Quotes about Association

books we read, the people with whom we associate, the country and community in which we live, the nature of the work we do, the clothes we wear, the songs we sing, and, most important of all, the religious and intellectual training we receive in our early teenage years.

Somebody once said, "Show me a man's friends and I will tell you about that man's character." We should love everybody and never neglect the poor or needy, but the people whom we allow to influence us really determine our future.

Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like unto him wherever he goes. What you are comes to you.

If a man is known by the company he keeps, so also his character is reflected in the books he reads.

I moved to New York in 1980, and I met Beth Henley, who's a marvellous playwright and who I have a real personal and professional association with, in 1982. I met her in a stalled elevator - we were the only two people in there - and she's been one of my very dearest friends since.

The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers.

Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.

Evil was predictable, always painfully expected.

Skill at helping people grow spiritually, like skill at playing chess, depends on understanding and valuing differences.

One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.

A man is known by the company his mind keeps.