Best Quotes by Benjamin Jowett (Top 10)

  1. The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
  2. Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.
  3. We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.
  7. Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.
  8. Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.
  9. Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.
  10. Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.

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