"...to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up."
-Ephesians 4:12



Sunday, January 16, 2011

Learn Something New Every Day!


Typically - just after being enlightened by some seemingly useless piece of information - anyone of us may be heard to exclaim, “Well…you learn something new every day!” But I wonder if we really do fully appreciate just how powerful that practice can be?

At fit4service, we know that intellectual fitness is essential to leading a balanced life. We know that keeping your brain active and constantly seeking wisdom is - in every way - subject to the philosophy of progressive success. A little effort always leads to big results! Read a little poetry. Listen to a new piece of music. Do a crossword puzzle. Watch a documentary film. Try anything that might consistently engage your mind and open your eyes to something new. Learning all you can about the wonders of life all around us needs to be a lifelong adventure!

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” ~ Henry Ford

“Like the muscle in our bodies, the brain gets strong in the places where we train it." ~ Eileen McDargh

“The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.” ~ John Lubbock

"Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening whatever. Never let the brain idle." ~ George Carlin

“Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.” ~ Jim Rohn

"He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who cherishes understanding prospers." ~ Proverbs 19:8

“Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli

“A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.” ~ Chinese Proverb

“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” ~ Abigail Adams

“It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.” ~ Margaret Mead

“One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing more is doing more.” ~ Washington Irving

“It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.” ~ Harry S. Truman

“If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.” ~ Mark Twain

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