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Benjamin Jowett [1817-1893] English
Rank: 103
Theologian, Tutor


Benjamin Jowett 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.

Business, Funny, Health, Learning, Motivational



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Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl. Motivational
101
One man is as good as another until he has written a book. Funny
102
Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.
103
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them. Business
104
My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.
105
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.
106
Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.
107
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. Health, Learning
108
You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say.
109
Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard.
110
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.
111
Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.
112
Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.
113
The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality.
114
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.
115

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