Benjamin Jowett Quotes

List of quotations and sayings by the english theologian Benjamin Jowett on topics like retreat, explain, clergy

  • The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

    — Benjamin Jowett on efficiency
    8
  • Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.

    — Benjamin Jowett on mistakes
    3
  • My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.

    — Benjamin Jowett on child
    3
  • Benjamin Jowett quote Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

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

    — Benjamin Jowett
    3
  • Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard.

    — Benjamin Jowett on feeling
    1
  • Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.

    — Benjamin Jowett on art
    0
  • The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality.

    — Benjamin Jowett on achievements
    0
  • 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 on teaching
    0
  • We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

    — Benjamin Jowett on actions
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  • Never retreat. Never explain. Get it dkne and let them howl.

    — Benjamin Jowett on explain
    0
  • You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say.

    — Benjamin Jowett on clergy
    0
  • Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

    — Benjamin Jowett on explain
    0
  • 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 on defect
    0
  • About Benjamin Jowett

    Name Benjamin Jowett
    Quotes 13 quotations
    Nationality English
    Profession Theologian
    Birthday October 16
    Top topics retreat, explain, clergy, feeling, taste
  • One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

    — Benjamin Jowett on reading
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