

“Keep good company, read good books, love good things.”

“I try to seek out and surround myself with people who are as passionate about what they do as I am”

“Associate with people who are likely to improve you.”

“Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.”

“Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don't see it yourself.”

“It's always good to work with people who make you feel insecure about yourself. That way, you will constantly keep pushing your limits.”

“There are two questions a man must ask himself: The first is Where am I going? and the second is Who will go with me? If you ever get these questions in the wrong order you are in trouble.”

“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise.”

“When we associate with the virtuous we form ourselves in imitation of their virtues, or at least lose, every day, something of our faults.”

“If you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck. If you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly.”

“Seek out people who challenge you, not those who comfort you.”

“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”