You'll never get smarter from school
Than the one wise enough to send you.

You'll never drive a better car
Than the one skilled enough to build it.

You'll never have a bigger house
Than the one who makes their house a home.

You'll never have a better life
Than the one who knows how to live it.

For no one knows the attributes of love
Until they learn how to give it.

Cecelia Weir

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/judged-by-living/