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Benjamin Jowett
English
Theologian
About the author
Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.
Benjamin Jowett,
English
Theologian
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
Benjamin Jowett,
English
Theologian
#Mind
#Credit
Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.
Benjamin Jowett,
English
Theologian
#Life
#Love
#Mistakes
#Men
You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; otherwise, you won't be able to sell anything.
Benjamin Jowett,
English
Theologian
#Success
#Selling
You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say.
Benjamin Jowett,
English
Theologian
#God
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
Benjamin Jowett,
English
Theologian
#Action
#Justice
#Learning
#Health
#Wealth
#Kindness
To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.
Benjamin Jowett,
English
Theologian
#May
#Man
#Service
There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been.
Benjamin Jowett,
English
Theologian
#Thinking
#Money
#Goal
Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.
Benjamin Jowett,
English
Theologian
#Will
#Value
#Results
#Idleness
Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard.
Benjamin Jowett,
English
Theologian
#Feeling
#Taste
My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.
Benjamin Jowett,
English
Theologian
#God
Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.
Benjamin Jowett,
English
Theologian
#Art
#Logic
#Science
Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.
Benjamin Jowett,
English
Theologian
#Doubt
The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality.
Benjamin Jowett,
English
Theologian
#Society
#Personality
One man is as good as another until he has written a book.
Benjamin Jowett,
English
Theologian
#Man