"A person is made better or worse by his friends. If they are well chosen and faithful they build up and make strong the best that is in one; but if they are unwisely chosen they drag down and destroy all that is pure within. For a man will be like his friends. Show me the friends of a girl, those whom she most appreciates, and I will tell you what kind of girl she is though I never see her. Good girls have friends who are pure, noble, sincere. Girls who are careless of their deportment and reputation have just the other kind. You will find them seeking friends among those who are light-minded. A girl cannot rise higher than the level of her friends. Either they will lift her up, or she will descend to their level."
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"The safest girl is the one who makes her mother her most confidential friend."
~ Excerpts from Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale
"He that walketh with wise men shall be wise:
but a companion of fools shall be destroyed."
~ Proverbs 13:20
This is such a beautiful quote! I recently shared a similar quote by Charles Spurgeon on my blog. This is SUCH an important truth.
ReplyDeleteI agree and did appreciate your Spurgeon quote when you posted it AND what is scary is that I think we posted it on the same day… Maybe not scary but "meant to be" and important :)
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