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> [If I had the opportunity to say a fine word to all the young people of America, it would be this: Don't think too much about yourselves. Try to cultivate the habit of thinking of others; this will reward you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/if-i-had-the-opportunity-to-say-a-fine-word-to-all-the-young-people/)

[Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/)

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## More by Charles William Eliot

> [One could get a first-class education from a shelf of books five feet long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/one-could-get-a-first-class-education-from-a-shelf-of-books-five-feet/)

[Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/)

> [“You allow that we designate a disease as mortal when Nature is so severely attacked, and her strength so far exhausted, that she cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/you-allow-that-we-designate-a-disease-as-mortal-when-nature-is-so/)

[Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/)

> [Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/truth-and-right-are-above-utility-in-all-realms-of-thought-and-action/)

[Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/)

> [Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/books-are-the-quietest-and-most-constant-of-friends/)

[Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/)

> [Let us remember that the times which future generations delight to recall are not those of ease and prosperity, but those of adversity bravely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/let-us-remember-that-the-times-which-future-generations-delight-to/)

[Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/)

> [“It is in vain that a man of sound mind and cool temper understands the condition of such a wretched being, in vain he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/it-is-in-vain-that-a-man-of-sound-mind-and-cool-temper-understands/)

[Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/)

> [The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are bound to us by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/the-most-satisfactory-thing-in-all-this-earthly-life-is-to-be-able-to/)

[Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/)

> [“We should daily repeat to ourselves," I exclaimed, "that we should not interfere with our friends, unless to leave them in possession of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/we-should-daily-repeat-to-ourselves-i-exclaimed-that-we-should-not/)

[Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/)

> [Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/do-not-expect-the-world-to-look-bright-if-you-habitually-wear-gray/)

[Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/)

> [All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/all-business-proceeds-on-beliefs-or-judgements-of-probabilities-and/)

[Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/)

> [Nobody has any right to find life uninteresting or unrewarding who sees within the sphere of his own activity a wrong he can help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/nobody-has-any-right-to-find-life-uninteresting-or-unrewarding-who/)

[Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/)

> [I recognize but one mental acquisition as a necessary part of the education of a lady or gentlemen, namely, an accurate and refined use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/i-recognize-but-one-mental-acquisition-as-a-necessary-part-of-the/)

[Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/)

> [The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/the-efficient-man-is-the-man-who-thinks-for-himself/)

[Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/)

> [Liberal education develops a sense of right, duty and honor; and more and more in the modern world, large business rests on rectitude and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/liberal-education-develops-a-sense-of-right-duty-and-honor-and-more/)

[Charles William Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-william-eliot/)

> [The strikebreaker is the hero of American industry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-william-eliot/the-strikebreaker-is-the-hero-of-american-industry/)

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