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title: "74 Merits Quotes by 72 authors"
description: "Browse 74 Merits quotes by 72 authors. Discover the best Merits sayings and thoughts."
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> [We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-stout/we-are-all-vainer-of-our-luck-than-of-our-merits/)

[Rex Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-stout/)

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> [Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jewish-proverb/don-t-look-for-more-honor-than-your-learning-merits/)

[Jewish Proverb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jewish-proverb/)

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> [On their own merits modest men are dumb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-colman/on-their-own-merits-modest-men-are-dumb/)

[George Colman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-colman/)

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> [I take every job on its merits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-baker/i-take-every-job-on-its-merits/)

[Colin Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-baker/)

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> [He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/he-merits-no-thanks-who-does-a-kindness-for-his-own-ends/)

[Francois De La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/)

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> [On my team, we prioritize merits over politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-barber/on-my-team-we-prioritize-merits-over-politics/)

[Ron Barber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-barber/)

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> [It is human to exaggerate the merits of the dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/it-is-human-to-exaggerate-the-merits-of-the-dead/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [Nothing, not even abject contrition, merits the favor of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/nothing-not-even-abject-contrition-merits-the-favor-of-god/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/we-know-our-friends-by-their-defects-rather-than-their-merits/)

[W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/)

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> [Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/don-t-worry-if-people-don-t-recognize-your-merits-worry-that-you-may/)

[Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/)

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> [“Nature evaluates a character on the basis of its merits, not demerits.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raheel-farooq/nature-evaluates-a-character-on-the-basis-of-its-merits-not-demerits/)

[Raheel Farooq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raheel-farooq/)

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> [I've never compromised who I am not ever. If I've gotten anywhere in my life it's been on my own merits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cher/i-ve-never-compromised-who-i-am-not-ever-if-i-ve-gotten-anywhere-in/)

[Cher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cher/)

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> [“So being single and childless had its merits. For dang sure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-flowers/so-being-single-and-childless-had-its-merits-for-dang-sure/)

[Rebecca Flowers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-flowers/)

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> [The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/the-sage-never-seems-to-know-his-own-merits-for-only-by-not-noticing/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

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> [No one deserves his greater natural capacity nor merits a more favorable starting place in society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-rawls/no-one-deserves-his-greater-natural-capacity-nor-merits-a-more/)

[John Rawls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-rawls/)

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> [We should not judge a man's merits by his great qualities, but by the use he makes of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/we-should-not-judge-a-man-s-merits-by-his-great-qualities-but-by-the/)

[Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/)

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> [Affirmative action has provided affirmative opportunities for capable, competent, and qualified persons to succeed on their merits or fail on their demerits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-n-green/affirmative-action-has-provided-affirmative-opportunities-for-capable/)

[Al N. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-n-green/)

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> [The virtue of gay equality has become increasingly recognized in the U.S. because people have been persuaded of its merits, not because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/the-virtue-of-gay-equality-has-become-increasingly-recognized-in-the/)

[Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/)

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> [It is not good for us to trust in our merits, in our virtues or our righteousness; but only in God's free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wycliffe/it-is-not-good-for-us-to-trust-in-our-merits-in-our-virtues-or-our/)

[John Wycliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wycliffe/)

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> [As for pineapple, it's far more versatile than you might think, and certainly merits wider use than in Hawaiian pizzas and pina…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yotam-ottolenghi/as-for-pineapple-it-s-far-more-versatile-than-you-might-think-and/)

[Yotam Ottolenghi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yotam-ottolenghi/)

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> [The British are apt to make merits of their stupidities, and to represent their various incapacities as points of good breeding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/the-british-are-apt-to-make-merits-of-their-stupidities-and-to/)

[George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/)

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> [I think that in an Internet age, content is content. As long as you can stand up on the merits of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riz-ahmed/i-think-that-in-an-internet-age-content-is-content-as-long-as-you-can/)

[Riz Ahmed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/riz-ahmed/)

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> [“You yourself desire rank and standing; then help others to get rank and standing. You want to turn your merits to account;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/you-yourself-desire-rank-and-standing-then-help-others-to-get-rank/)

[Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/)

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> [Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-breyer/well-just-that-there-would-be-somebody-in-the-office-and-the-voters/)

[Stephen Breyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-breyer/)

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> [Kools and Newports were for black people and lower-class whites. Camels were for procrastinators, those who wrote bad poetry, and those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/kools-and-newports-were-for-black-people-and-lower-class-whites/)

[David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/)

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> [Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buddha/charity-bestowed-upon-those-who-are-worthy-of-it-is-like-good-seed/)

[Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buddha/)

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> [“Valys also didn't think I was good enough for him. He made that clear every time he acted like a martyr forced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nenia-campbell/valys-also-didn-t-think-i-was-good-enough-for-him-he-made-that-clear/)

[Nenia Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nenia-campbell/)

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> [People's mouse clicks decide what businesses, services, and content succeed. Users have equal access to tiny businesses with viral ideas and blue-chip…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chellie-pingree/people-s-mouse-clicks-decide-what-businesses-services-and-content/)

[Chellie Pingree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chellie-pingree/)

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> [I think that issues of gender have been discussed widely at Harvard. But I think I was chosen clearly on the merits,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-gilpin-faust/i-think-that-issues-of-gender-have-been-discussed-widely-at-harvard/)

[Drew Gilpin Faust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-gilpin-faust/)

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> [I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akhil-sharma/i-had-written-a-book-for-various-reasons-the-publishing-industry-had/)

[Akhil Sharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akhil-sharma/)

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> [Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-tabarrok/today-it-is-evident-that-we-have-two-political-parties-the-tax-and/)

[Alex Tabarrok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-tabarrok/)

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> [Alfred Nobel - pitiable half-creature, should have been stifled by humane doctor when he made his entry yelling into life. Greatest merits:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-nobel/alfred-nobel-pitiable-half-creature-should-have-been-stifled-by/)

[Alfred Nobel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-nobel/)

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> [“A boy is in the parlour what the pit is in the playhouse; independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-boy-is-in-the-parlour-what-the-pit-is-in-the-playhouse-independent/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is never respected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-chesterfield/whoever-is-admitted-or-sought-for-in-company-upon-any-other-account/)

[Lord Chesterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-chesterfield/)

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> [“Then the voice - which identified itself as the prince of this world, the only being who really knows what happens on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/then-the-voice-which-identified-itself-as-the-prince-of-this-world/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [“Merits are not physical but purely moral entities. They live and are revived in the knowledge and accepta tion of God, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pohle/merits-are-not-physical-but-purely-moral-entities-they-live-and-are/)

[Joseph Pohle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pohle/)

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> [I want to be judged on my own merits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/park-geun-hye/i-want-to-be-judged-on-my-own-merits/)

[Park Geun-hye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/park-geun-hye/)

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> [We must recognize our opponents' merits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyoto-machida/we-must-recognize-our-opponents-merits/)

[Lyoto Machida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyoto-machida/)

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> [He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca/he-who-boasts-of-his-ancestry-praises-the-merits-of-another/)

[Seneca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca/)

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> [I judge each person on individual merits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-gannon/i-judge-each-person-on-individual-merits/)

[Jeff Gannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-gannon/)

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                        "text": "I think that issues of gender have been discussed widely at Harvard. But I think I was chosen clearly on the merits, and I wish to operate as president on the merits. I think, on one level, we might say that I can affirm that women have the aptitude to do science or to do anything, including being president of Harvard.",
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                        "text": "I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The novel had taken me 12-and-a-half years to write, and after being with the book for so long, I had no real perspective on the merits or demerits of what I had written. I hoped it was good, but feared that it wasn't.",
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                        "text": "Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is fiscally conservative. Is there no room at the inn for an honest conservative? A conservative who makes the case for smaller government on its merits and not just as the fallback option when fiscal bankruptcy threatens?",
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                        "text": "Alfred Nobel - pitiable half-creature, should have been stifled by humane doctor when he made his entry yelling into life. Greatest merits: Keeps his nails clean and is never a burden to anyone. Greatest fault: Lacks family, cheerful spirits, and strong stomach. Greatest and only petition: Not to be buried alive. Greatest sin: Does not worship Mammon. Important events in his life: None.",
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                        "text": "“A boy is in the parlour what the pit is in the playhouse; independent, irresponsible, looking out from his corner on such people and facts as pass by, he tries and sentences them on their merits, in the swift, summary way of boys, as good, bad, interesting, silly, eloquent, troublesome. He cumbers himself never about consequences, about interests: he gives an independent, genuine verdict. You must court him: he does not court you. But the man is, as it were, clapped into jail by his consciousness. As soon as he has once acted or spoken with eclat, he is a committed person, watched by the sympathy or the hatred of hundreds, whose affections must now enter into his account. There is no Lethe for this. Ah, that he could pass again into his neutrality! Who can thus avoid all pledges, and having observed, observe again from the same unaffected, unbiased, unbribable, unaffrighted innocence, must always be formidable.”",
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                        "text": "Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is never respected there, but only made use of. We will have such-a-one, for he sings prettily; we will invite such-a-one to a ball, for he dances well; we will have such-a-one at supper, for he is always joking and laughing; we will ask another because he plays deep at all games, or because he can drink a great deal. These are all vilifying distinctions, mortifying preferences, and exclude all ideas of esteem and regard. Whoever is had (as it is called) in company for the sake of any one thing singly, is singly that thing, and will never be considered in any other light; consequently never respected, let his merits be what they will.",
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