“I can't say I know at this moment what all these laws are. But on some level everybody knows that we are… — Thaddeus Golas Copy Share Image
These illustrations suggest four general maxims[...]. The first is: remember that your motives are not always as altruistic as they seem to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The realization that my daily relationship with God is based on the infinite merit of Christ instead of on my own performance… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity,… — Derrick Bell Copy Share Image
Speak but little and well, if you would be esteemed as a man of merit. — Richard Chenevix Trench Copy Share Image
There are few things more difficult than to appraise the work of a man suddenly dead in his youth; to disentangle promise… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God,… — Pope Pius IX Copy Share Image
The merit of Marx is that he suddenly produces a qualitative change in the history of social thought. He interprets history, understands… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
We can all perceive the difference between ourselves and our inferiors, but when it comes to a question of the difference between… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
The legendary statistical consultant W. Edwards Deming, . . . has called the system by which merit is appraised and rewarded 'the… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Photography has all the rights, and all the merits, necessary for us to turn towards it as the art of our time. — Alexander Rodchenko Copy Share Image
I think the Clintons are going to make their decision based on the merits. And their focus, like mine, is on middle… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
I look at a pilot and go, "I see the landscape. I see the characters. I see the direction and the potential… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
Like the old saying goes, 'In order to get respect, you have to give respect.' So ask yourself this, are you giving… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes witches merit saving. Quite often, actually. You'd be surprised. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
It seems as though mankind has forgotten the laws of its divine Saviour, Who preached love and forgiveness of injuries—and that men… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
There is small merit in mocking goodness, tweaking charity; it is much more comic to deprive people of their petty little existence… — Jacques Rigaut Copy Share Image
Civil wars are the greatest of evils. They are inevitable, if we wish to reward merit, for all will say that they… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great… — William Banting Copy Share Image
Man is clearly made to think. It is his whole dignity and his whole merit; and his whole duty is to think… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image