Ethel Percy Andrus Quotes

• It is only in the giving of ourselves to others that we truly live — only with the meeting of our minds — thine and mine — do we become conscious of the divine spark each of us shares — only in sharing in our daily contacts, one with another, in our mutual hopes and fears do we find real peace. The human contribution is the essential ingredient.

  Ethel Percy Andrus

  Relationship, Inspiring, Giving

  "The Wisdom of Ethel Percy Andrus".

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• What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost; but what I gave away will be mine forever.

  Ethel Percy Andrus

  Inspirational, Forever, Gone

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• Such to me is the new image of aging; growth in self, and service for all mankind.

  Ethel Percy Andrus

  Self, Growth, Aging

  Ethel Percy Andrus (1968). “The Wisdom of Ethel Percy Andrus”

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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.

  Ethel Percy Andrus

  Lessons, Fists, World

  Ethel Percy Andrus (1968). “The Wisdom of Ethel Percy Andrus”

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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.

  Ethel Percy Andrus

  Wine, Learning, Four

  Ethel Percy Andrus (1968). “The Wisdom of Ethel Percy Andrus”

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