Curate Your Inner Circle Quotes

You become the average of the people you keep closest.  Choose a circle that raises your standards and half your growth is already handled.  This Influence path holds history's wisest quotes on choosing who gets access to you.  Scroll through and put them to work.
You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.
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Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future.
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If you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck. If you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly.
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Your network is your net worth.
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When we associate with the virtuous we form ourselves in imitation of their virtues, or at least lose, every day, something of our faults.
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The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.
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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
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Surround yourself with people who remind you more of your future than your past.
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Keep good company, read good books, love good things.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
Seneca
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Don't join an easy crowd; you won't grow.
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If the people in your circle aren't contributing to your growth, then you're not in a circle, you're in a cage.
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He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
the Bible (Proverbs 13:20)
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You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.
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Poverty isn't only a lack of financial resources; it is isolation from the kind of people who could help you make more of yourself.
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Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
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It's better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.
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Do not expect positive changes in your life if you surround yourself with negative people.
Unknown
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Surround yourself with people who challenge you, teach you, and push you to be your best self.
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Your team must be the size of your dream.
Unknown
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Don't you dare for one more second surround yourself with people who are not aware of the greatness that you are.
Unknown
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Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful
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Surround yourself with people who challenge you to be better
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I try to seek out and surround myself with people who are as passionate about what they do as I am
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Sometimes you have to give up on people, not because you don't care, but because they don't.
Unknown
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The best thing you will ever do for yourself is to say goodbye to people who make you less than you could be.
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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.
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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.
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Never apologize for having high standards. People who really want to be in your life will rise up to meet them.
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Seek out people who challenge you, not those who comfort you.
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Surrounding yourself with inspiring people is now just as important as being talented or working hard.
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Don't try to do everything by yourself, but try to connect with people and resources. Having that discipline and perseverance is really important.
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Get a mentor in the applicable field if you're at all unsure of what you're looking for.
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It's always good to work with people who make you feel insecure about yourself. That way, you will constantly keep pushing your limits.
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Most ideas are born and lost in isolation.
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An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
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When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
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I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
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Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
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We ought neither to fasten our ship to one small anchor nor our life to a single hope.
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One tree does not make a forest.
Proverb (Chinese)
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He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
the Bible (Proverbs 13:20)
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Keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
the Bible (Proverbs 27:17)
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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
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
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None of us is as smart as all of us.
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Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people.
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Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments.
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The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important.
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