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Title: It Is Better To Be Alone, Than In The Wrong Company..
Post by: Timothy on April 23, 2009, 10:04:10 AM

It Is Better To Be Alone, Than In The Wrong Company..

Tell me who your best friends are and I will tell you who you are.  If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl.  But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights.  "A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses."   

The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom you closely associate - for the good and the bad.  The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve.  Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity.   

An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.  As you grow, your associates will change.  Some of your friends will not want you to go on.  They will want you to stay where they are.   

Friends that don't help you climb will want you to crawl.  Your friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream.  Those that don't increase you will eventually decrease you.   

Consider this: Never receive counsel from unproductive people.  Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how.  Not everyone has a right to speak into your life.  You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person.   

Don't follow anyone who's not going anywhere.  With some people you spend an evening: with others you invest it.  Be careful where you stop to inquire for directions along the road of life.   

Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships.

- Author Unknown  

Title: Re: It Is Better To Be Alone, Than In The Wrong Company..
Post by: PegLeg45 on April 23, 2009, 01:15:22 PM

Nice post.
Reminds me of what my Grandfather used to say, "The best measure of a man is who he chooses as his friends".

Title: Re: It Is Better To Be Alone, Than In The Wrong Company..
Post by: twyacht on April 23, 2009, 05:34:44 PM

Usually true friends can be counted on one hand, and not get to all fingers.

Although I will say many here on DRTV remind me that I am at least NOT in the Wrong Company...

Title: Re: It Is Better To Be Alone, Than In The Wrong Company..
Post by: tt11758 on April 23, 2009, 05:37:51 PM

Quote from: twyacht on April 23, 2009, 05:34:44 PM

Although I will say many here on DRTV remind me that I am at least NOT in the Wrong Company...

Amen, my friend.