A Quote by Austin Kleon

You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.

Austin Kleon

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Austin Kleon
American - Author
June 16, 1983 - 2016

Always surround yourself with people who are better than you. If you're hanging around bad people, they're going to start bringing you down . . . But, if you surround yourself with good people, they're going to be pulling you up.

Donny Osmond

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

Ali Krieger

Surround yourself with good people, surround yourself with positivity and people who are going to challenge you to make you better.

Ali Krieger

There’s an economic theory out there that if you take the incomes of your five closest friends and average them, the resulting number will be pretty close to your own income. I think the same thing is true of idea incomes. You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.

Austin Kleon

The most obvious answer, that you can read in any leadership book is this - learn to say "no" so that you can make time for the important stuff, the stuff that is closest to your heart. And of course, as all entrepreneurs will say, "surround yourself with good people". That is the hardest thing : finding good people.

Ronnie Apteker

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

Aaron Rodgers

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

Marcela Valladolid

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

Oprah Winfrey

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.

Danny Amendola

If you just say that, look at all the good stuff and you don't acknowledge the toxic stuff, you're wrong. If you're only looking at toxic stuff and don't recognize there's going to be some good stuff if you're for infrastructure or whatever, you're wrong.

Van Jones

Take lots of time for yourself, discovering yourself-pursue not only a profession but other life passions, I always make time to rock climb or hike or write a few short stories. Also, find good people and surround yourself with them. Most importantly, always believe you will, unequivocally.

Sarah Silverman

There's never a good time to fire someone. That's not something that anybody is - that's never going to play out well. But at the end of the day, the president has to surround himself with a team that he can trust. Donald Trump is going to surround himself with a team that he thinks is going to represent and secure the United States properly.

Nikki Haley

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

Derek Jeter

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

Fred Armisen

As a director, you're only as good as your collaborators. You surround with collaborators that are going to understand what you're trying to do. Not only that, they're going to push and fight for what you're trying to do.