As you learn who you are, you can better surround yourself with friends who make you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disassemble old relationships.
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There is always someone in the world who is better or worse off than yourself, and I've never seen that - in either direction - as a barrier to becoming friends with somebody.
I think the only way you learn is to surround yourself with people that are better than you.
You really find out who your friends are and who you can trust. That definitely toughens you.
Sometimes you can make friends, and sometimes you can take friends. Sometimes people want to be friends with you, and you gotta be like, 'Okay, I can deal with this person's personality and be their friend, but not necessarily do I have to change who I am. I'm not gonna change myself to be their friend.'
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.
You learn to judge your friends for who they are.
There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.
Find people who will make you better.
You have to surround yourself with people who love you and want the best for you.
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