Ethel Percy Andrus quotes:
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We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to something besides ourselves.
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Such to me is the new image of aging; growth in self, and service for all mankind.
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Human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.
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What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost; but what I gave away will be mine forever.
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We are born into this world with clenched fists, we leave it with fingers apart- preaching the lesson that you take nothing with you.
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There are four types of students: the sponge, the funnel, the strainer, and the sieve. The sponge, which soaks up everything; the funnel, which takes in at one end and lets out at the other; the strainer, which permits the wine to pass out and retains the lees; and the sieve, which separates the bran from the fine flour.