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 we praise children for their intelligence, we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart; don't risk making mistakes.
Those who teach by their doctrine must teach by their life, or else they pull down with one hand what they build up with the other.
While the business of education in Europe consists in lectures upon the ruins of Palmyra and the antiquities of Herculaneum , or in disputes about Hebrew points, Greek particles, or the accent and quantity of the Roman language, the youth of America will be employed in acquiring those branches of knowledge which increase the conveniences of life.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils.
If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.
I made use of the college library by borrowing books other than scientific books, such as all of the plays by George Bernard Shaw, the writing of Edgar Allan Poe. The college library helped me to develop a broader aspect on life.
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