By Christ's purchasing redemption, two things are intended: his satisfaction and his merit; the one pays our debt, and so satisfies; the… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
In a living civilization there is always an element of unrest, for sensitiveness to ideas means curiosity, adventure, change. Civilized order survives… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Besides, Rose Bradwardine, beautiful and amiable as we have described her, had not precisely the sort of beauty or merit which captivates… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
If progressives were interested in mitigating inequality, they would support the dynamism of free markets to allow the merit of ideas, products… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
Merit is a work for the sake of which Christ gives rewards. But no such work is to be found, for Christ… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The ideal garden is one in which a collection of trees, shrubs and plants have been procured and allotted to the best… — Penelope Hobhouse Copy Share Image
While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty. — Sallust Copy Share Image
The first merit of pictures is the effect which they can produce upon the mind; — and the first step of a… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Whatever merit there is in anything that I have written is simply due to the fact that when I was a child… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls. — Delphine de Girardin Copy Share Image
Be humble and you will remain entire. The sages do not display themselves, therefore they shine. They do not approve themselves, therefore… — Laozi Copy Share Image
We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough. — Plautus Copy Share Image
The great merit of Stephen Gould's account of the disastrous history of phychometrics is that he shifts the argument from a sterile… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
For even they who compose treatises of medicine or natural philosophy in verse are denominated Poets: yet Homer and Empedocles have nothing… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In America, what makes us so successful is the innovation, the competition, the focus on merit. — Joel Klein Copy Share Image
The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order, and to make men merit the goodness of God by their… — Voltaire 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
When people are judged by merit, not connections, then the best and brightest can lead the country, people will work hard, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Why was I chosen?' 'Such questions cannot be answered,' said Gandalf. 'You may be sure that it was not for any merit… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[M]en, though they know full well how much women are worth and how great the benefits we bring them, nonetheless seek to… — Moderata Fonte Copy Share Image
If the soul would know the merit which one acquires in temptations suffered in patience and conquered, it would be tempted to… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
We're not making up merit scores for ourselves. We're making up merit scores so that we can be reborn in a situation… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
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