Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry…

The good man does not grieve that other people do not recognize his merits. His only anxiety is lest he should fail to recognize…

— Confucius

The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.

— Baltasar Gracian

Every soul... comes into the world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of its' previous life. Its' place in this world…

— Origen

Alfred Nobel - pitiable half-creature, should have been stifled by humane doctor when he made his entry yelling into life. Greatest merits: Keeps his…

— Alfred Nobel

I take every job on its merits.

— Colin Baker

We should not judge a man's merits by his great qualities, but by the use he makes of them.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits,…

— Charles Caleb Colton

I've never compromised who I am not ever. If I've gotten anywhere in my life it's been on my own merits.

— Cher

Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits.

— Mason Cooley

“You yourself desire rank and standing; then help others to get rank and standing. You want to turn your merits to account; then help…

— Confucius

“Valys also didn't think I was good enough for him. He made that clear every time he acted like a martyr forced to settle.…

— Nenia Campbell

“Nature evaluates a character on the basis of its merits, not demerits.”

— Raheel Farooq

Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.

— Jewish Proverb

It would be amazing if we were just basically judged on the merits of what we do, but we're not. That's not part of…

— Aspen Ladd

Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in the entire…

— Stephen Breyer