Curate Your Inner Circle Quotes

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”

“Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.”

“We are not for everyone and everyone is not for us. The question is, ‘If we cannot be with another, can we at least not hurt them? Can we, at least, find a way to coexist?’”

“Never be associated with someone you can’t be proud of, whether you work for him or he works for you”

“Tell me who your heroes are and I’ll tell you how you’ll turn out to be.”

“The big problem of any young person’s life is to have models to suggest possibilities.”

“Our life evokes our character. You find out more about yourself as you go on. That’s why it’s good to put yourself in situations that will evoke your higher nature rather than your lower.”

“Surround yourself with incredibly positive, optimistic people – people that love to see others shine. They will rub off on you.”

“The people who want to manipulate you will attack your strengths not your weakness.”

“Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors… Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory.”

“Don’t be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”

“When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary.”

“It isn’t love when another person cannot give you the space to live your own life.”

“All relationship is a reflection of your relationship with yourself.”

“Align yourself with people that you can learn from, people who want more out of life, people who are stretching and searching and seeking some higher ground in life.”

“If you run around with 9 losers pretty soon you’ll be the 10th loser.”

“People inspire you, or they drain you. Pick them wisely.”

“One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.”

“Those who cheat for you will cheat against you.”

“Our best evidence of what people truly feel and believe comes less from their words than from their deeds. Observers trying to decide what a man is like look closely at his actions.”

“It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.”

“Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.”

“Surround yourself with people who have the habits you want to have yourself. You’ll rise together.”

“Stay close to those who sing, tell stories, and enjoy life, and whose eyes sparkle with happiness. Because happiness is contagious and will always manage to find a solution, whereas logic can find only an explanation for the mistake made.”

“For no matter what we achieve, if we don’t spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect, we cannot possibly have a great life. But if we spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect - people we really enjoy being on the bus with and who will never disappoint us - then we will almost certainly have a great life, no matter where the bus goes.”

“Have no friends not equal to yourself.”

“Staying true to who I am was tougher when I first got wealthy. Having great friends kept me grounded.”