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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethel-percy-andrus/we-are-born-into-this-world-with-clenched-fists-we-leave-it-with/)

[Ethel Percy Andrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethel-percy-andrus/)

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## More by Ethel Percy Andrus

> [There are four types of students: the sponge, the funnel, the strainer, and the sieve. The sponge, which soaks up everything; the funnel, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethel-percy-andrus/there-are-four-types-of-students-the-sponge-the-funnel-the-strainer/)

[Ethel Percy Andrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethel-percy-andrus/)

> [We are born into this world with clenched fists, we leave it with fingers apart- preaching the lesson that you take nothing with you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethel-percy-andrus/we-are-born-into-this-world-with-clenched-fists-we-leave-it-with/)

[Ethel Percy Andrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethel-percy-andrus/)

> [We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to something besides ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethel-percy-andrus/we-learn-the-inner-secret-of-happiness-when-we-learn-to-direct-our/)

[Ethel Percy Andrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethel-percy-andrus/)

> [Human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethel-percy-andrus/human-contribution-is-the-essential-ingredient-it-is-only-in-the/)

[Ethel Percy Andrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethel-percy-andrus/)

> [What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost; but what I gave away will be mine forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethel-percy-andrus/what-i-spent-is-gone-what-i-kept-i-lost-but-what-i-gave-away-will-be/)

[Ethel Percy Andrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethel-percy-andrus/)

> [Such to me is the new image of aging; growth in self, and service for all mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethel-percy-andrus/such-to-me-is-the-new-image-of-aging-growth-in-self-and-service-for/)

[Ethel Percy Andrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethel-percy-andrus/)

> [It is only in the giving of ourselves to others that we truly live — only with the meeting of our minds — thine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethel-percy-andrus/it-is-only-in-the-giving-of-ourselves-to-others-that-we-truly-live/)

[Ethel Percy Andrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethel-percy-andrus/)

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