Be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them

yes it's true..you should be careful choosing a friend coz you never know when they will hurt you or do something bad..so don't trust anyone that easily..

You are absolutely right. We are based on what kind of friends we have. A good friend is always besides us ever helping us to do good things , helps us to go on right path. Where as when we are with friends who have many bad habits , we tend to acquire them and we experience many problems from our elders and many people in the society. A friend can either make you or mar you. Hence, we must choose our friends intellectually. A friend chosen intellectually always enhances our way of thinking and you always feel pleasure having them as your friends.

Sorry, rkrish, but I must disagree with some of your points. I know there is an old saying that we are known by the company we keep, but it does not always hold true. I believe it all comes down to how impressionable one is. I've always believed that you can be in a certain environment, but not necessarily of that environment. This speaks to free will. We always have a choice to go along with the status quo or to hold ourselves above our circumstances. Some people have no choice as to the immediate environment in which they find themselves, but they can climb above it.

Yes, of course, but that is the reason to go outside one's circle of friends, for if one only speaks with like-minded individuals there is no room for personal growth. It is also said that as we grow in wisdom and experience we will then attract friends who are more like we are becoming. When the student is ready, the teacher will appear :-)

Maybe, everything in your life shapes you to some degree. You may become like your friends or you may end up becoming different from them and losing them. Have you ever tried to be friends with people you did not really like but you wanted to get in with a certain crowd? I know people who have done this and they hate it but they will do it to help their business etc. The same is true of the environment. You can force yourself to accept things you do not like. People often do this to survive at work. They hate it but they need the job. They are shaped by their environment in that they rebel against it from hatred. Everything we do in life shapes us to some degree, it depends if we want a happy life or a miserable one. Sometimes we do not have a choice and it can make life unpleasant.

ya u r right...i agree with u.... but the friend circle is different... couse every time v will b with friends... so if v talk to others it will look some what differen.... its not that others will spoil u....

Our circle of friends certainly shapes our personality and way of thinking. Knowingly or unknowingly we get quite influenced with the circle to live with and kind of get into the skin of what the whole circle thinks unanimously. This is the reason why I have always been quite choosy about the kind of friends I have made. However, I think that after a certain age, we get mature enough to have developed out own thinking process and not anyone good or bad can make us change our lifestyle or thought process, except for certain issues. We remain ourselves. If we are timid, we remain timid. The company of a bold and outrageous friend doesn't made us that courageous and extrovert. So, during growing days, friends have a deeper impact on our way of thinking than when we are mature enough to have developed our own persona.