Benjamin Jowett Quotes
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit.
Topics
Accountability
Bipartisanship
Cooperation
Intergovernmental Relations
Lawmaking, Legislating, Legislative Process
Responsibility
Credit
Teamwork
Initiative
Altruism
Collaboration
Humility
Modesty
Mutual Respect
Positive Reinforcement
Selflessness
Unselfishness
Team Spirit
Legislating & Legislative Process
Credit Sharing
Results Oriented
Shared Success
Citations
Benjamin Jowett, 1817-1893, English Clergyman, Educator & Classicist, Quoted in John Gross, The Oxford Book of Aphorisms
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Benjamin Jowett was an influential tutor and administrative reformer in the University of Oxford, a theologian, an Anglican cleric, and a translator of Plato and Thucydides. He was Master of Balliol College, Oxford.