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15 quotes by Benjamin Jowett

Benjamin Jowett (/ˈdʒaʊɪt/; 15 April 1817 – 1 October 1893) was renowned as an influential tutor and administrative reformer in the University of Oxford, a theologian and translator of Plato and Thucydides. He was Master of Balliol College, Oxford.
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The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

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Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

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Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.

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One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

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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.

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Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.

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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... →

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We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

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Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.

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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... →

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The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality.

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My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.

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Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.

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