Surround Yourself with People that Bring Out the Best in You

Why waste your time on some one that is bringing you down or making you feel bad about yourself. I want to surround myself with people that bring out the best in me and I bring out the best in them. Life is too short to waste your time hanging out with people you don't like but feel sorry for. Seriously I have had friends that I didn't really like but I felt really sorry for them and didn't want to hurt their feelings.