STRONG WORDS...

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. 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.
Note: Be not mistaken. This is applicable to
family as well as friends. Yes...do love,
appreciate and be thankful for your family,
for they will always be your family no matter
what. Just know that they are human first
and though they are family to you, they may
be a friend to someone else and will fit
somewhere in the criteria above.
"In Prosperity Our Friends Know Us. In
Adversity We Know Our Friends."
"Never make someone a priority when you
are only an option for them."
"If you are going to achieve excellence in big
things, you develop the habit in little matters.
Excellence is not an exception, it is a
prevailing attitude."