Associate yourself with God-fearing and truthful people; then educate them, so that they should not praise you or please you by reason of an action you did not perform, because an excess of praise produces pride and drives you near haughtiness.
Nahj al-Balāgha #1502You should also check their activities and have people who report on them who should be truthful and faithful, because your watching their...
Nahj al-Balāgha #1491Also associate with considerate people from high families, virtuous houses and decent traditions, then people of courage, valour, generosity...