Sam Altman Quotes

But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.

You become like the people you spend the most time with.

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.

You're the average of the five people you spend your time with.

More than a few studies have shown that the five people you spend the most time with represent you - so you need to decide - who do you want to be?

Mindsets are contagious. So choose the people you populate your life with extremely well.

Who you spend time with is who you become! Change your life by consciously choosing to surround yourself with people with higher standards!

One thing I'm interested in is what shapes us: the people? The place where we live? It's both of those and more. That's what I keep coming back to.

The people that you have around you are your biggest influence.

Every man becomes, to a certain degree, what the people he generally converses with are.

You're only as good as the people who you surround yourself with.

One of the things I tell people in my seminars is to hang out with positive, nurturing people. You become like who you hang out with.

Nothing perhaps affects man's character more than the company he keeps

We're kind of influenced by all the different people we meet.

I think all of us make the mistake of thinking we're going to change people when we get together. But we're not. People are who they are. And people change in their own time.

The values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are.

Your friends will determine the quality and direction of your life.

The nature of human beings is such that we tend not to drift into better behaviors. We usually have to be asked by someone to consider taking it up a level.

When people are watching you, it makes you think twice about what you do, and the things you say, and the people you hang around with.

You will never outperform your inner circle.

Recall that people like to do what most people think it is right to do; recall too that people like to do what most people actually do.

You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves

The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself. It is said that some people are born great, others achieve it, some have it thrust upon them. In truth, the ways in which your character is built have to do with all three of those. Those around you, those you choose, and those who choose you.