Meaning:
In the long run, it’s better to teach a person how to do something than to do that something for them.
Examples:
- You give a man a fish, he eats for a day.
- Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
- Give a man a fish, you've fed him for a day.
- Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
- There is a very old saying 'Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day.
- Now, if you give a man a fish, he will have a single meal, but if you teach a man to fish,
- The old saying 'give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, you feed him for life' is a very wise one.
- It was Mr Dumont who said 'give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime'.
- I am reminded of the saying ‘give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, but teach a man to fish and you feed him for life’.
- Finally, I should like very briefly to quote the following: ' Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for life' .