The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
BENJAMIN JOWETTThe way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
BENJAMIN JOWETTJowett, in his day, did probably more than any other single man to let some fresh air into the exhausted atmosphere of the [Oxford] common rooms, and to widen the intellectual horizons of the place.
BENJAMIN JOWETTGive the clergy your sympathy; don’t give them anything else.
BENJAMIN JOWETTWe cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
BENJAMIN JOWETTAll translation is a compromise – the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.
BENJAMIN JOWETTMy dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.
BENJAMIN JOWETTYou’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 JOWETTNever retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.
BENJAMIN JOWETTResearch ! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.
BENJAMIN JOWETTTo 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 JOWETTPrecautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary.
BENJAMIN JOWETTOne man is as good as another until he has written a book.
BENJAMIN JOWETTI am not blaming the past. … But I want the peace of God to settle on the future.
BENJAMIN JOWETTYoung men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.
BENJAMIN JOWETTThere is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.
BENJAMIN JOWETTIt is as real an energy as the energy of electricity. It is a divine energy; it is the energy of the divine affection rolling in plenteousness toward the shores of human need.
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