Surround Yourself Quotes

1. “Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.”

2. “Surround yourself with good people; surround yourself with positivity and people who are going to challenge you to make you better.”

3. “The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.”

4. “Always be your true self, and surround yourself with positive and supportive people.”

5. “I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.”

6. “To all the other dreamers out there, don't ever stop or let the world's negativity disenchant you or your spirit. If you surround yourself with love and the right people, anything is possible.”

7. “Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.”

8. “Surround yourself with good people who encourage and love you. There are always ups and downs, no matter how successful you are.”

9. “Try new things, step out of your comfort zone, take risks, do things in ways you've never done them before, ask for help, surround yourself with self-actualized people, become obsessed with the fact that you have one go-round on this planet as the you that is you, and realize how precious and important it is not to squander that.”

10. “Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.”

11. “Surround yourself with the right people, and realize your own worth. Honestly, there are enough bad people out there in the world - you don't need to be your own worst enemy.”

12. “Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don't give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people.”

13. “Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.”

14. “Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.”

15. “Be true to yourself and surround yourself with positive, supportive people.”

16. “Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.”

17. “Surround yourself with a bunch of like-minded people, and you'll soak up their habits like a starved sponge. Fat people with fat friends care less about their weight.”

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

19. “Understand that everybody has their own struggles, regardless of whether you can see it or not. Just surround yourself with the people who love you, and know you're not really alone.”

20. “Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.”

21. “Being a teen can be tough. Just try to surround yourself with really good friends that really have your back, and also be a really good friend to those who really care about you. If you're not sure about certain things, talk to your friends that you trust and your family.”

22. “Beautiful things comfort; they bring a real clarity and ease. We have to continue to make our environments beautiful - it's sort of like a prayer. If you surround yourself with beautiful things, you have a better life - one with more oxygen.”

23. “Stay focused, believe that you can achieve at the highest level, surround yourself with others who believe in you, and do not stray from your goal.”

24. “Surround yourself with people and things that inspire you. Learn everything you can.”

25. “When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it's you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself.”

26. “First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it.”

27. “It's important to surround yourself with good people, interesting people, young people, young ideas. Go places, learn new stuff. Look at the world with wonder - don't be tired about it.”

28. “You are who you surround yourself with. I know that's such a cliche quote, but it's true.”

29. “Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.”

30. “I always tell young girls, surround yourself with goodness. I learned early on how to get the haters out of my life.”

31. “Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.”

32. “Whatever you put around yourself, you will be the mirror of it. Surround yourself with things you love.”

33. “Surround yourself with people you can always learn something from. Always work with people that are better at their craft than you are.”

34. “You should feel beautiful and you should feel safe. What you surround yourself with should bring you peace of mind and peace of spirit.”

35. “Surround yourself with good people. Whether they're the best or not, people are capable of learning if they've got good hearts and they're good souls.”

36. “I'm a big believer that you surround yourself with good people which brings the best out of you.”

37. “You are who you surround yourself with, and that's the truth. I'm surrounding myself with the baddest dudes in the world.”

38. “Surround yourself with smart, dedicated people - to build something isn't a one-man show. It's more important to have smart people who really believe in what you're doing than really experienced people who may not share your dream.”

39. “I just feel like, with growing up and having peer pressure and what society wants you to be and what you think you should do, I feel like it's really important to surround yourself around good, understanding, amazing people that actually love you for you.”

40. “Surround yourself with positive people and you'll be a positive person.”

41. “Know what you're good at, and, more importantly, what you're not - and surround yourself with people who fill the gap.”

42. “You have to surround yourself with people who love you and want the best for you.”

43. “Surround yourself with people who support you. Find champions.”

44. “It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.”

45. “A wise man has to always listen to the peers he surrounds around himself. That's why you surround yourself with other smart people. Captain Kirk keep Mr. Spock right beside him.”

46. “The best thing to do when you find yourself in a hurting or vulnerable place is to surround yourself with the strongest, finest, most positive people you know.”

47. “No one is perfect, and no one should be made to feel like they have to be perfect. It's nice that we all have unique qualities that make us different as athletes and humans. That's why it's so important to surround yourself with people who truly care about you.”

48. “I just feel to be confident in yourself is to surround yourself with positive people, people that uplift you and are only here for what you do and love what you do.”

49. “You're not going to be great at everything. Surround yourself with people that can compliment you so you can work together and then everybody can be successful.”

50. “When you're the best, you only want to surround yourself with the best.”

51. “When you surround yourself with nature, it's really powerful.”

52. “Once you figure out what your passion is, surround yourself with like-minded people who can help you grow.”

53. “You have to surround yourself with really good people and have a very thick skin.”

54. “'Attaboys' help people. I am huge on attaboy. Confidence is the great ingredient to living and art, with fidelity to self. It's so important to surround yourself with people who give you confidence.”

55. “In a consumer society, people wallow in things, fascinating, enjoyable things. If you define your value by the things you acquire and surround yourself with, being excluded is humiliating.”

56. “Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.”

57. “Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with.”

58. “One way to stay grounded in the entertainment industry is to surround yourself with very good people that will constantly remind you how uncool you are.”

59. “What really matters is that you do what you think is right, what you believe in, and you surround yourself with the people you care about in this world. That's what counts in this life.”

60. “You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.”

61. “If you want to become healthy, you have to surround yourself with a group of people that are getting healthy, and you have to be connected to a community that is doing what you want to do.”

62. “In your 40s, you shed those who bring you down and surround yourself with the most positive people you know.”

63. “You surround yourself with amazing, grade-A talent, and you're going to have to lift your game. You kind of thrive just by being around such people.”

64. “The only advice I can give is to surround yourself with people who are friends and people who believe in you and your material and who are going to help you take it to the next level. It doesn't mean you don't listen to criticism, but you listen to it and edit it, and you figure out what you can take.”

65. “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.”

66. “When you surround yourself with like-minded athletes who are all going through the same thing as you, it gives you more drive and strength to get through those moments when you don't want to do it any more, when you think it's hard.”

67. “I've been blessed to surround myself with good parents, and good people, and I think that's the secret: Surround yourself with people that are positive influences in your life that want to help and want to care.”

68. “Say 'no' more than 'yes,' and just make sure you surround yourself with good people.”

69. “You've got to invest your own time, invest your own resources into creating a better world, not only for yourself but for the people you surround yourself with.”

70. “I get depressed pretty easily but have found the best way to combat it is to surround yourself with people you can talk openly with about it.”

71. “It's always a wonderful time to be able to settle down by the fire, enjoy the Christmas tree and the decorations, and just spend time with the ones you love and surround yourself with the people that you don't get to see enough throughout the year.”

72. “It's definitely team work with my fashion career. The trick is to surround yourself with the best people, those whose opinions you really trust and value.”

73. “Being president isn't a solo position. You surround yourself with highly qualified people that are smarter about issues than you are. But that's not enough. You then have to listen to them.”

74. “This is my advice to entrepreneurs. It's easy to give up, but believe in your ideas. Surround yourself with people you respect and are smarter than you.”

75. “Doubts may happen. But if you surround yourself with like-minded people who believe in you and who you believe in, and you have faith, all will be well.”

76. “It's OK to not have all the answers, and in fact, the more extraordinary people you are able to surround yourself with, the better you will become.”

77. “The more rarefied a life you live, the easier it is to think that those who don't share it could be demonised. To find the common humanity becomes more of a struggle the more you surround yourself with nice things.”

78. “I think that if you do want to be a fighter, then you need to work harder than everybody else and make sure that you surround yourself with good people, especially if you're a woman. You've got to find a team that takes you seriously as a female fighter and is not going to rush you into the ring before you're ready.”

79. “Surround yourself with great people. People are what make businesses prosper.”

80. “Surround yourself with people that really care about not just you, but also the world and the things that you believe in.”

81. “I would advise any 17-year-old to surround yourself with people who listen to you, nod when you speak, and smile when you enter spaces.”

82. “I think it's a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, you'll end up thinking more extreme versions of what you thought before.”

83. “Surround yourself with people who lift you higher.”

84. “You just have to surround yourself with people who are going to support and love you before trying to sell you as a product, or push you into something you don't want to do.”

85. “Surround yourself with good people who support and love you. And have confidence in yourself and your abilities!”

86. “When you surround yourself with really good energy, really good people, you almost don't even think about your body as anything but something to nourish yourself and keep you running.”

87. “I think you are a product of the environment you surround yourself in, and everything you've experienced is a part of you and the fabric you are in.”

88. “You learn to give up what's not working and surround yourself with things you love - not what's correct or proper.”

89. “Surround yourself with people who believe in you.”

90. “You always want to surround yourself with better people than you.”

91. “I think the only way you learn is to surround yourself with people that are better than you.”

92. “I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement - and you can afford it, then that's a noble project.”

93. “Your movie becomes much more narrow-minded when you have like-minded department heads. Whereas if you can surround yourself with people who have been a mother before, been a grandmother before, you get a much broader and wide-reaching swath of human emotions.”

94. “How do you make it to the top when all you have is ambition and talent? You believe in yourself and surround yourself with other idealistic and talented friends that fuel each other and push against the establishment to take you seriously.”

95. “I think it's important to always keep professional and surround yourself with good people, work hard, and be nice to everyone.”

96. “I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them.”

97. “Surround yourself with people who are going to support you regardless of what your sexual orientation is, and you can have a beautiful life filled with love.”

98. “You learn as much as you can from the people that you work with. That's why you want to surround yourself with the heaviest people that you can possibly get to.”

99. “It's vital to understand where you may have gaps in your knowledge or experience and to surround yourself with a team that complements that.”

100. “You just have to find the people that you love, and surround yourself with them.”

101. “Surround yourself with people who will make you better, and learn to listen.”

102. “You can't build any kind of organization if you're not going to surround yourself with people who have experience and skill base beyond your own.”

103. “I like the idea of being warm and secure. That's what home should be. That you have a sense of warmth, security, love, and you love the things around you and surround yourself with beauty.”

104. “Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing people. Fall in love with your art and find yourself. Music is the great communicator.”

105. “Working at Pixar you learn the really honest, hard way of making a great movie, which is to surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you, much more talented than you, and incite constructive criticism; you'll get a much better movie out of it.”

106. “You have to understand that everybody has their own struggles, regardless of whether or not you can see it. Just surround yourself with the people who love you, and know that you're not alone.”

107. “The goal as an actor is to constantly surround yourself with amazing artists who challenge you and make you grow.”

108. “I think this industry can be tough on everyone. You have to surround yourself with supportive people and know when to put your foot down and do what's best for you and your family. The first few years in the music industry can be a steep learning curve, and I've definitely developed a thicker skin!”

109. “Look for the light. Look for it in everything. Look for it in yourself, in your children, in your job, and in your dreams. Look for it in the food you eat and in the people you surround yourself with.”

110. “Surround yourself with people you like and respect; surround yourself with people you just want to be around and keep making things.”

111. “If you want to stay fit, surround yourself with a couple of chicks who are fired up, so that the one day you're not, you can feed off their energy.”

112. “I think it's counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don't. You surround yourself with people who are the real experts.”

113. “Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.”

114. “Surround yourself with positive people.”

115. “I have a great agency! It's definitely team work with my fashion career. The trick is to surround yourself with the best people, those whose opinions you really trust and value.”

116. “Whatever vocation you decide on, track down the best people in the world at doing it and surround yourself with them.”

117. “Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you. Pick people who are interested in what you're interested in.”

118. “Get the screens out of your room and surround yourself with books.”

119. “You need to accept yourself for who you are and surround yourself with a good group of girl friends that'll lift you up instead of put you down.”

120. “The most important thing you can do when starting a business is surround yourself with smart people who know a lot more than you do in certain realms.”

121. “Surround yourself with people who only lift you higher.”

122. “I tried to surround myself with people who have accepted me for being me. And I want to create that image to my fans as well. And that's the advice I give to them. To be happy for who you are, and to surround yourself with people who are happy for being you.”

123. “I personally believe that the iPod is a frankly corrosive device because it encourages you to surround yourself with your favorites. The whole idea of a playlist is to surround yourself with your favorite things, and the interesting thing is that when you do that, they cease to be your favorites.”

124. “It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys.”

125. “There's always people trying to do something to make a quick buck. But, if you plan on the long game, you can essentially guarantee success if you're willing to put in the work and if you surround yourself with the right team.”

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

127. “For me, I had a close family. There were others like me who were going through a lot of rough times, so we always came together. It was understood that we would overcome hate, as long as you surround yourself with love and what's real.”

128. “It's important to come out to yourself first and be comfortable with it. After that, I feel it's important to surround yourself with a group of friends who support you and love you for who you are.”

129. “I had done it all in my career. I always felt, as a kid, that that's what a director needed to be. Hitchcock could do anything in my mind. He's the director. That person has to be the best actor, the best designer, the best cinematographer. Then I came to realize that isn't the case. You just need to surround yourself with the best.”

130. “When you surround yourself with the wrong people it's going to backfire every time.”

131. “'You also have to surround yourself with people who have the same dreams and values as you do.' - apl.de.ap”

132. “Los Macorinos are much older than I am so when you surround yourself with older people you realize they lived what we're living now. They live in a moment of peace because they don't have to prove anything anymore.”

133. “When you surround yourself with white people, you continue to hire white people, and when you make an effort to hire people of color, that does bring in different stories and different people.”

134. “My mom showed me how important it is to surround yourself with opportunities and make the most of them.”

135. “When you surround yourself with some of the best in the business you can only get better.”

136. “You got to surround yourself with the strongest in the world, the strongest training partners and the best people. That's what I do.”

137. “Nothing bad can happen if you train your butt off and make the right decisions and surround yourself with the right people.”

138. “I have tried so many fad diets, I've wasted so much time looking for a solution when it was right in front of me all along - take care of yourself, nourish your body, surround yourself with good people - you will feel good and will shine in all that you do.”

139. “If you want to surround yourself with a lot of people and be pampered then that is a decision you make yourself. Personally I don't do it and I don't feel the need to do it.”

140. “You always have to surround yourself with people that are more knowledgeable than you or are better at certain skill sets than you are, so they pull you up.”

141. “Make sure you surround yourself with good friends. I've been fortunate that I was blessed to be surrounded with a great family, but also I've got a great group of friends that I've had since high school who have helped me get to where I am.”

142. “Surround yourself with people who do what you want to do, and eventually you'll wake up to find yourself doing the same.”

143. “Surround yourself with people who allow you the time to really discover what kind of a musician you truly are.”

144. “I've been saying, 'When you surround yourself with people that care and are good, you're going to be better.'”