Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day..............?

Question

What's the rest of the quote? And what does it mean.

Answer 1

Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.

It means if you give a person food directly, you only feed him for as long as that amount of food lasts. But if you teach him how to get his own food for himself (teach him how to fish, hunt, farm, etc), with this skill he will be able to feed himself for the rest of his life.

Answer 2

Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, but teach a man how to fish and he will be fed for a lifetime. It just means that if you teach someone it will help them forever instead of just helping them once.

Answer 3

Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day; teach a man to fish, and he'll feed himself for the rest of his life. It is a Chinese Buddhist saying. It means that if you give, for example, the poor money, they can survive a little longer, but if you teach them you won't have to give them any more money; they will get on their feet and support themselves for the rest of their lives. It is a very true quote.

Answer 4

Teach him to fish, and he'll eat for (I forget the rest ... a year, the rest of his life, something like that).

It means that if you give someone something he needs, he'll be temporarily satisified, but it's better to teach/give him the ability to get what he needs on his own.

It makes a lot of sense. Unfortunately it's often used by conservatives as a condescending remark about people who require social services, without addressing how to give those people the means to make their own living.

Answer 5

Teach a man to fish and he'll eat for life.

This means that free hand outs do nothing for a person but sustain their immediate needs. It does not help them overcome what ever obstacles that they are facing. But by investing time into them and teaching them that they have the necessary tools to do the job they are then empowered to move forward in life.

Answer 6

Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you will not have to listen to his incessant whining about how hungry he is. Author unknown

Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you can sell him fishing equipment. Author unknown

Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks. Author unknown

Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Unless he doesn't like sushi—then you also have to teach him to cook. Auren Hoffman, Herald Philosopher

Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in the boat and drink beer all day. OldFox

“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to sell fish and he eats steak. Author unknown

Anyhow the real quote is from Chinese Proverb by Lao Tzu, i.e "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime". It means it is good to learn something that is useful for leading your day-to-day life, then you don't want to beg in front of others for something.

Answer 7

Teach Him how to fish he will eat for the rest of his life

Answer 8

give a man a fish he will eat for a day but if you teach him how to hunt he can eat everyday.

Answer 9

Show him how to fish and he will eat for life

Answer 10

It means if you teach him how, he'd manage to be independent and support himself (for food, in this case) for the rest of his life.