Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

Pick a good set of friends that are going to allow you to move in the right direction.

I think it's good to surround yourself with good people.

I'm surrounded by good people, and I surround myself with good people.

People who feel empowered by your presence become kindred spirits.

Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people.

Life is about collecting good people around you. You can’t have enough good people.

There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.

In the face of adversity, hope often comes in the form of a friend who reaches out to us.

There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.

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.

You gotta surround yourself with positive people, people who care.

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

I just try to surround myself with good, positive supportive people who are trying to make the world better.

He kept at true good humor's mark The social flow of pleasure's tide: He never made a brow look dark, Nor caused a tear, but when he died.

A Cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around.

A good friend and a bad friend are like a perfume-seller and a blacksmith: The perfume-seller might give you some perfume as a gift, or you might buy some from him, or at least you might smell its fragrance. As for the blacksmith, he might singe your clothes, and at the very least you will breathe in the fumes of the furnace.

I have no idea how he knows when I need him. We can go weeks without speaking, and then, when my blue moods threaten to turn black, he will show up and tell me my moods are azure indigo cerulean cobalt periwinkle and suddenly the blue will not seem so dark, more like the color of a noon-bright sky. He brings the sun.

Do not have as friends harmful people, the wise person does not associate with the worst of people. Have as friends virtuous people, the wise person associates with the best of people.

Keep not money, but keep good people's company.

If you want to catch a cold, hang out with sick people. If you want to lose, associate with losers. But if you want to become successful, go out of your way to associate with successful people.

Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.

Make a list of your friends and determine who is the most positive thinker among them and deliberately cultivate his society.

There is something good about the character of Gomez. I wouldn't trade the association with him for anything or any role that I might have missed.

Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad.