How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving unless we teach them that the greater pleasure in life lies in the art of giving rather than receiving.
Interpretation
Teaching children about the joy of giving fosters a sense of appreciation and generosity.
This quote emphasizes the importance of instilling the values of generosity and giving in children. It suggests that the true pleasure in life is found not in what we receive, but in what we give to others, thereby cultivating a spirit of kindness and empathy in the next generation.
In practice
During a parenting workshop, I shared this quote to highlight the importance of teaching generosity.
The friendly smile, the word of greeting, are certainly something fleeting and seemingly insubstantial. You can’t take them with you. But they work for good beyond your power to measure their influence. It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most.
I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.
A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.
Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it.
It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most.
Courteous treatment will make a customer a walking advertisement.
When I was 10 years old, I loved - I loved books, and I used to haunt the secondhand bookshop. And I found a little book I could just afford, and I bought it, and I took it home. And I climbed up my favorite tree, and I read that book from cover to cover. And that was Tarzan of the Apes. I immediately fell in love with Tarzan.
Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.
I think they assign things to students which are way over their heads, which destroy your love of reading, rather than leading you to it. I don't understand that. Gosh.
If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.
Natural inclinations are assisted and reinforced by education, but they are hardly ever altered or overcome.
If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work.
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