“I'll have you in my bed again, Sentinel. And at my side. That is a promise.” — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool. — Jean De La Bruyere Copy Share Image
I think any position in any international organization should be merit-based. — Tedros Adhanom Copy Share Image
When one, abandoning greed, feels no greed for what would merit greed, greed gets shed from him - like a drop of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Frege has the merit of ... finding a third assertion by recognising the world of logic which is neither mental nor physical. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit. — Charles Caleb Colton 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
Each instance of sexual harassment has to be judged on its merits. Facts, timing, motives, credibility: all must be considered before we… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
We should not judge a man's merits by his great qualities, but by the use he makes of them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Recognize that having an effective idea meritocracy requires that you understand the merit of each person’s ideas.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
If Wells recognized any merit in [Henry] James, it was his undeniable talent for using very long sentences in order to say… — Félix J. Palma Copy Share Image
In order to cooperate in the material worlds as agents of a divine power, the spirits temporarily have a material body. By… — Allan Kardec Copy Share Image
Real merit of any kind cannot long be concealed; it will be discovered, and nothing can depreciate it but a man exhibiting… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Soldiers have many faults, but they have one redeeming merit; they are never worshippers of force. Soldiers more than any other men… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Should ardent spirits be everywhere banished from the list of drinks, it will be a revolution not the least remarkable in this… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The days of noblesse oblige are long behind us, so our elite's entire claim to legitimacy rests on theories of equal opportunity… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
When I had forgotten God, yet I then found He had not forgotten me. Even then He did by His Spirit apply… — Susanna Wesley Copy Share Image
Government employees move up the ladder through educational credentials rather than merit. People are given jobs and promotions based on seniority, race… — James Cook Copy Share Image
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
Once infected, the individual [infected with a god virus] cannot detect major contradictions in his beliefs and behavior. Belief systems become self-evident… — Darrel Ray 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
I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“Jeff opened blue eyes, grinned at me. “If you’re feeling left out . . .” I almost threw out an instinctive no,… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
That the question of likability even exists in literary conversations is odd. It implies that we are engaging in a courtship. When… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
Our sense of "open" is that the authority to make decisions about that gets distributed based on merit and understanding and participation… — Mitchell Baker Copy Share Image
I would suppose I learned how to write when I was very young indeed. When I read a child's book about the… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
Legal business has, from the beginning of time, been profitable - to those who have conducted it; because it is concerned with… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
The price of ability does not depend on merit but on supply and demand. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
If You Wish Your Merit To Be Known, Acknowledge That Of Other People... — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit. — Horace Copy Share Image
Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image