The acquisition of knowledge should never be restricted to our schools and colleges. In fact, the most important part of any person’s educational experience should occur outside the ivy-covered halls of academia. To be successful in this rapidly changing world, one must make learning a lifetime endeavor.
Mel Tormé, co-composer of “The Christmas Song,” fashioned a six-decade career as one of America’s most
admired popular singers. But, things weren’t always easy for Tormé. In fact, in the late sixties, business was so slow for Mel that he reportedly considered giving up show business altogether and becoming an airline pilot. Instead, he buckled down, kept improving his craft, and eventually rebuilt his career. Mr. Tormé observed, “A career and a life should be a giant learning curve and a work in progress.” And, of course, he was right.
The next time you’re tempted to rest on your laurels, remember the man they called, “The Velvet Fog,” and remember that as long as you’re alive, your life is a work in progress. So why not be like Mel and create a masterpiece?
Knowledge Pays Immense Dividends
"Knowledge is power."
Francis Bacon
"‘Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship."
Thomas Fuller
"Wisdom is the power that enables us to use knowledge."
Thomas J. Watson
"Better to know nothing than to half-know many things."
Nietzsche
"Never stop acquiring specialized knowledge."
Napoleon Hill
Know What You Don't Know
"Not ignorance, but ignorance of
ignorance, is the death of knowledge."
Alfred North Whitehead
"To know what you do not know is best. To pretend to know when you do not
is disease."
Lao Tzu
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy
of life is when adults are afraid of the light."
Plato
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
And Finally
"Knowledge
is only potential power. It becomes power only when and if it is organized into
definite plans of actions and directed to a definite end.
Napoleon Hill
Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hands, and there is no knowledge
that is not power."
Jeremy Taylor
"Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps."
Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay
"Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to
diminishing returns."
J. M. Clark
This page was written and
compiled by Criswell Freeman, Psy.D.
