You are who you are by virtue of the company you keep.
You are who you surround yourself with. I know that's such a cliche quote, but it's true.
People will, in a great degree, and not without reason, form their opinion of you upon that which they have of your friends; and there is a Spanish proverb which says vry justly, 'Tell me whom you live with, and I will tell you who you are.'
I got a chance to work with Stallone and De Niro - pretty much sums it up for me. You can tell where you're going in your career by the company you keep.
When you lose your freedom, you lose, first and foremost, the opportunity to choose the company you keep.
My mother taught me something at a young age - she said 'you are the company you keep'. To define yourself by some label or some level of resources - that's pretty shallow.
You are who you go to lunch with! Break bread with cool and you will become more cool. Conversely: break bread with dull and well, you can figure it out.
Choose your friends carefully, for you will tend to be like them and be found where they choose to go.
The principle difference between heaven and hell is the company you keep there.
You're only as good as the people who you surround yourself with.
Your enlightenment depends on the company you keep. You do not know the world until you know the men who have possessed it and tried its wares before you were ever given your brief run upon it.
