2007-05-23 22:59:47 · 6 answers · asked by jackie n 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It's pointless to try and save the world and quench world hunger if you're horrible to your own family .
2007-05-23 23:07:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means --
Be generous to your family before helping others. For example, She spends hours and hours on volunteer work and neglects the children, forgetting that charity begins at home. This proverb was first recorded in English, in slightly different form, in John Wycliffe's Of Prelates (c. 1380); "Charity should begin at himself." --
2007-05-24 06:14:29 · answer #2 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't improve on the explanation in "Easy To Be Hard" from the musical Hair.
How can people be so heartless
How can people be so cruel
Easy to be hard
Easy to be cold
How can people have no feelings
How can they ignore their friends
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no
And especially people
Who care about strangers
Who care about evil
And social injustice
Do you only
Care about the bleeding crowd?
How about a needing friend?
2007-05-24 00:59:16 · answer #3 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that if there is something i need or want i am going to get it before i give my money to anyone else.
2007-05-23 23:02:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you want to be a generous and helpful person, you should start by being nice and kind to people at home, in your neighbourhood, etc.
2007-05-23 23:07:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
for me it means ...
i tend to the needs of my own family and friends first before giving anything to outsiders... once my family and friends are ok then i can give elsewhere..
2007-05-23 23:02:49 · answer #6 · answered by confused 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋