He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
We have nothing to do but to receive, resting absolutely upon the merit, power, and love of our Redeemer. — William James Copy Share Image
Of all virtues, magnanimity is the rarest. There are a hundred persons of merit for one who willingly acknowledges it in another. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The value of science to a republican people, the security it gives to liberty by enlightening the minds of its citizens, the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I am certain that if I have any merit, it is knowing how to make good use of my eyes, to guide… — Gabriel Figueroa Copy Share Image
I saw an episode - the second episode [of Black Mirror], "Fifteen Million Merits" - and I completely flipped out: "This is… — Bryce Dallas Howard Copy Share Image
In an era when America is still too divided by race and by riches, Judge [Samuel] Alito has not written one single… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is not faith in Christ that saves you (though faith is the instrument) - it is Christ's blood and merits. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing. — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
She alone had been blind to his merit. Why? Because he loved her and she did not love him. What was it… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
View the whole scene, with critic judgment scan, And then deny him merit if you can. Where he falls short, 'tis Nature's… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race,… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
A purpose derived from a false premise - that a deity has ordained submission to his will - cannot merit respect. The… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
Which is the greater merit, to enlighten the human race, which remains forever, or to save one's fatherland, which is perishable? — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Violence is an admission that one's ideas and goals cannot prevail on their own merits. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
I would be quite content if I myself could be rated fifty-fifty in merits and demerits. But one thing I can say… — Deng Xiaoping Copy Share Image
In ethics all individual humans are rightly seen, not only as beings to whom things matter, but as beings who accordingly merit… — Alice Crary Copy Share Image
The greatest virtue that one should try to cultivate is the habit of self-reliance. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
The sinners to whom Jesus directed His messianic ministry were not those who skipped morning devotions or Sunday church. His ministry was… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Success and social promotion are not some right that anybody can claim after queuing at some [government office]. It is better: it… — Nicolas Sarkozy Copy Share Image
Does 'Shooting Fish' have less artistic merit than a play like 'Angels In America,' which I did? Well, probably. But it's good… — Dan Futterman Copy Share Image
