He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs. — Confucius Copy Share Image
“Nature evaluates a character on the basis of its merits, not demerits.” — Raheel Farooq Copy Share Image
I've never compromised who I am not ever. If I've gotten anywhere in my life it's been on my own merits. — Cher Copy Share Image
The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
No one deserves his greater natural capacity nor merits a more favorable starting place in society. — John Rawls 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
Affirmative action has provided affirmative opportunities for capable, competent, and qualified persons to succeed on their merits or fail on their demerits. — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
The virtue of gay equality has become increasingly recognized in the U.S. because people have been persuaded of its merits, not because… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
It is not good for us to trust in our merits, in our virtues or our righteousness; but only in God's free… — John Wycliffe Copy Share Image
As for pineapple, it's far more versatile than you might think, and certainly merits wider use than in Hawaiian pizzas and pina… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
The British are apt to make merits of their stupidities, and to represent their various incapacities as points of good breeding. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I think that in an Internet age, content is content. As long as you can stand up on the merits of what… — Riz Ahmed Copy Share Image
“You yourself desire rank and standing; then help others to get rank and standing. You want to turn your merits to account;… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
Kools and Newports were for black people and lower-class whites. Camels were for procrastinators, those who wrote bad poetry, and those who… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance… — Buddha Copy Share Image
“Valys also didn't think I was good enough for him. He made that clear every time he acted like a martyr forced… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
People's mouse clicks decide what businesses, services, and content succeed. Users have equal access to tiny businesses with viral ideas and blue-chip… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
I think that issues of gender have been discussed widely at Harvard. But I think I was chosen clearly on the merits,… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
Alfred Nobel - pitiable half-creature, should have been stifled by humane doctor when he made his entry yelling into life. Greatest merits:… — Alfred Nobel Copy Share Image
“A boy is in the parlour what the pit is in the playhouse; independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is never respected… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“Then the voice - which identified itself as the prince of this world, the only being who really knows what happens on… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Merits are not physical but purely moral entities. They live and are revived in the knowledge and accepta tion of God, which… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
