“You don't choose your friends, they choose you, and you either reject them or you accept them without reservations.”
“Be careful the environment you choose, for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.”
“You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.”
“You can't choose your problems. But, you can choose how you handle them.”
“When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.”
“Whatever will happen will happen, but choose your companions with care. Choose them because you like to look at them and you like the sound of their voices, and they have profound secrets in them that you wish to know. In other words, choose them because you love them. Otherwise you will not be able to bear their company for very long.”