They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment. — Pietro Aretino Copy Share Image
Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare, more apt To slacken virtue, and abate… — John Milton Copy Share Image
do get over the idea that size has any value or merit. It is the enemy of most of the best things… — Ann Bridge Copy Share Image
There is no merit where there is no trial; and till experience stamps the mark of strength, cowards may pass for heroes,… — Aaron Hill Copy Share Image
The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
It really doesn't matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So that's why one of my rules of parody writing is that it's gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
Nathaniel Philbrick's 'In the Heart of the Sea' has rightfully taken its place as a classic for its literary merits. It has… — Mitchell Zuckoff Copy Share Image
It is perhaps the most characteristic feature of the intellectual that he judges new ideas not by their specific merits but by… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
One may reject such proposals as something that will hurt merit but the ground reality is students from such sections do not… — Uma Bharti Copy Share Image
The Democratic leadership has expressed great concern for the incarceration rate in the commonwealth in the last few years. Now they want… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
In truth, ideas and principles are independent of men; the application of them and their illustration is man's duty and merit. The… — Edward Forbes Copy Share Image
I don't sense that people are loving the adults the way they have learned to love kids, because the truth is, they're… — John Donvan Copy Share Image
I think it's for the critics to decide whether or not their loathing of the play is based on something other than… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Why do some people, when they want to practice, keep coming against problems and difficulties, and obstacles - inner obstacles and outer… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
It's only merit was in being the first publication which carried the claim of our rights their whole length, and asserted that… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I know well, Monsieur, how much you have to endure in your present duty, and I ask Our Lord to strengthen you… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
As for Christianity's alleged concern with truth, Christian faith is to free inquiry what the Mafia is to free enterprise. Christianity may… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
Require nothing unreasonable of your officers and men, but see that whatever is required be punctually complied with. Reward and punish every… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The gospel is the proclamation of free love; the revelation of the boundless charity of God. Nothing less than this will suit… — Horatius Bonar Copy Share Image
It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. Heaven… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Hey, better than the real thing,” I said. “What do you even do with a chimera?” “What wouldn’t you do with a… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
Only by spiritual practice can we break through our karma and the effects of the causes we have made. Only then can… — Ching Hai Copy Share Image
Many new years you may see, but happy ones you cannot see without deserving them. These virtue, honor, and knowledge alone can… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
It is convention and arbitrary rewards which make all the merit and demerit of what we call vice and virtue. — Julien Offray de La Mettrie Copy Share Image
The appearances of goodness and merit often meet with a greater reward from the world than goodness and merit themselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
What women need are not benefits and advantages but a merit-based selection process that will allow them to automatically benefit from various… — Chanda Kochhar Copy Share Image
Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“You’re so immature.” “Blue hair. That’s all I’m saying.” “Bite me, dead girl.” I showed fang and winked at her. “Don’t tempt… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
Those who, from the desire of our perfection, have the keenest eye far our faults generally compensate for it by taking a… — John Frederick Boyes Copy Share Image
The only merit I have is to have painted directly from nature with the aim of conveying my impressions in front of… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
Anything Is More Important When You Cannot Get It. When You Can Get It This Is Less Important To You. This Is… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear. — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots… — William Blake Copy Share Image
Man's shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits. — Heloise Copy Share Image
I'm not a rubber stamp, and people know that. If you can convince me of the merits, you will have my vote… — Fred Upton Copy Share Image
