There is merit without rank, but there is no rank without some merit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
France is a dog-hole, and it no more merits the tread of a man's foot. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also. — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
“A smile tugs at his lips. 'Look at that,' he says quietly. 'Merit has a heart.” — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
Merit and knowledge will not gain hearts, though they will secure them when gained. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If it is impossible to judge merit and guilt in the field of natural science, then it is not possible in any… — Justus von Liebig Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look… — George Soros Copy Share Image
All the films that I have signed or I intend to sign are purely on the basis of merit of what the… — Prithviraj Sukumaran Copy Share Image
This is the merit and distinction of art: to be more real than reality, to be not nature but nature's essence. — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
I think there's always merit in getting out of our ideological silos and being exposed to points of view with which we… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
We are saved by grace, through faith in Christ alone! And since there is no room for human merit there can be… — Steve Camp Copy Share Image
Lawyers with a weakness for seeing the merits of the other side end up being employed by neither. — Richard Barnet Copy Share Image
Among the many interesting objects which will engage your attention that of providing for the common defense will merit particular regard. To… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I invite all to trust in the merits and in the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Through His atoning sacrifice,… — Ulisses Soares Copy Share Image
I've been using Vista on my home laptop since it shipped, and can say with some conviction that nobody should be using… — Joel Spolsky Copy Share Image
I think Republicans need to take income inequality more seriously. Not because I favor equality of outcomes. I do not. I think… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
I've been trying to write for as long as I can remember. But those first fifteen years didn't produce much of great… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
Begin with bodhicitta, do the main practice without concepts,Conclude by dedicating the merit. These, together and complete,Are the three vital supports for… — Longchenpa Copy Share Image
I'm not going to get in to an argument with anyone about the relative merits of Judaism and Christianity, and what it… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
He that writes may be considered as a kind of general challenger, whom every one has a right to attack; since he… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The people cannot look to legislation generally for success. Industry, thrift, character, are not conferred by act or resolve. Government cannot relieve… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Criticism is infested with the cant of materialism, which assumes that manual skill and activity is the first merit of all men,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Focus on something that has high value to someone else, be really rigorous in making that assessment, because natural human tendency is… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
We say that to 'give up all evil and to develop the good' is the heart of the Buddha's teaching. If we… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
God often delays the conclusion of a holy endeavor so that those involved in it might merit its grace by the length… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Human cultures are all experiments in trying to find a form that will fit the matter of our immediacy; but it is… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
O Jesus! Remember the sadness that Thou didst experience when, contemplating in the light of Thy divinity the predestination of those who… — Brigit of Kildare Copy Share Image
It is certain that success naturally confirms in us a favourable opinion of our own abilities. Scarce any man is willing to… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“A woman of merit and worth need not knock off another's crown to feel highness.” — Sai Marie Johnson Copy Share Image
It is not a merit to tolerate, but rather a crime to be intolerant. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
From the point of view of the relative world, merit is very important. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“Aw, sad face. I came up with that totally off the cuff. No props for off the cuff?” — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
