Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard - both as regards the monuments and the inscriptions. Scarcely a word of true poetry anywhere. Benjamin Jowett More Quotes by Benjamin Jowett More Quotes From Benjamin Jowett The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them. Benjamin Jowett business positive life Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl. Benjamin Jowett work beautiful life 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 educational may men Grace is an energy; not a mere sentiment; not a mere thought of the Almighty; not even a word of the Almighty. It 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. Benjamin Jowett energy real grace All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic. Benjamin Jowett effort compromise language Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door. Benjamin Jowett doubt doors inspirational There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion. Benjamin Jowett truth character lying Give the clergy your sympathy; don't give them anything else. Benjamin Jowett clergy giving Research ! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value. Benjamin Jowett achievement experience science 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. Benjamin Jowett selling able way Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary. Benjamin Jowett unnecessary successful said It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so. Benjamin Jowett pushing important world We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. Benjamin Jowett learning kindness peace We can't search or attain well being, wealth, studying, justice or kindness usually. Action is all the time particular, concrete, individualized, distinctive. Benjamin Jowett action kindness justice If you don't find a God by five o'clock this afternoon you must leave the college. Benjamin Jowett afternoon scary college My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you. Benjamin Jowett dear-god believe children One man is as good as another until he has written a book. Benjamin Jowett reading men book Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much. Benjamin Jowett mistake men life I am not blaming the past. ... But I want the peace of God to settle on the future. Benjamin Jowett want peace past Jowett, 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 Jowett air oxford men
